Best-Laid Plans Hotels Can Take Pitfalls Out of Organizing Event by Heather Nalbone Washington, D.C., is full of high-end luxury hotels, from the Renaissance Mayflower Hotel to the Madison, that are rich in history and offer excellent backdrops for diplomatic and social exchanges. And when it comes to planning banquets, meetings and receptions, hotels offer yet another element that other places usually cannot: Most have built-in caterers and banquet managers to take the pressure off embassy staff. See Also: Making the Event Connection Online The Devil Is in the Details April 2005 Hotel Directory

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