Meet Minneapolis

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Meet Minneapolis

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Feb 26, 2015

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Each year, business and convention travel accounts for hundreds of billions of dollars to local economies around the country. Meet Minneapolis works hard to make sure a significant portion of that spending happens right here in the Twin Cities. Melvin Tennant is the CEO of Meet Minneapolis and he joins us today to tell us more.

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