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Meet Today's Atlantic City Budget-Friendly Meeting Destinations 12 | The Art of F&B 18 | Coping With Stress 24 | Florida 44 A COASTAL COMMUNICATIONS CORPORATION PUBLICATION Volume 10 • Number 1 $13.00 FEBRUARY/MARCH 2017 Hot-Button Legal Issues From ‘Bathroom Bills’ to Open Carry PAGE 30 Meet CLICK HERE TO Today’s DOWNLOAD/VIEW Atlantic City TABLET VERSION PAGE 36 Credit: Borgata Credit: A Meetings Mecca! Denise Gallo, Senior Managing Director of Meetings at the New Jersey State Bar Association, has used Borgata Hotel Casino & Spa for the past nine years. In This Issue ISSN 21628831 USPS 003500 A COASTAL COMMUNICATIONS CORPORATION PUBLICATION WOW February / March 2017 Volume 10 • Number 1 Features THEM 12 Budget-Friendly Meeting Destinations Departments > Stunning all inclusive beachfront resorts Above Average Experiences > World-class destination: Cancun at a Below Average Cost 4 Publisher’s Page > Delectable dining options By Ron Bernthal General Chapter Oregon—Columbia Contractors Associated for Dan CarterCredit: Photography 18 > Amazing entertainment day and night 6 News & Notes > Engaging activities on water and land 18 The Art of F&B Trends and Best Practices for 2017 > Cultural experiences and excursions 7 Snapshots By Christine Loomis > Customizable event spaces up to 25,000 square ft > Event specialists committed to meeting success 50 Career Track 24 Coping With Stress A Guide to Surviving and Thriving Reader Services GET MORE FOR LESS AT OASIS… in a Meeting Planner’s World 50 By Diana Lambdin Meyer For exclusive incentive and meeting off ers: 30 How to Handle 24 GroupsAtOasis.com Hot-Button Legal Issues Destinations 1-800-44-OASIS (press option 2) or 770-662-1815 From ‘Bathroom Bills’ to Open Carry [email protected] By Sophia Bennett 36 Meet Today’s Atlantic City A Meetings Mecca! By Cynthia Dial ViewPoint 44 Florida 10 4 Sure-fire Strategies to Sunny Weather and Fabulous Navigate an Uncertain Meeting Venues Hospitality Market By Maura Keller Don’t Let It Paralyze Your Planning GROUPS By Benjamin Rabe and Susan Gilbert 30 TheMeetingMagazines.com Association Conventions & Facilities FEBRUARY / MARCH 2017 3 Publisher’s Page Remember to Breathe Throughout this issue there are many first-person accounts of A COASTAL COMMUNICATIONS CORPORATION PUBLICATION PUBLISHER/EDITOR-IN-CHIEF planners dealing with all types of stressors and challenges faced in Harvey Grotsky the performance of their multifarious duties. We’ve even devoted a [email protected] feature to “surviving and thriving in a meeting planner’s world” on CREATIVE DIRECTOR Mitch D. Miller page 24. “Meeting planners are typically high performers who like to [email protected] exceed expectations. We put a lot of pressure on ourselves, but that’s MANAGING EDITORS our nature,” says Britt Jackman, senior director, SmithBucklin. Says Susan W. Fell [email protected] R. Michael Anderson of the Executive Joy Institute, “Being able to Susan S. Gregg manage stress is one of the differentiators that make meeting planners [email protected] successful.” His obvious but often-forgotten advice: “Breathe deeply.” CONTRIBUTING EDITORS Ron Bernthal Indeed! New Jersey State Bar Association Senior Managing Director Sara Churchville of Meetings Denise Gallo, who graces our cover, has conquered the Cynthia Dial Maura Keller unique challenge of exceeding expectations year after year in the Christine Loomis Derek Reveron same destination — her annual convention has been held in Atlantic Mark Rowh City for more than three decades, the last nine years at The Borgata. Patrick Simms David Swanson Planners like Denise must keep a finger on the pulse of membership PRESIDENT & CEO likes, dislikes and expectations, and choose destinations and venues Harvey Grotsky that meet them. Of course it helps when the destination is resurgent VICE PRESIDENT OF OPERATIONS and invested in building its meeting and convention business: “Atlantic David Middlebrook [email protected] City offers the meeting space we need, the social activities attendees ADVERTISING SALES OFFICES appreciate and consistently high level of service,” she says in our feature 2700 N. Military Trail, Suite 120 Boca Raton, FL 33431-6394 on page 36. “We selected Borgata shortly after it opened because 561-989-0600 Fax: 561-989-9509 of its upscale energy, meeting space, creative food and beverage [email protected] options, and their commitment to customer service. 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