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World-class meeting and event venues can be found in Aspen including LEED-certified hotels and high-tech conference rooms, mountain top lodges and traditional western ranches. If your program is seeking a five star, five diamond property, a family-owned lodge, condominium resorts with on-site meeting space, or something in between, we can find the perfect fit for your Aspen meeting, conference or incentive.
We are Aspen experts! Aspen is home. We understand the ins and outs of our mountain community and look forward to sharing the distinct group offerings that will make your meeting or incentive extraordinary. Our team of experts have a background in hotel sales and boast accreditations from Destinations International as well as the Society of Incentive Travel Excellence. We are well-equipped and ready to assist you!
Offering the Aspen Chamber Resort Association (ACRA) services for our event clients to help find lodging for their groups is a beyond well received service. The partnerships ACRA has and the efficiency in which they share lodging support with group rates for our clients is priceless. No other mountain town has a service like this which just adds more to our list of why Aspen is our number one destination choice to produce events and to suggest to our clients.
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City Wide Events We invite you and your meeting attendees to own the Aspen zip code. Take over the coveted 81611 by staying across the resort and enjoying an array of experiences, all within walking distance. When the meeting culminates, team-building and mind-enriching experiences are waiting to be seized. A vibrant arts and culture scene brings Aspen’s colorful essence to life through world class experiences like the Aspen Music Festival and School and the annual Aspen FilmFest.
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Getting Around • Meeting & event hotels include roundtrip Aspen airport transfers in room rate • Downtowner on demand electric vehicle shuttle
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Year round non-stop flights: Denver, Dallas-Fort Worth & Los Angeles
Seasonal non-stop flights: Austin, Atlanta, Chicago, Houston, Minneapolis-St. Paul, Orange County, Phoenix & San Francisco
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Unique Venues We have extraordinary spaces and sites fit for groups of all sizes and equipped with distinct, showstopping views and experiences for guests to enjoy. We have compiled a list of event spaces that are exceptional and offer beautiful backdrops to boot.
Aspen’s welcoming atmosphere makes it a great destination for many groups looking for quality time together and a memorable experience. Social groups may include family or school reunions, large tour groups of all ages, special interest clubs, student groups and ski clubs. These groups may also include religious gatherings, whether formal or informal, fraternal orders and military groups, or educational organizations. We provide complimentary planning services including sourcing venues and hotels, group activities and local vendor referrals. Our local knowledge and expertise are available to streamline your planning process, making it easier than ever to plan.
Say I Do in front of the most photographed peaks in North America. By reserving the Maroon Bells Amphitheater, you can have these stunning peaks as the backdrop to your wedding ceremony. This iconic ceremony site can be reserved one year in advance for a maximum of 50 people for private events.
Vendors & Aspen Experts There are so many moving parts that go into a successful special event. Party rentals, planners, catering, venues and custom jewelry design are just a few. ACRA’s experts will provide introductions to Aspen’s local vendors to assist in your planning process. Wedding, anniversary, 50th birthday or family reunion, no stone will go uncovered until you have a most fabulous destination event planned in Aspen. We are fortunate to work in Aspen often and we love to lean on ACRA to be our local experts and boots on the ground. For us, their assistance with destination services and sourcing lodging for our clients is invaluable. Lindsey Morgan Owner & Creative Director Bello & Blue Events
Aspen Chamber Resort Association • 590 N. Mill Street 970.925.1940 • sales@aspenchamber.org