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as well.” (Low-e glass has a microscopically thin, trans-
parent coating, much thinner than a human hair that
reflects heat.)
Even so, Stone admits that with all of its amenities
and vibrant city life, Columbia is still not universally
recognized as a convention town. “And sometimes,
we have difficulty in getting people to come in on site
visits because Columbia just isn’t New Orleans or Las
Vegas,” he says ruefully. “But what we hear most when
we get people to see the facility, the hotels in the area,
and the Vista restaurants and bars, we always get this
comment: ‘We had no idea what you have, here.’ And
if we can get them here, we can show them a unique,
friendly, and specialized hospitality that they don’t ex-
pect to have in a convention center.”
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SCAV
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