AUSTIN: The 55th annual Austin Trail of Lights holiday festival will run December 10-23. Sponsored by H-E-B, the festival features two million lights, 90 holiday trees, and more than 70 holiday displays.
CHICAGO: BCD Meetings & Events has acquired L37 Creative, an event production and creative media agency based in Chicago.
Camp One Step by Children’s Oncology Services’ annual gala, Flight 2019: An Evening in Park City, Utah, will take place November 8 at the Ritz-Carlton, Chicago.
DETROIT: The U.S. Green Building Council has awarded TCF Center with LEED Gold Certification.
LAS VEGAS: Ascential has appointed GES as the official services provider for Money 20/20 events in Europe and the U.S. The next U.S. and Europe editions of the financial services industry events will take place October 27-30 in Las Vegas and June 16-20, 2020, in Amsterdam.
LOS ANGELES: The 35th Santa Barbara International Film Festival, presented by Ugg, will take place January 15-25, 2020. The festival will honor Renée Zellweger with the American Riviera Award and Martin Scorcese with the Kirk Douglas Award for Excellence in Film.
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MONTREAL: HideSeek, an immersive pop-up experience inspired by childhood nostalgia, will open October 12 at 4301 Rue St-Denis. The ticketed pop-up, which has 12 installations, will run for two months.
NEW YORK: Say: The Stuttering Association for the Young will hold Paul Rudd’s eighth annual All-Star Bowling Benefit on November 11 at Lucky Strike. The event raises funds for Say’s program that helps young people who stutter.
American Dream, a retail and entertainment complex opening in Meadowlands, New Jersey, has partnered with N.Y. Waterway to provide ferry-bus service from Manhattan. N.Y. Waterway’s free shuttle buses will take guests to the West 39th Street Midtown Ferry Terminal for a ferry ride across the Hudson River to Port Imperial in Weehawken, New Jersey. Dedicated buses will take guests from Port Imperial to American Dream.
For information on upcoming events in New York, visit Masterplanner: http://www.masterplanneronline.com/newyork
TAMPA: Tampa Marriott Water Street has completed an 18-month renovation and expansion. The project includes renovations to the hotel’s 727 guest rooms and more than 40,000 square feet of meeting space.
TORONTO: The 33rd Whole Life Expo will take place November 8-10 at Metro Toronto Convention Centre.
WASHINGTON: The National Building Museum will close December 2 for renovations to its Great Hall. The museum will reopen in spring 2020.
With contributions from Claire Hoffman in Los Angeles and Beth Kormanik, Michele Laufik, and Ian Zelaya in New York.
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