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Prep times tighten as planners push back booking meetings.(Event Planning)

Article from: Crain's Cleveland Business Article date: July 30, 2007 Author: Kadleck, Chrissy

Byline: CHRISSY KADLECK

When a recent pharmaceutical convention in Cleveland needed close to 1,000 overnight rooms, four local hotels joined forces to pull off the quick-turnaround event.

The convention attendees were spread among three Marriott-operated hotels - Renaissance Cleveland Hotel; The Ritz-Carlton, Cleveland; and Cleveland Marriott Downtown at Key Center - and the Hyatt Regency Cleveland at The Arcade, said Jennifer Veselko, senior sales manager at Renaissance Cleveland Hotel.

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