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After welcoming more than 44 million travelers last year, the area is aiming even higher via projects such as the $180 million expansion of the Anaheim Convention Center. With yet more venues and options invigorating the mix, Orange County is fueled for continued growth. Click link to read more.... Hot new projects have Orange County energized for the future by Jeff Heilman

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WELCOME TO LA VIE EN COULEUR! On March 26, 2014 at The Paris Hotel in Las Vegas, The 2014 Event Solutions  Spotlight Awards, The ICACatie Awards and for the first time ever, The Catersource  ACE Awards were all combined into one event and INFINITY EVENTS INC  president, Robb Thornsberry was tapped as the executive producer and designer. These awards were in conjunction with a multi-day conference and trade show that "Caters" (pun intended) to the Catering and Special Event industry with over 800 attendees from around the world. With many celebrity event planners such as Steve Kemble, David Tutera and David Stark in attendance, to say that the pressure was huge would be an understatement! What is La Vie en Couleur? La Vie en Couleur "Life In Color" was designed to be an evening where not only did guests experience Life In Color, but also where "Color Came To Life"! This evening celebrated the Avant Garde, the Artistic Visionaries a...

By ASSOCIATED PRESS | 8/27/13 10:14 AM EDT WASHINGTON (AP) — The inconveniences of the daily routine in the nation's capital will be a selling point as Washington, D.C., makes a push to host the 2024 Olympics. "We are the safest and most secure city in the world," said Bob Sweeney, president of DC 2024. "The largest expense of any Olympic Games is security, and the fact that we've got it pretty built in to our everyday life here in Washington, we would leverage that asset tremendously to put on this high-profile event." Sweeney announced Tuesday the formation of a nonprofit group aimed at making D.C. the first American city to host the Summer Games since Atlanta in 1996, and the first to host an Olympics since the Winter Games were held in Salt Lake City in 2002. The bid has a long way to go. Washington was one of 35 U.S. cities to receive a letter from the U.S. Olympic Committee to gauge interest, and Sweeney expects about 10 to step forward...

Los Angeles Times JetBlue Airways, the low-cost New York-based carrier, will begin vying for big-spending business travelers with the introduction next spring of upper-class seats. The airline, which until now has offered only economy seats, will install new lie-flat seats and private suites on transcontinental flights on the highly competitive routes between Los Angeles and New York and San Francisco and New York. JetBlue is not skimping on comfort. The new seats added to Airbus A321 planes will have adjustable firmness, a massage function, a 15-inch wide-screen television  and a "wake-me-for-service" indicator if the flier decides to sleep. The private suites will include a closeable door for privacy. The airline plans to dedicate 11 planes to serve the two transcontinental routes, with expansions along the same routes and the addition of lie-flat seats on other routes, depending on demand, the airline said. "Transcontinental routes have had high premium...