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-Hawaii-
Offices: Honolulu, Hawaii
Working closely with the Hawaii Tourism Authority, HVCB is an organization
whose sole purpose is to promote their islands to travelers throughout North
America—Hawaii’s largest and most important market. With a world-class travel
destination like Hawaii, there’s always something new and exciting taking
place. Hawaii is known the world over as a place of breathtaking natural
beauty. However its numerous convention hotels, sprawling destination resorts,
and a 1 million-square-foot (304,800 meters) convention center, has secured
Hawaii as a competitive destination for planning meetings and conventions.-Knoxville-
Offices: Knoxville, Tennessee
Knoxville offers a wonderfully diverse mix of big-city amenities and attractions
delivered with small-town charm and hospitality. Located in the geographical
center of the eastern United States and situated at the crossroads of three
major interstates (I-75, I-40 and I-81), Knoxville is within a day's drive
for more than half the nation's population. Knoxville's location in East
Tennessee, combined with 500,000 square-foot Convention Center, 7,500 guest
rooms countywide, free downtown trolley service and a tourism organization,
gives planners the chance to make their convention or meeting the best it
can be.-Lafayette-
Offices: Lafayette, Louisiana
The Lafayette Convention & Visitors Commission was created in 1974 to serve
as a tourism promotion and marketing coordinator for all of Lafayette Parish.
Their staff of tourism professionals can help you plan your next meeting,
group tour or vacation. Four excellent reasons to hold your next convention
in Lafayette: world famous cuisine, Cajun & Zydeco music, unique French
culture, and a brand new convention center. The Lafayette Convention & Visitors
Commission sales staff offers assistance tailored to meet your individual
planning needs.
Offices: Laguna Beach, California
Known for its miles of clean sandy beaches, working artists and annual festivals,
Laguna Beach is the perfect California small town getaway for visitors near
and far. Laguna Beach is Southern California’s premier seaside destination
located just 75 minutes south of Los Angeles and along the central coast
of Orange County. Four of the well-known festivals include the Sawdust Art
Festival, Festival of Arts/Pageant of the Masters and Art-A-Fair. These
annual festivals together attract hundreds of thousands of visitors from
around the world who experience original artwork in many different forms.
Offices: Incline Village, Nevada
At Lake Tahoe, Incline Village-Crystal Bay is your best bet for true Tahoe
summer fun. Days of sunshine and endless activities are why Lake Tahoe is
every summers' sweet spot. For groups of 10 to 1,000 there's no better place
to combine purpose with pleasure than North Lake Tahoe. Whether it's a retreat,
reunion, meeting, seminar, convention or family celebration, you'll find
a variety of facilities from beaches to boardrooms to ballrooms. Located
just 45 minutes from the Reno-Tahoe International airport, Incline Village-Crystal
Bay is the closest Lake Tahoe destination, too.
Offices: Las Vegas, Nevada
The Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority is the official destination
marketing organization of Las Vegas and operates the Las Vegas Convention
Center and Cashman Center. The LVCVA brings visitors to Las Vegas and Clark
County by promoting tourism, conventions, meetings and special events. With
more than 133,000 hotel rooms in Las Vegas alone and 9.5 million square
feet of meeting and exhibit space citywide, the LVCVA's mission centers
on attracting ever-increasing numbers of leisure and business visitors to
the area.-Lawrence-
Offices: Lawrence, Kansas
Conveniently located between Topeka and Kansas City on Interstate 70, Lawrence
offers a location that is large enough to provide plenty of activities,
yet comfortable enough that your group won't get lost in the hustle and
bustle. With high-quality hotels, excellent meeting facilities, and a wide
array of attractions, activities and dining found nowhere else, Lawrence
is a meeting destination that everyone is sure to enjoy. Lawrence offers
meeting facilities at hotels, unique venues and at the University of Kansas,
all ranging in capacity from 20 to 1,500 delegates.
Offices: Allentown, Pennsylvania
The mission of the Lehigh Valley Convention and Visitors Bureau is to develop
and promote the Lehigh Valley as a destination for leisure travel, meetings,
conventions and events for the area's economic benefit, while enhancing
the visitor's experience. The Lehigh Valley Convention and Visitors Bureau
is the designated tourist promotion agency for Lehigh and Northampton Counties.
It is a membership organization supported by membership dues, a local hotel
tax, a state tourism matching grant and advertising and cooperative programs.
Offices: Lexington, Kentucky
Located at the heart of Central Kentucky's famed scenic Bluegrass Region,
Lexington is home to downtown skyscrapers overlooking acres of lush pastures.
It's where bourbon was born and burley tobacco is raised. It's where champion
horses are bred, foaled, trained, bought, sold, raced and retired. Within
a day's drive of 75% of the population of the United States, Lexington is
strategically located at the intersection of interstates 64 and 75. Lexington
is accessible by air with approximately 100 direct and nonstop flights.
Offices: Los Angeles, California & Washington, DC
With more than 90,000 rooms, Los Angeles is among the top three hotel markets
in the nation. The Los Angeles Convention Center is one of the most efficiently
designed and technologically advanced convention center and exhibition facilities
in the world. Los Angeles is one of the world's most popular travel destinations.
According to the Travel Industry Association of America, LA was the fourth-largest
destination for domestic travel in the US in 2003, outranked by Las Vegas,
Orlando, and Chicago; the second-ranked US destination for international
travel, according to the International Trade Administration.
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