Columbus Meetings Blog

Insights on Bleisure Travel in Columbus: Part 3

This is part three of a three-part series exploring bleisure travel insights and their implications for Columbus travelers. You can read parts one and two here and here, respectively. A 2018 Travelport study tells us that technology is a key part of…

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Insights on Bleisure Travel in Columbus: Part 2

This is part two of a three-part series exploring bleisure travel insights and their implications for Columbus travelers. You can read part one here. It’s a widely held belief that millennials prefer home-shares, like Airbnb, over traditional hotel…

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Insights on Bleisure Travel in Columbus: Part 1

This is part one of a three-part series exploring bleisure travel insights and their implications for Columbus travelers. Bleisure (a blend of business and leisure) travel has been on the rise in recent years, with 37 percent of North American…

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Columbus’ 1000-Room Convention Hotel

For years, one of the main pieces of feedback we’ve heard from you - our clients, friends and meeting planning colleagues - is that Columbus needs a single, 1,000-room hotel connected to the Greater Columbus Convention Center (GCCC). We’ve heard you…

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Fine Dining of Columbus

Does your group have a board that likes to meet or dine together at a nice restaurant? Or perhaps your exhibitors like to entertain existing or potential clients in small groups? Whatever your needs, Columbus has numerous fine dining options to…

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Columbus’ Food Hall Frenzy

Food halls are one of the hottest culinary trends in America right now, and Columbus is no exception. These places offer a casual dining experience along with numerous options for a high-quality meal. Cushman & Wakefield’s director of retail…

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National Veterans Memorial & Museum to Debut in 2018

One of the most exciting things about finally having ushered in 2018 is that we are officially in the same calendar year as the highly-anticipated opening of the National Veterans Memorial & Museum on downtown Columbus’ Scioto Peninsula. This is not…

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Ten Things for Which We’re Thankful from 2017

As the year comes to a close and we reflect all that has taken place these last 12 months, we’ve put together a list of the top meetings industry things that have happened in Columbus in 2017. In no particular order, below are 10 things for which…

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