PHOENIX, ARIZONA TRAVEL GUIDE courtesy of Amber Lane, Scottsdale Escort

HIGHLIGHTS:
This oasis has long drawn small and mid-sized groups for its warm, sunny climate, posh meeting properties, great golf, and seemingly endless supply of year-round recreational thrills. And soon enough the picture will become complete with a first-tier convention center, via the expansion and renovation of Phoenix's Civic Plaza.

THE BIG NEWS
Despite a budget crisis and lackluster economy, the Arizona State Legislature (with a nod to Phoenix voters) has given the green light for some $300 million in matching funds for a $600 million renovation and expansion of the city's Civic Plaza.

The five-year-old project should be completed sometime in 2008-2009, more than tripling the Plaza's current event space to 940,000 flexible sf. The new and improved Plaza package will include a mega-exhibit hall, snazzy meeting space and ballrooms, and plenty of high-tech bells and whistles needed to draw top-tier national conventions and trade shows to the Valley of the Sun.

MEETING FACILITIES

Phoenix Civic Plaza, 1-lvl facility has 375,000 total sf: includes 220,000 sf of exhibit space. There are 43 mtg rms with a capacity for 12,600 theater style in largest.
Tel:  480 - 941-1225.

America West Arena,  20.000-seat facility has 200,000 sf of exhibit space.
Tel:  602 - 379 - 2000.

Arizona State Fair Park & Exposition,  Facility has 200,000 total sf (main hall has 50,000); holds 900 exhibit booths.
Tel:  602 - 252 - 6771.

HOTELS

Arizona Biltmore Resort & Spa, 730 rms/37 mtg rms (2,777).
Tel:  602 - 252 - 6771.

Crowne Plaza North Phoenix, 250 rms/10 mtg rms (770). 
Tel:  602 - 252 - 6771.

Doubletree Guest Suites Phoenix Gateway Ctr, 242 rms/10 mtg rms (450).
Tel:  602 - 252 - 6771.

Embassy Suites Biltmore,  232 rms/8 mtg rms (350).
Tel:  602 - 252 - 6771.

Embassy Suites Phoenix Airport at 44th Street, 229 rms/13 mtg rms (450).
Tel:  602 - 252 - 6771.

Embassy Suites Phoenix North, 314 rms/15 mtg rms (550).
Tel:  602 - 957 - 1910.
 
Four Points by Sheraton Phoenix Metrocenter, 284 rms/15 mtg rms (600).
Tel:  602 -  997 - 5900.
 
Hilton Garden Inn Phoenix Midtown, 180 rms/7 mtg rms (350).
Tel:  602 - 285 - 2923.

Hilton Phoenix Airport, 255 rms/15 mtg rms (500).
Tel:  480 - 894 -1600.
 
Hilton Suites Phoenix, 226 rms/3 mtg rms (100).
Tel:  602 - 222 -1111.
 
Holiday Inn Phoenix West, 144 rms/5 mtg rms (300).
Tel:  602 - 222 -1111.
 
Holiday Inn Select Phoenix Airport, 299 rms/9 mtg rms (600).
Tel:  602 -  286 -1120.

Hyatt Regency Phoenix, 712 rms/24 mtg rms (1,400).
Tel:  602 - 252 -1234.
 
JW Marriott Desert Ridge Resort and Spa,950 rms/17 mtg rms (3,920).
Tel:   480 - 293 -5000.
 
Pointe Hilton Squaw Peak Resort, 563 rms/46 mtg rms (1,150).
Tel:  602 - 870 - 8188.
 
Pointe Hilton Tapatio Cliffs Resort,585 rms/25 mtg rms (1,500).
Tel:   602 - 870 - 8188.
 
Pointe South Mountain Resort,640 rms/60 mtg rms (2,640).
Tel:   602 - 438 - 9000.
 
Radisson Phoenix Airport Hotel, 163 rms/4 mtg rms (300).
Tel:  602 - 437- 8400.
 
Ritz-Carlton Phoenix. 281 rms/15 mtg rms (600).
Tel:  602 - 468 - 0700.
 
Royal Palms Resort & Spa, 116 rms/12 mtg rms (280).
Tel:  602 - 840 -3610.
 
Sheraton Crescent, 342 rms/18 mtg rms (1,000).
Tel:  602 - 371 - 2822.
 
Sheraton Wild Horse Pass Resort & Spa, 500 rms/20 mtg rms (2,000).
Tel:  602 - 225 - 0100.
 
Sunshine Hotel & Resort. 276 rms/11 mtg rms (300).
Tel:   602 - 248 - 0222.
 
The Legacy Golf Resort, 328 rms/4 mtg rms (60).
Tel:  602 - 305 - 6312.
 
Villager Premier, 167 rms/12 mtg rms (300).
Tel:  602 - 279 - 3211.
 
Wyndham Phoenix, 532 rms/28 mtg rms (1,100).
Tel:  602 - 333 - 4360.
 
Wyndham Phoenix Airport Hotel, 210 rms/6 mtg rms (172).
Tel: (602 - 220 - 4400.

WHAT'S NEW :
The JW Marriott Desert Ridge Resort & Spa has opened with 950 guest rms, 200,000 sf of mtg space aplenty (both inside and out), an 8-court tennis pavilion, 36 holes of golf, and a 28,000 sf European spa and fitness ctr.

Work is under way on a new $35 million Hilton Resort & Conference Center in Fountain Hills, featuring 200 guest rms, 70 condos, a spa, and a 24,000 sf conf ctr.

Fountain Hills' CopperWynd Resort and Spa is expanding, adding 104 guest rms, a pool, tennis shop, and 4,000 sf of mtg space.

The Arizona Biltmore Resort & Spa has finished a $32 million renovation and expansion of its mtg facilities, including the new 25,000 sf Frank Lloyd Wright ballrm.

The Wigwam Resort is wrapping up Phase II of a $6 million upgrade, adding new guest rm amenities and furnishings.

The Wyndham Phoenix (formerly the Crowne Plaza Phoenix Downtown) is undergoing a $6 million redo of its lobby, guest rms, function space. and F&B outlets.

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