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The Saint Charles Convention Center in historic St. Charles, Missouri offers a central location just west of Saint Louis and a 10 minute drive from Lambert-St. Louis Airport. The 154,000-square-foot Convention Center offers flexible meeting and pre-function space in two exhibit halls, a grand ballroom, a junior ballroom and six additional meeting rooms. The flexibility allows for as many as 18 breakout rooms. The facility is attached to a John Q. Hammons Embassy Suites Hotel with 296 two-room suites.
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St. Louis
Sensational St. Louis
By MARLENE GOLDMAN
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With a chance to flaunt its myriad cultural, historical and natural attributes to over 5,000 attendees, St. Louis fired on all cylinders at this year’s ASAE Annual Meeting & Exposition in August.
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Many attendees at the event were unfamiliar with the Midwest’s “Gateway City,” according to John Bettag, vice president of sales for the St. Louis Convention and Visitors Commission.
“The statistics are that over 60 percent of the association attendees coming either had never been to St. Louis or had not been in the last 10-plus years,” he says. “It was a pivotal moment for us—the largest FAM trip in the association meetings world happening in our city. This was our opportunity and I think we capitalized on creating a perception in the right way for us going forward.”
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Northern Indiana
That’s the Spirit!
By CAROLYN BLACKBURN
As the home of the University of Notre Dame and Purdue, among other prestigious colleges, Northern Indiana is a major contributor to the excitement currently taking hold of the nation; most would agree, during college football season, the region is particularly spirited.
For planners, this atmosphere is attractive, as is the region’s competitive group pricing and easy accessibility.
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The home of the Fighting Irish is a family-friendly destination with a deeply rooted heritage and cultural diversity…
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- Build a solid, meaningful business relationship with Center personnel in a positive and knowledgeable manner and negotiating leverage can be increased. Negotiating leverage is greatly determined by the size of your events and the number of events that you book at the same Convention Center.
- Study publicly owned Centers’ guidelines thoroughly. Negotiations at publicly owned Centers are extremely limited (but not impossible) as legislative and regulatory boards predetermine pricing and regulations which cannot be changed. Privately owned Centers are more amenable to negotiating.
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