REGIONAL NEWS

SUSTAINABILITY»

ECO-FRIENDLY BREWS

Hopworks Urban Brewery (HUB) has partnered with clean-energy supplier 3 Phases Renewables to supply its southeast Portland brewery and restaurant with 100 percent renewable energy.

“At Hopworks, we’re deeply committed to environmental sustainability and conservation,” says brewmaster and founder Christian Ettinger in a statement. “Our partnership with 3 Phases Renewables helped us to not only go green, we’ve also saved money on our gas bill. It’s been what we like to call a ‘win-win’ for our business and for the local environment.”

Using locally sourced, organic and Salmon-Safe hops, HUB’s 20-barrel brewery produces 13,500 barrels of beer a year for its two brewpubs, taproom and distribution throughout the Northwest. Familyowned and -operated, it is the first Certified B Corporation brewery in the Pacific Northwest and the first Salmon-Safe Certified brewery site in the world. In its southeast Portland Brewery location, HUB has a banquet room available for private rental during the workweek, which can accommodate up to 55 people. Brewery tours for banquet reservations are available, as well. hopworksbeer.com F&B NEWS»

We All Scream for Gelato

Family-owned Nutty Squirrel Gelato has expanded its Italian-inspired gelato shop experience by adding a new micro truck imported from Italy to its mobile catering options. Dubbed Carmello, the truck can serve prosecco, espresso and any number of sweets alongside up to 10 flavors of gelato. Event menus are entirely customizable. nuttysquirrelgelato.com

RENOVATIONS»

A Night at the Museum

Following a $17.1 million renovation, Idaho State Museum reopened this past fall. The original 1950 building has been completely updated to create an interactive visitor experience and includes 18,000 square feet of exhibition and education space. The museum can also accommodate up to 200 guests for private events. history.idaho.gov/museum

A Makeover for Salem’s Holiday Inn

The Holiday Inn Salem (Oregon) recently underwent a multimillion-dollar renovation. The property features Holiday Inn brand’s H4 guest room design—a flexible solution that adapts to each guest’s needs as they evolve, allowing guests to work or relax wherever and however they want and make the space their own.

All 150 rooms, including six suites, have been refurbished with new windows, flooring, furniture and bedding. Each room also features multiple USB charging ports, high-speed internet access, a large HDTV, a spacious work desk, refrigerator, microwave and a Keurig coffee maker.

The New Capitol City Grill, a free-standing restaurant connected to Holiday Inn Salem, has also been remodeled. The restaurant is the exclusive caterer to the Holiday Inn Convention Center. Other major hotel improvements were made to the lobby, fitness center, landscaping and the 10,000 square feet of meeting space. ihg.com

LOT185

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Thanks a ‘LOT’

The Vancouver Convention Centre (British Columbia) has introduced a new dining option: LOT185 Café + Wine Bar. Adjacent to Jack Poole Plaza with views of Vancouver’s Stanley Park and Coal Harbour, this new space offers a casual dining experience for event attendees and Vancouverites, as well as a unique space option for meeting planners.

Inspired by the laid-back atmosphere of European cafés and tapas and wine bars, the menu at LOT185 focuses on sourcing local ingredients. An in-house bakery serves fresh baked goods, breakfast sandwiches, and other graband-go items during the day, while tapas and Neapolitan-style pizzas are on the dinner menu.

Extending over two levels, the space can accommodate 65 people. lot185.com

Ecotrust Introduces New Venues

Portland’s Ecotrust Events is opening two new event venues and is accepting reservations for 2019. The two spaces are the Irving Street Studio—Pearl District’s former Patagonia store—and The Redd on Salmon Street, a working two-block campus on the central eastside. Redd East, a refurbished metal foundry, offers indoor and outdoor event space, a boardroom, community kitchen for cooking classes and team-building workshops, and a full audio-visual system. ecotrust.org

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ACCREDITATION» Seal of Approval

Experience Olympia & Beyond, the official destination marketing organization of Thurston County, was awarded the Destination Marketing Accreditation Program (DMAP) seal along with other destinations at the Destinations International Conference. The accreditation program by Destinations International recognizes the organization’s commitment to industry excellence and its meeting the industry standard for performance and accountability of destination organizations around the world. experienceolympia.com

PEOPLE NEWS»

Motif Seattle, A Destination Hotel, has named Steve Sasso general manager. Sasso has nearly 20 years of management experience. He comes to Motif Seattle from Interstate Hotels and Resorts, where he served as general manager at The London NYC and general manager at Paramount Times Square.

Corinne Kessel, CSEP, principal with Greenscape Design & Décor in Vancouver, British Columbia, has been named to the International Live Events Association’s International Board of Governors for fiscal year 2018-19. Members come from five U.S. states, Canada and Australia. The role of the board is to govern, establish policy and make strategic decisions about the future of the organization.

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RUSTIC AND REFINED

Located in the shadow of Mount Rainier, Buckley, Washington, has welcomed its newest indoor/outdoor event venue, Five2Five Weddings & Events. The space includes a reception hall—heated and air-conditioned for year-round comfort—with fireplace, an upstairs loft and balcony, as well as a catering and prep kitchen complete with warming oven, refrigerator and freezer. The hall can accommodate up to 200 guests. For outdoor events, a tent is available for rent, and the fenced grounds includes a patio and gas fire pit. thefive2five.com

COMING SOON»

Urban Resort

Wyndham Destinations is building a vacation ownership resort in the heart of downtown Portland, Oregon. Scheduled for completion in the first half of 2019, the proposed WorldMark Portland - Waterfront Park is expected to feature 75 studio, one- and twobedroom condominium-style suites for visiting WorldMark by Wyndham and Club Wyndham owners and guests.

The resort will be across the street from the Willamette River at the intersection of the downtown and Old Town Chinatown neighborhoods. The company expects to hire approximately 100 full-time employees in early 2019 to support the opening of the Portland resort and sales center. wyndhamdestinations.com

Groundbreaking News

Washington State Convention Center (WSCC) has broken ground on its muchanticipated 250,000 square feet of new exhibition space. The existing facility will be called Arch—in reference to the sky bridge and canopy arch that bridges the facility along Pike Street between Seventh Avenue and Eighth Avenue. The additional facility will be called Summit.

In the past five years, Seattle has had to turn down more than 350 event proposals because dates were unavailable due to lack of space or timing constraints at the existing Arch building, costing the region more than $2.13 billion in potential economic benefit. When finished in spring 2022, the Summit building is expected to drive more than 400,000 new conventioneers to the city and generate more than $19 million in tax revenue each year.

The $1.7 billion project is slated to open in 2022 and will be funded from WSCC’s 2018 bond issuance. The Summit building is anticipated to be Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) gold-certified. wscc.com

AWARDS»

Spaceheads

Following its $100 million renovation featuring the world’s first and only revolving glass floor, Seattle’s Space Needle received the “2018 Technical Innovation Award for Excellence” from the World Federation of Great Towers (WFGT), an international association which includes some of the world’s most recognizable structures, such as the Eiffel Tower and Empire State Building.

Walls, barriers and floors were removed from the Space Needle and replaced with structural glass, revealing dramatically expanded views and a new, multilevel guest experience. The openair glass panels dip out slightly with no seams between them, leaving nothing but air between visitors and the dramatic Puget Sound view. spaceneedle.com