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hotels, resorts, dining and shopping. If you want a more relaxed setting, try a small town or a dude ranch. Or consider a luxurious golf resort or spa. Meeting planners can choose a big, bustling city or a relaxing locale where attendees always find time to play as hard as they work. Choose from: AUSTIN As Austin’s popularity as a travel and by PATRICIA ANN JORDAN bine big business and big fun. Focus on business has led Texas to be home to more Fortune 500 and 1000 companies than any other state. That’s just one of the reasons the state tourism office created a Texas Tour & Meeting Guide. It’s packed with useful information about all of the unique destinations for your next meeting or business event. Texas’ urban centers feature world-class facilities, “B igger and Better, that’s what Texas continues to be with its 267,000 square miles of amazing meeting destinations. For your next convention, the Lone Star state is the perfect place to com- meetings destination grows, so does the demand for entertainment, new attrac- tions and distinct accommodations. Austin answers the demand with new hotels, museums, restaurants and retail projects. The Westin at the Domain, now open, is an 8-story, 340-room Westin Hotel which is part of the large-scale Domain retail project. The project also includes an urban American bistro, Westin-Workout® fitness facility and 14,000 sq. ft. of meeting space, as well as retail shopping anchored by Dick’s Sporting Goods and Neiman Marcus. Aloft Austin, also located at upscale Black Meetings & Tourism May/June 2010: www.blackmeetingsandtourism.com 25