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The Georgia World Congress Center in Atlanta is truly unique: approximately 200 acres of facilities capable of expertly hosting your convention, conference, retreat, and trade show, as well as sporting events and pretty much any kind of special event you could imagine. 3.9 million square feet with 1.4 million square feet of prime exhibit space can accommodate anything!  Add to that 12 exhibit halls 106 meeting rooms, and 2 ballrooms, and there is nothing this venue can’t hold!

Besides, the Georgia World Congress Center is complemented by the Georgia Dome (think SPORTS!) and Centennial Olympic Park.  All together, these facilities make the finest venue for anything in the world .

The venue is right in the middle of downtown Atlanta, making it convenient to almost anything and everything you and your attendees might want to visit after hours or during breaks.  Your speakers and exhibitors will have access to the venue’s many amenities, including WiFi.

Oh, and not only is the Georgia World Congress Center the 4th largest convention center in the world; it’s also one of the most popular!

This is a green venue, as well.

The Georgia World Congress Center is also very much into social media; interested potential customers can find it on Twitter and Facebook, as well as Linkedin.

If you are seeking a venue for your conference/convention/retreat/trade show/etc, seek no further than downtown Atlanta, Georgia, and the Georgia World Congress Center!

There are two conference centers at Louisiana’s Wildwood Resort, so no matter what the size of your convention/trade show/retreat/conference, this venue can accommodate you easily and well.

There are superb facilities here – anything and everything your speakers, organizers, and attendees could possibly need, from food and furniture to wifi and electronics.

This venue is also a hotel, so your attendees can stay on-site.  I think this is always the best way.

At the resort’s W.J. Brown Conference Center, your large conference will be housed in surroundings that look like a grand old country lodge.  Don’t be fooled, however; the amenities are as modern as can be found anywhere in the world.

If you are planning a smaller conference, the Junior Conference Center can accommodate smaller groups of up to 50 attendees: perfect for corporate events or retreats, special occasions, or just simply a smaller convention.

After the day’s meetings and seminars are over, your attendees can take advantage of the fantastic fishing, swimming, golf, or just simply relaxing and taking in the beautiful scenery.

Oh, and if you want your conference to be catered, this venue can offer your attendees a little bit of everything, from a fish fry to an elegant prime rib dinner.

WILDWOOD RESORT
129 WILDWOOD DRIVE
ZWOLLE, LOUISIANA 71486
(800) 341-3668
(800) 450-5103
www.wildwood-resort.com

And, at the end of the day, your attendees will find that their beds are fantastic in every possible way.

Canaan Valley Resort and Conference Center, in the heart of West Virginia’s beautiful Canaan Valley Resort State Park, looks a lot like a chalet you might encounter while skiing in the Swiss Alps, doesn’t it!    Well, while it might not be in the Alps, it’s in the Allegheny Mountains, and many people believe the Alleghenies are as beautiful as any mountain you’d find in Europe or anywhere else!

Heidi would be right at home here.  The skiing is magnificent, and the views even more so!

Canaan Valley Resort and Conference Center can handle a large gathering – up to 900 attendees can be comfortably accommodated here.  No matter what kind of rooms – large or small – that you need for your convention/conference/retreat/trade show, etc, this venue can handle it.  With an assortment of floor plans, from theater-style to classroom to small group, etc, Canaan Valley’s got your number.

I am of the belief that the best conference venue is one that is also a hotel, so your attendees will have the luxury and convenience of having it all in one place.  Canaan Valley Resort and Conference Center has 250 guest rooms or suites, enough to give all of your attendees a good night’s rest.  Breakfast?  Lunch?  Dinner?   This venue can accommodate your attendees’ stomachs, too!

Your guests won’t have to leave Fido or Fluffy at home alone, either.  Small pets are welcome at Canaan Valley Resort and Conference Center.

There are also 23 private cabins and cottages at Canaan Valley Resort and Conference Center!

Oh, and I mustn’t forget to mention the free high-speed internet access. . . .

Canaan Valley Resort and Conference Center is on Flickr; check us out and see why people love us so!  To see us in motion, check our YouTube videos! We’re on Facebook, too!

Canaan Valley is the highest mountain valley east of the Rocky Mountains, with a base elevation of 3,100 feet, but it’s situated on a plateau, which makes it ideal for skiing and golf.

To make your convention/conference/trade show/retreat/large group reservation, contact Alicia Lewis in Group Sales, at 304-866-4121, ext. 2686, or fill out the online request form.

For more information, please feel free to download Canaan Valley Resort and Conference Center’s free brochure.

Canaan Valley Resort and Conference Center

HC 70, Box 330, Davis, WV 26260
1 800-622-4121 | 1 304-866-4121
Email Us reservations@canaanresort.com

The beautiful Capitol Plaza Hotel & Conference Center, located at 100 State Street in Montpelier, Vermont 05602, is like taking a step back in time but with ALL of the most modern conveniences of the present.

If your convention is HUGE, this is perhaps not the venue for you, but if you are expecting between 3 and 300 attendees, Vermont is the venue you’ve been seeking.

You can find the various rooms and resources of the Capitol Plaza Hotel & Conference Center right here.

It’s always nice when a conference venue is also a hotel, in my opinion, and the Capitol Plaza is both.  There are a variety of rooms from which your attendees might pick, in fact.

And, what are people saying about the Capitol Plaza Hotel & Conference Center?  Lots of things, all good; in fact, so many good things that it was voted Best of the Best!

Need a place for your attendees to eat?  There’s a J. Morgan’s Steakhouse right in the venue!

Or, you can arrange to have your convention catered!

During evenings and other free time, there is much for your attendees to do.  Remember, this is VERMONT, and the skiing is wonderful.  In summer, so is the hiking.  There are many other attractions as well.

For more information please email or phone us at 1-800-274-5252.

Jekyll Island is one of the best-kept secrets of the southern coast!  So beautiful that these islands are called The Golden Isles, your e, convention, trade show, corporate retreat, meeting, reception, or any other kind of gather imaginable will be well-attended and always remembered.  I would also bet that most of your attendees will return to Jekyll Island on their own as soon as they possibly can.

Located at 1 North Beachview Dr., Jekyll Island, GA 31527, the convention center is easy to find; the drive itself is one of the most memorable and beautiful things your people will ever do, in fact.

Planning your gathering is easy here; there are 55,000 square feet of space within a complex of buildings. All in all, there are three large convention halls, thirteen breakout rooms, all in one way or another connected. Don’t worry about your attendees having to go out into the rain to get from one building to another, either; the buildings are all connected or adjoined.

As for food, the Jekyll Island Convention Center has whatever you want.  If you want a simple fare, they’ve got burgers and beach barbecues.  If you want a black tie, eight course dinner, they’ve got that, too, and everything in between!

There are fantastic hotels on the islands, but the convention center itself has 1,500 guest rooms, which will surely take care of most of your attendees.

Why not call now, and reserve a spot for your convention?  (888) 413-9127

The Pacific Northwest is a breathtakingly beautiful part of the United States.  In other words, it’s ideal conference locale!

Whether your convention, conference, retreat, trade show, etc. is large or small, the Oregon Convention Center can handle it, and handle it perfectly.  It is, after all, the largest convention center in this area of the country.

The Oregon Convention Center has two ballrooms, both large, and both ideal if you need a large single room for your conference, an actual ballroom for after-conference entertainment, or several small rooms right in the same area, for both ballrooms can be divided into several smaller rooms.

Do you need high speed internet service for your conference?  The Oregon Convention Center is the largest wireless hotspot in Oregon.

You can find a complete list of exhibitor guides HERE.

If sustainability is important to your attendees – as well it should be! – rest assured that the Oregon Convention Center is GREEN.  Silver rating, in fact!

Oregon Convention Center
777 NE Martin Luther King, Jr. Blvd.
Portland, Oregon 97232

ph. 1.800.791.2250 | In Portland: 503.235.7575

Need a hotel room, ATM, grocery store, bank, etc?  You can find all of those right here, all handy to the convention center. The Oregon Convention Center is handy to the airport, too, and has a shuttle for your convenience, as well.

Need some way to maneuver around town from the convention center?  Portland has a magnificent public transit system: the Light Rail.  There are also buses running regularly for your convenience.

All in all, you’ll never find a more beautiful spot to hold your conference, and the Oregon Convention Center is all you could ever ask or hope for in a venue.

I’ve been to the Kentucky Exposition Center over a hundred times for different shows, conventions, flea markets, and you name it, and each time the same thought goes through my mind: This facility is absolutely perfect for this function!

The Kentucky Exposition Center is the most VERSATILE venue I’ve ever encountered. I can’t even imagine an event this facility isn’t more than capable of hosting and handling, and doing both to the complete satisfaction of the conference, convention, trade show, retreat, animal trainer, horsemen, concert,  flea market, and anything else you can think of. I’m serious: this venue has facilities for anything!

This facility is one of the top ten venues of this type in the States, with over a million square feet of contiguous climate-controlled spaces of all kinds.  Nobody is relegated to the upstairs here, either; everything is on the ground floor.

I’ve been to small, one-room functions here, enormous two-wing trade shows and flea markets here, business conferences that needed half a wing here, and horse shows that required a wing and the facilities outside.

Right next door to the Kentucky Exposition Center is a Six Flags park, for after hours or for a fun place for your family to hang out while you’re at the gun show!

This venue is easy to find, too; once you’ve exited into Louisville proper, just keep going until you see the horses!  It’s just a little past Cardinal Stadium, which is, in fact, part of the exposition center.  Handy!

Louisville Convention & Visitors Bureau
401 West Main Street, Suite 2300
Louisville, Kentucky 40202
(502) 584-2121 or 1-888-Louisville (1-888-568-4784)

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Seeking the perfect location for your function? The Southern Utah Convention Center has everything you could ever want or need for your convention, conference, trade show, corporate retreat, reception, or meeting of any kind.

Located in scenic southern Utah, this conference center offers 47,500 square feet of column-free convention hall, 32,000 square feet in 21 fully functional meeting rooms, 4 small meeting rooms or 9 luxury suites overlooking the exhibition hall, 3 separate pre-function areas, indoor/outdoor areas, full production and staging capability for a wide spectrum of events and entertainment, seating for up to 6,200 at special events or concerts, full-service in-house catering, and an Exhibition Hall concession area.

There is also a myriad of surrounding sights and activities for between and after your attendees’ convention requirements. Among them are majestic golf resorts, Bryce Canyon, the Grand Canyon, Lake Powell, and many others.

The Dixie Center Blog highlights various exhibitions, shows, conferences, conventions, meetings, retreats, trade shows, etc, that have chosen southern Utah for their venue.

The auditorium - 1,710 square feet of potential presentation space – is roomy, comfortable, and completely fitted out with all of the audio-visual or high speed internet needs of your presenters and attendees.

1835 Convention Center Dr
St. George, UT 84790
(435) 628-7003
Toll Free: 800-748-5011

Additional information can be obtained by going to the information request page on the convention center website and following the directions given there.

If you are looking for a first-class convention center that charges 30% less than the big-name centers, the Reno-Sparks Convention Center is exactly what you’ve been searching for!

With over half a million square feet of meeting space, no convention is too small or too large; this majestic convention center can handle anything.

The Reno-Sparks Convention Center is located at 4590 South Virginia Street, Reno, NV  89502.

After hours, your conference attendees have their choice of many fascinating spots.

As far as the convention center facilities, here is what the Reno-Sparks Convention Center website has to say:

Captivating, modern and competitive, the Reno-Sparks Convention Center is no ordinary stage. For technological amenities and extensive capacity, this state-of-the-art facility is built to order for progressive business.  The center can accommodate a full spectrum of events that include shows on Tradeshow Week’s Top 200 list.  And it is presented at a value you can’t match anywhere else.

The Reno-Sparks Convention Center (RSCC) features five (5) contiguous exhibit halls with 381,000 sq. ft. of space. Each hall offers drive-in access, nineteen (19) freight doors, eight (8) of which are drive-in. The drive-in doors are highlighted by a 39’ wide by 32’ high hangar door, providing  access for oversized equipment, vehicles and aircraft. Other features include electrical, water, gas and air distribution systems.

You can follow the Reno-Sparks Convention Center on Twitter,  Facebook,  Flickr, and YouTube.

Oh, and speaking of the convention center’s YouTube site, after you’ve watched a few videos of people doing their various “things” at the center, your mind will be completely made up:  your next converence, convention, trade show, retreat, reunion, etc, will definitely have to be at the Reno-Sparks Convention Center!

The Donald E. Stephens Convention Center is host to a lot of really cool things, but right this minute, and until March 21, you can find the Sports Collectibles Convention there! Plan to spend some time at this function, and be sure to bring your autograph book, because you just might run into such celebrities as Lou Brock, Ernie Banks, Luis Aparicio, Dick Williams, Bobby Hull, Len Dawson, Johnny Lattner, Adam West, Don Larsen, Andre Dawson, Juan Marichal, Whitey Ford,  Bill Buckner, John Riggins, Chuck Bednarik, Roberto Duran, Derrick Ros, and B.J. Armstrong.

The Donald E. Stephens Convention Center is located at:

5555 N. River Road
Rosemont, IL 60018
phone: 847-692-2220
fax: 847-696-9700
rcb@rosemont.com Administration Office and Mailing Address:
9301 W. Bryn Mawr Ave.
Rosemont, IL 60018

With 840,00 square feet of flexible exhibition space, your convention/conference/retreat/trade show/reunion will have plenty of room to exhibit or show or demonstrate pretty much anything it might want or need to do.  At this conference center, your presenters/exhibitors will have access to anything they might need, including plenty of electrical outlets, catering,  and high speed internet!

You can order a Planner’s Guide, too!

You walk into something special when you walk into our Donald E. Stephens Conference Center and Ballroom. We offer a warm and inviting atmosphere for hardworking meetings and enjoyable socializing. Reserve up to 50 attractive, fully functional conference rooms. We work with you to arrange any special room specifications.