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    BusinessWest (Aug 30 2011) Tourism

    1. Conventional Thinking Mary Kay Wydra, president of the GSCVB agreed, and said that success in attracting meetings and conventions is a matter of teamwork, through which the region has made serious inroads in a realm known within the large, highly competitive convention industry as SMERF. (Read Full Article)

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