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Emory Conference Center Hotel Atlanta United States Nationally recognized state-of-the art, environmentally freinldy conference center, offering 32,000 square feet of meeting space ideal for major conferences and meetings.

Georgia Tech Hotel and Conference Center Atlanta United States Smart, stylish, and synergistic, the Georgia Tech Hotel and Conference Center is where sophisticated business and leisure travelers connect, inspire and entertain.

Atlanta Convention & Visitors Bureau Atlanta United States Official Atlanta, Georgia travel guide. Find details on Atlanta events, attractions, dining, shopping, vacation packages, accommodations and much more compliments of the Atlanta Convention & Visitors Bureau.

About Atlanta United States

Atlanta is the capital of Georgia and the largest city in the State with a population of approximately 425,000. The Atlanta metropolitan area has almost 5 million people making it the ninth-largest metropolitan area in the United States. Atlanta has a humid subtropical climate with generally mild winters and little, or no, snow.

The Georgia Aquarium in Atlanta is the largest aquarium in the world with over 100,000 specimens in tanks holding approximately eight million gallons of water. The World of Coca-Cola Museum is a popular Atlanta attraction featuring the history of the world famous soft drink brand and its well-known advertising. Just east of Atlanta, Stone Mountain is the largest piece of exposed granite in the world and it has giant carvings of Jefferson Davis, Robert E. Lee, and Stonewall Jackson.

Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. was born in Atlanta and the city has many sites honouring his participation in the civil rights movement, especially the Martin Luther King Jr. National Historic Site. The city has strong links with the history of the Civil War with the Atlanta Cyclorama and the Civil War Museum, along with modern history as told in the Carter Center and Presidential Library.

Atlanta could be among the most religious major cities in the United States with countless numbers of churches and other places of worship. As the State Capital, Atlanta is the major centre of regional commerce and the city boasts an especially strong convention and trade show business.

The Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport is the busiest airport in the world by passenger traffic and by aircraft traffic, providing air services to and from many national and international destinations. Fernbank Museum of Natural History in Atlanta is one of the largest natural history museums in the United States and contains the skeleton of the largest dinosaur ever discovered.

Margaret Mitchell wrote the Pulitzer Prize-winning novel "Gone with the Wind" from an apartment of an Atlanta mansion. The Atlanta Zoo is one of the oldest in the United States and takes great care to replicate the natural habitats of numerous animals, many of them endangered in the wild an including panda bears from China.