Convention Services
Praise & Gratitude The members of the club were so grateful for the hospitality and kindness shown to them by all the ABILENIANS they encountered. Our Club has an Annual Spring Tour to different cities in Texas and they were so impressed and grateful ... We enjoyed The Grace Museum, Frontier Texas, The 12th Armored Division Museum, and Casa Authentique. Sincerely, Wendell and Celina Fennell North Texas Vintage Tbird
Just wanted to let you know my department has received tons of compliments for hosting the fall JJAT conference. I personally have been told it was the best one ever put on in the state! We are very proud and I have a wonderful team around me that takes pride in everything we do! Teresa Clifton let me know the money it brought to Abilene, and I could not be more proud! Respectfully, Allison A. Stafford Chief Juvenile Probation Officer Taylor County Juvenile Probation Department
Meeting & Event Planners: Services Objectives:
Provide uncompromising service to convention and groups meeting in Abilene. Better communicate the value of working with the Abilene CVB. Embrace sustainability. Encourage visitors to stay longer.
Strategies:
Create engaging itineraries for convention goers. Contact every meeting planner within one month of the definite booking to begin conference planning. Create a comprehensive list detailing Heroes of Tourism (HOT) ACVB resources for hosting a meetHosts earn awards for bringing events and ing in Abilene. meetings to Abilene. Continually update the Meeting Planning Guide. Create group specific itineraries encouraging convention goers to arrive a day early or stay longer. Create a “meetings made easy” link to upload on association’s website communicating enticing events and things to do while convention goers are in Abilene.
Meetings Serviced: Sports: 152 Hotel/Motel: 73 Expo Center: 24 Other: 13
Convention Center: 11 Education: 9 Motorcoach: 2 Church: 6
ACCOMMODATIONS ACTIVITIES ENTERTAINMENT EXHIBIT SPACE
MEETING PLANNERS GUIDE ABILENEVISITORS.COM
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