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The Importance of Offering a Variety of Corporate Meeting Venues
April 14th, 2010 by admin

Corporate meeting planners always have to be on the lookout for attractive, affordable venues to add to their list of possibilities. Few companies want to hold meeting after meeting in the same location, particularly when it is clear that new environments can breathe new life into corporate meetings and can prove highly motivating. Even those companies that do not mind holding regular meetings at the same venue repeatedly will likely want a new location for bigger meetings or corporate events. Knowing that you are at least partially responsible for the success of the meeting, it is your job as a corporate meeting planner to ensure that your meetings take place in venues that provide the required logistics, as well as an environment that is conducive to productivity.

Naturally, you will have local hotels and banquet halls on your list of venue options, but it is also important to seek out unique locations to offer to your clients. For example, you may want to consider contacting local museums, wineries, landmarks, theme parks and zoos to inquire about their meeting facilities. If you are located in a smaller city or town, you should also familiarize yourself with the options available in the closest major city in your region. In order to accommodate your clients that require more unique options, you should also have information on hand regarding cruise ship meetings and venues located in popular corporate travel destinations around the world.

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Rosalie George writes:
April 14th, 2010 at 10:15 am

 You are right!  Meeting planners usually expect their "Mountain top" experience, while not necessarily at a high elevation, to be inspirational, relaxing, and conducive to "great thoughts" being generated due to the management group getting away from its normal surroundings, away from the office cacophony, and into a setting that helps give birth to improved thinking.
Here at Annville Inn Bed & Breakfast, a country estate, we offer just that to our corporate retreat guests.  Our B&B was built by a logistical genus who was a four star general and Quartermaster General of the U.S. Army.   These walls are steeped in logistics and planning–that and the fresh country air and breathtaking view of the Blue Mountains behind us have helped numerous corporate groups realize their collective potential.
 

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