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What are Planners expectations for Hotel Meeting Packages? To try and shed some light on this question, Spotlight went to one of the most recognizable names in hospitality, Hilton.

 For the next seven years, U.S. Cellular will still have an Arena in Wisconsin named after it as well as the designation as "the exclusive wireless provider to the Wisconsin Center District." Founded in 1983, the Chicago-based U.S. Cellular Corporation is a national wireless company, serving 5.8 million customers in 189 markets in 26 states. The new contract, which combines cash payments and wireless services to the Wisconsin Center District totaling more than $2.4 million, extends the title sponsorship of Milwaukee’s U.S. Cellular Arena until 2014, continuing a relationship that began in 2000.

 Ground breaking on the Lakeside Resort in Flower Mound, Texas took place earlier this Spring. The new conference center will be built on Lake Grapevine, located within the Dallas Fort-Worth area and is due to open in Fall 2008 and is joint venture between Benchmark Hospitality International, who will manage the property, and Hines, an international real estate development firm with U.S. headquarters in Houston.

 If the early weeks are any indication, high-attendance at Detroit-area concerts point to a healthy Summer Season for outdoor amphitheaters. The DTE Energy Music Theatre, in Clarkston, Michigan—one of the consistently top grossing outdoor amphitheaters in the U.S.—hosted a sold out performance by Eddie Money on May 25, near-capacity crowd for Fall Out Boy Boy on May 27 and a sold out show for Montgomery Gentry on June 2. "We are encouraged by the early crowds we've seen at DTE Energy Music Theatre," said Tom Wilson, President and CEO of Palace Sports & Entertainment (PS&E), whose venues also include The Palace at Auburn Hills.