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The Westin La Cantera Resort, which features several dining options has appointed key members of its Food & Beverage staff. Is it that time of year already? Repeal Day, which celebrates the end of Prohibition and F&B Spotlight Drinks Up (And Drinks Responsibly with Dewar’s Blended Scotch Whiskey). Well, mixed drinks are an appropriate item for this “mixed bag” of F&B Spotlight, which concludes with a Holiday favorite: The Benchmark Holiday Meal at the James Beard House.

Michael A. Nutter, Mayor of Philadelphia came to New York leading his team of convention and meetings executives to promote the city by hosting a Philadelphia Luncheon at the 21 Club in midtown Manhattan. “Discover & Rediscover Philadelphia” as the theme of the event, which was sponsored by the Philadelphia Convention & Visitors Bureau and attended by the Meetings & Travel media as well as association, corporate and other meeting planners.

Denver’s CVB almost made it to the century mark. The bureau of course will remain, but with a new name—VISIT DENVER. For 99 years, the city’s convention and tourism marketing agency has gone by a variety of names, everything from the Denver Tourist and Publicity Bureau to the most recent Denver Metro Convention & Visitors Bureau, but with other cities dropping the CVB when they "re-brand," Denver decided to go with something simpler and snappier.

The IZOD Center is not just one of the highest grossest arenas in North America, but has become a center-piece of a growing Meadowlands Sports Complex that is transforming East Rutherford, New Jersey into a sports and entertainment destination. "We are all aware that these are difficult times for the American consumer," said Dennis Robinson, President & CEO, New Jersey Sports & Exposition Authority. "But in many ways the Meadowlands Sports Complex is showing the positive that can be found in a challenging marketplace. People need entertainment and diversion."