Courtesy Wausau Central Wisconsin CVB The Wausau area is home to central Wisconsin’s newest and largest conference center. Set in Wisconsin’s Northwoods, the 60,000-square-foot Patriot Center is luring groups with more than 26,000 square feet of exhibition space and a 1,000-person ballroom. “By February, the Patriot Center, located off I-39 in Rothschild, will complete an […]

Courtesy Greater Green Bay CVB Groups like the Community Bankers Association of Wisconsin know they are sure to score a winning meeting in Green Bay, the northeastern Wisconsin town on the shores of Lake Michigan that is home to the Green Bay Packers football team. “They brought 125 people into town for their annual state […]

Courtesy Greater Madison CVB Building on the success of its meeting and convention initiatives, Wisconsin’s capital city has launched the Madison Area Sports Commission to increase its share of the sports market. “When we looked at our future, sports rose to the top,” said Diane Morgenthaler, director of marketing, Greater Madison Convention and Visitors Bureau […]

Courtesy Waukesha/Pewaukee CVB With 1,000 hotels rooms located near Interstate 94 between Madison and Milwaukee, it’s not surprising that the southeastern Wisconsin towns of Waukesha and Pewaukee are popular with meeting planners. What is surprising is how much more than accessibility these communities have to offer. “We pride ourselves on our service and hospitality and […]

Courtesy Waukesha/Pewaukee CVB There’s just nothing like a Wisconsin welcome. The state’s landscape may vary, with rolling farms, sparkling lakes and stately northwoods, but its communities all greet meeting groups with open arms and above-average service. In the southeastern suburban towns of Waukesha and Pewaukee, local shops bring products to their meeting guests to create […]

Courtesy Gulf Shores/Orange Beach TSC “The most difficult thing about holding our annual conference at the coast this summer was not being able to get in the beautiful water,” said Jon Hand, executive director of the Electric Cities of Alabama, a coalition of the state’s municipally owned electric utilities. “We had 350 people at the […]

Courtesy Savannah CVB With its antebellum ambiance, Low Country cuisine and storied historic district, Savannah offers a setting that meeting guests can’t resist. In fact, convention attendance often spikes as much as 20 percent when Savannah is the site. Bill Strehl, conference director for the Learning Resource Network in Fulton, Md., saw this firsthand when […]