In 2007, Parthenon was in San Antonio, Texas. They stayed at the Hyatt right on the River Walk (cost per room for campus personnel was $250 per night). The evenings were filled with parties (day 1 - party and dinner buffet with band in hotel), day 2 - dinner and awards for campus personnel at the Convention Center), day 3 - evening gala for regional and corporate personnel awards at hotel. Day actives were day 1 - comedy show followed by excursions such as historical tour of San Antonio or white water river rafting in the Gruene River (1 hour ride provided by CCI. The next day was a gathering to rah rah for the campus employees followed by games like Price Is Right where people won flat screen TV among other electronics. Breakfast was a buffet on the second front of the hotel with eggs, bacon, ham, muffins, bagels, fruits, etc. 3 full days and nights of fun for all regionals, corporate and a few campus employees who m had been selected by each campus leadership. Further, every night, there were gifts left in the hotel rooms for everyone such as pewter serving trays and huge Aluminum BBQ sets. Campus selection criteria was the management team getting together and deciding who was deserving, only admissions, financial aid, Dean, president were part of this meeting. Then the Dean would tell the program directors who supervise faculty to pick from the ones that were selected. They picked although they often had others they wanted to nominate but if they were not picked by the campus senior management team, they were not eligible.