| Competition is rife between salesmen, businessmen | | | | in use all around Miami and the surrounding areas. |
| and academics both in the States and worldwide for | | | | The variety of Miami conventions [ and conferences |
| the chance to win a trip to Miami for a convention | | | | is truly staggering. These include such topics as |
| from their bosses. People sitting in offices watching | | | | Treasury Management in Latin America, Career Fairs, |
| the snow or rain outside may well wish they had | | | | engineering shows, legal conferences, many medical |
| worked a little bit harder last year so that they could | | | | conferences and trade shows, other trade shows for |
| be one of the lucky few to be chosen for a week in | | | | every conceivable product, travel, entertainment and |
| tropical sunshine during the northern winter. | | | | fashion shows. The list goes on and on. |
| Miami, Florida is one of the most famous and popular | | | | If you’ve managed to persuade your superior |
| convention centres in the States. For keen workers | | | | that your attendance at the convention is vital, there |
| it’s a question of Miami-or-bust as an annual | | | | is plenty to do in the hours between lectures, |
| excursion if you are good enough at your job. The | | | | speeches or meetings. Many people like to |
| annual pilgrimage sorts out the “sheep from | | | | experience the famous South Beach with its miles of |
| the goats”, and to be left out probably means | | | | sand and upbeat nightlife. Zoos, aquariums and |
| that you have failed to reach last year’s | | | | outdoor activities abound if you have a day off, and |
| target. | | | | the shopping is of a high standard. |
| For the academics a freebee in the sun chatting | | | | The choice of restaurants to suite all tastes and |
| jurisprudence and meta-physics, Egyptology, pure | | | | budgets and the tropical temperatures in winter also |
| maths, geomorphology or Greek philosophy with | | | | encourages many employers to favour Miami for its |
| someone who actually understands what you are | | | | company’s trade fair, or to send its |
| talking about is a tonic which brings them back to | | | | employees there as an annual bonus for good |
| their students mentally and physically refreshed. | | | | performance. Major clients of any trade or profession |
| Miami certainly has the facilities available to cater for | | | | like to do business in pleasant surroundings with all |
| large parties of businessmen. A long list of hotels | | | | the relevant comforts. |
| offer conference facilities, and often the larger | | | | Miami is likely to remain as one of the most popular |
| companies will book a whole 3/400 bed hotel for the | | | | convention centres due to both long established use |
| duration of a particular convention. | | | | and its ability to cater for the numbers without losing |
| The largest Convention Centre runs to half a million | | | | its identity. |
| square feet, whilst many smaller venues are always | | | | |