Forum - May 2011

Dallas Convention
& Visitors Bureau

Contact: Bruce Dalton Address: One Liberty Park Plaza, Grapevine, TX 76051 Phone: (800) 457-6338 Fax: (817) 410-3038 Website: www.GrapevineTexasUSA.com Email: bdalton@grapevinetexasusa.com

Contact: Casandra Matej
Address: 325 North St. Paul Street,
Suite 700,

Dallas, TX 75201 Phone: (214) 571-1000 Fax: (214) 571-1008

Website: www.dallasmeetings.com Email: cmatej@dallascvb.com Dallas is known for living large and thinking big. This richly diverse city offers 13 entertainment districts, a thriving culinary scene, the largest urban arts district in the nation, and shopping opportunities that rival New York. Dallas also is a leading business and meeting city. In 2010, 24 area businesses were named Fortune 500 companies, including Exxon Mobil, JCPenney and Texas Instruments. In early 2012, the luxury Omni Dallas will debut. The property will feature more than 100,000 square feet of meeting space and will be connected to the Dallas Convention Center for the ultimate in business productivity.

Fax: (386) 255-5478

Website: DaytonaBeachMeetings.com Email: sgardiner@daytonabeachcvb.org Daytona Beach is Florida’s hot new venue for meetings and conventions. It’s no wonder.

The newly expanded Ocean Center Convention Complex offers 200,000 square feet of interior meeting space. And the area offers 12,000 guest rooms, many at business-class properties that have undergone multimillion-dollar refurbish-ments.

Daytona Beach International Airport is nearby and is served by Delta Air Lines and US Airways. The area is the home of NASCAR, Daytona International Speedway, the Daytona 500 Experience, the USTA Florida Tennis Center and so much more.

All this and an exceptional meeting and convention support staff makes Daytona Beach the perfect meeting location.

Historic Grapevine, Texas, is a go-to destination when planning a meeting in North Texas. Home to Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport, Grapevine is an exceptional destination for business travelers and families alike. There are more than 11,000 hotel rooms in the area, and Grapevine offers more than 800,000 square feet of premium meeting space — all of which are conveniently located close to Grapevine's great attractions, such as the Grapevine Vintage Railroad, LEGOLAND® Discovery Center, SEA LIFE Aquarium, nine winery tasting rooms, Lake Grapevine and much more. Grapevine is the place in North Texas for meeting planners, convention attendees, as well as leisure travelers.