Six years after hosting one of the most successful Winter Olympics ever, Salt Lake is thriving as a convention and four-season tourism destination like never before.

Long known as a gateway for the nation's most stunning national parks, Salt Lake offers visitors anything and everything imaginable throughout the year: 11 resorts within one hour of the Salt Lake City International Airport and access to thousands of miles of hiking and biking trails. In addition, Salt Lake offers exceptional cultural arts and an eclectic array of restaurants and nightlife.

Of course, Salt Lake and Utah are still best known for their unmatched outdoor recreational offerings, stunning beauty and easy accessibility to the great outdoors year-round. For convention attendees looking to mix a little business with pleasure, there are easy-to-use discounted packages for snow-lovers and city slickers alike. The ultra-convenient Ski Salt Lake Super Pass includes lift tickets to any of the four Salt Lake resorts, while the Visit Salt Lake Connect Pass features 12 of the area's top attractions.

Salt Lake's convention and hotel package is equally unparalleled. Following the 2006 completion of a $58 million expansion, the Salt Palace Convention Center now spans 679,000 square feet of space. Its features encompass 515,000 square feet of exhibit space and 164,000 square feet of meeting space in 66 high-tech meeting rooms, including a 45,000-square-foot ballroom. The Salt Palace Convention Center is within walking distance of 7,000-plus downtown hotel rooms and more than 90 restaurants, while Salt Lake offers a total of 16,800 hotel rooms.

As for accessibility, this city cannot be beat. Salt Lake City International Airport is served by 15 airlines, providing non-stop service to more than 100 destinations. As Delta's second largest hub, it serves all of Salt Lake's top 50 markets with non-stop flights and, as of June 2008, Delta will launch non-stop service to the City of Lights, Paris, the only non-stop service operated by a U.S. carrier between the western United States and Paris.

Combine the metropolitan look, feel and offerings of Salt Lake, not to mention the stunning backdrop of the Wasatch Mountains and ultra-accessible international airport, and you have what is arguably one of the most complete and diverse meeting destinations in North America. For more on all there is to see and do in Salt Lake, visit www.MeetInSaltLake.com and discover for yourself how Salt Lake truly is "Different by Nature."

Salt Lake at a Glance
Convention Facilities: Following the completion of a $58 million expansion, the Salt Palace Convention Center features a total of 679,000 square feet of space: 515,000 square feet of exhibit space and 164,000 square feet of meeting space in 66 high-tech meeting rooms, including a 45,000-square-foot ballroom.

Number of Rooms: 16,800 in Salt Lake; of these, more than 7,000 are situated downtown within walking distance of the Salt Palace Convention Center

Attractions: Skiing at area resorts (Alta, Brighton, Snowbird, and Solitude), Clark Planetarium, Discovery Gateway, Red Butte Garden, Temple Square (Mormon Tabernacle Choir), Kennecott Copper Mine, The Family History Library (world's largest collection of genealogy records), Utah Olympic Park, Thanksgiving Point, Utah Museum of Natural History, Utah Museum of Fine Arts, Utah's Hogle Zoo, Olympic Cauldron Park

For More Information: Contact the Salt Lake Convention & Visitors Bureau at (800) 541-4955, or log on to www.VisitSaltLake.com.