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Despite Economic Climate, Campground Associations, RV Dealers Voice Confidence About 2009 Season

For Immediate Release January 9, 2009 Despite Economic Climate, Campground Associations, RV Dealers Voice Confidence About 2009 Season Northeast RV & Camping Show Rolls into Hartford for Three Days, Jan. 9-11 HARTFORD, CT – When the economy is in a downturn, people generally look for affordable ways to vacation and…
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Car Show In Hartford Is An Oasis In Tough Times

By Eric Gershon, Hartford Courant Published on November 22, 2008 The Beach Boys played overhead as fleets of shiny cars gleamed inside the Connecticut Convention Center Friday — a carefree setting offering little hint of the U.S. auto industry’s accelerating free-fall. Among the hundreds of cars on display at this…
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Energy-Efficient Wares On Display At Convention Center

October 11, 2008 By LYNN DOAN, Hartford Courant Tim Van Deusen, owner of Pro-Film Professional Window Tinting of Torrington, uses a BTU meter to demonstrate the heat rejection properties of window tinting film at the OneThing Conservation Expo at the Connecticut Convention Center. (BOB MACDONNELL / HARTFORD COURANT / October…
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CT Convention Center Associates Set Food & Beverage Record!

For Immediate Release October 2, 2008 CT Convention Center Associates Set Food & Beverage Record! 17,400 Meals Served Last Week, The Most In One Week Since 2005 Opening HARTFORD, CT –Associates at the Connecticut Convention Center set a food and beverage record last week by serving 17,400 plated meals in…
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Fast Start, Economic Driver

June 2, 2008 By Sean O’Leary, Hartford Business Journal Staff Writer Officials credit the $271-million Connecticut Convention Center with boosting hotel business in Hartford. When the Connecticut Convention Center opened in Hartford three years ago this month, the staff got very tired very quickly. “It was such an expansive space,”…
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Community Open House Planned To Celebrate 3rd Year Of Success

For Immediate Release May 12, 2008 Community Open House Planned To Celebrate 3rd Year Of Success Event to Include Facility Tours, Refreshments, Live Entertainment, A “Community-wide Tradeshow” and Free Event Parking HARTFORD, CT –On June 4, the Connecticut Convention Center will celebrate its third year of success as the state’s…
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