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December 2005

Opus Solutions Announces New White Paper
- The Integrated Event Model
Although companies have experienced a decline in event activities during the
last three years, event marketing is making a comeback. The challenge for
marketing groups tasked with delivering events is having commensurate
resources, knowledge and infrastructure to meet this increasing demand. Faced
with shrinking internal resources, lack of scalability, and dispersed event
marketing spending, marketers are rethinking event-marketing practices. More
companies are looking beyond traditional "outsourcing" of meeting planning and
are choosing instead to partner with integrated event providers that enable
them to focus on domain expertise, recognize cost efficiencies, and gain
expert, scalable resources.
Download the white paper at
www.opus-solutions.com/whitepapers
Getting the Most Out of the Post-Con
Meeting
Managing feedback is one of the most effective methods for improving the
quality of future events. That's why it's a good idea to have a strategy for
whom to talk to and what to ask in order to get the most benefit out of this
exercise.
Read full article
Source: Meetings Industry Mall, November 2005
Keeping Up Appearances
How do you manage the challenge of a tightened budget on a repeat event where
the customer may already have existing expectations? For example, you may have
held your annual conference at a luxury resort hotel for the last three years.
How do you cut costs without impacting impressions? This article provides some
helpful solutions and insight from companies in the same position.
Read full article
Source: Successful Meetings, June
2005
Westin Hotel Chain to Become Smoke-Free
The Westin line of 77 upscale hotels in the United States, Canada and the
Caribbean will become 100 percent no-smoking hotels, including guest rooms,
meeting space and other public areas, effective January.
Read full article
Source: The Business Journal of
Portland, December 2005
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The Fairmont Orchid - Kohala
Coast, Hawaii

Nestled along the Kohala Coast on the Big Island of Hawaii sits the luxurious
32-acre resort known as The Fairmont Orchid. Located just 20 miles north of the
Kona International Airport, this destination is easy to get to and offers
meeting space, activities, and many other amenities to meet the needs of your
guests and events.
The Fairmont Orchid provides a wide variety of indoor and outdoor meeting
space. Inside, there is over 30,000 square feet of meeting space located on two
levels, including a full size amphitheatre. Outside the hotel offers 76,000
square feet of meeting space with spectacular views and private locations,
including the Plantation Estate and the Coconut Grove. The grounds also offer
beaches, waterfalls, an outdoor spa, large pool area, and a wide range of
activities including kayaking, snorkeling, bicycle riding, fitness classes,
tennis and golf. A recent addition to the guest room accommodations is the
Fairmont Gold floor, which offers exclusive VIP treatment for your guests and
includes its own lounge.
Overall, this lavish resort has a tremendous amount to offer. With the quality
and reputation of The Fairmont Orchid, you will have to plan for this in your
budget, but you will not be disappointed!
Please visit The Fairmont Orchid website
at: www.fairmont.com/orchid.
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Real Christmas trees are an all-American product, grown in all 50 states,
including Alaska and Hawaii. The top Christmas tree producing states are
California, Oregon, Michigan, Washington, Wisconsin, Pennsylvania and North
Carolina. Oregon is the leading producer of Christmas trees - 7.3 million in
2004!
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Christmas trees are edible. Many parts of pines, spruces, and firs can be
eaten. The needles are a good source of vitamin C. Pine nuts, or pine cones,
are also a good source of nutrition.
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Due to the time zones, Santa has 31 hours to deliver gifts. This means that he
would have to visit 832 homes each second!
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Hallmark introduced its first Christmas cards in 1915, five years after the
founding of the company. An average household in America will mail out 28
Christmas cards each year and see 28 cards return in their place. More than
three billion Christmas cards are sent annually in the United States.
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During the holiday buying season, Visa cards alone are used an average of 5,340
times every minute in the United States.
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The Santa Claus suit was developed in the 1930s. The Coca-Cola Company hired
American artist Haddon Sundblom in 1931, to redesign Santa Claus. Sundblom
chose the official colors of Coca-Cola, red and white.
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