Greater Lansing is Michigan's Capital City and our warm Midwestern hospitality will make all of your attendees feel right at home. The region offers over 4,300 hotel rooms, affordably priced and conveniently located near unique area attractions and restaurants. Area meeting facilities include everything from large arenas and convention halls to unique and intimate settings. For fun and excitement after your event, visit our many family-friendly attractions, parks, art galleries and over 30 golf courses.

For more information, visit www.lansing.org.

Though recognized as the premier AAA Four Diamond hotel in West Michigan for our historic charm and world-class service, we are no stranger to executive-level business accommodations. For any size function, you can choose from 42 individually styled meeting rooms and reception areas, including one of our four luxurious ballrooms. We are also home to Michigan's only AAA Five Diamond Restaurant, The 1913 Room and the AAA Four Diamond Cygnus 27.

For more information, visit www.amwaygrand.com.

Going Places

Illinois

JW Marriott Chicago, slated to open in September, appointed Catherine Mrowiec general manager, Steve Conklin director of sales and marketing and Miranda Thomas and Holly Windham senior account executives. Mrowiec is a 30-year veteran of the hotel industry. Prior to her appointment, she held the position of general manager at the Renaissance Chicago Downtown Hotel for eight years. She also previously served as general manager of Ohio's Renaissance Cleveland Hotel and Maryland's Renaissance Baltimore Harborplace Hotel in Baltimore. Conklin most recently served at the JW Marriott Starr Pass Resort & Spa in Tucson, Ariz. Both Thomas and Windham have held sales leader positions at other Marriott properties in Illinois and California, respectively.

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Site Scene

Michigan

The 126-room, 38-suite Hampton Inn & Suites Detroit/Airport-Romulus opened in May adjacent to the Hilton Garden Inn Detroit Metro Airport. Hotel amenities include complimentary high-speed Internet access and 37-inch, high-definition televisions. For more information, call 734.595.0033.

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In this edition, we're featuring a Hot Topic story exploring "The Meeting of the Future," with input from some top meetings industry and business thinkers: Maddy Dychtwald, Charles Allen, Corbin Ball, Daphne Meyers and Stan Aaronson. Other additional content in the July/August digital edition includes a video of Sue Tinnish, chair of the ASTM committee on sustainability, discussing the upcoming release of the APEX/ASTM Environmentally Sustainable Meetings Standards, which accompanies our "The Green Standard?" feature story.

To view the July/August 2010 digital edition, click here.