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Choose Chicago’s experienced Sales staff and award-winning Client Services team are available as free consultants to assist planners with meetings, events, conventions, and conferences of any size. SALES • Assesses and sources the availability of Chicagoland’s approximately 200 hotels, representing 50,000 guest rooms. • Qualifies leads without mass distribution. • Assists in developing bid strategy. • Provides up-to-date information on new properties and renovations. • Shares important details on airlift, conventions, and community events that could impact designated meeting dates. • Ensures proposals meet deadlines. • Arranges well-organized hotel and venue site inspections. • Assesses and sources the availability at McCormick Place, the largest and most flexible convention center in the Western Hemisphere, housing four state-of-the-art buildings with 173 meeting and ballrooms, 2.6 million square feet of exhibit space, an arena, and a theatre. CLIENT SERVICES • Sources venues, speakers, entertainers, transportation, decor companies, special event spaces, caterers, and more. • Acts as a liaison with city departments. • Assists conventions in navigating hundreds of dining, private event, tour, shopping, and entertainment options throughout the city of Chicago. ONLINE RESEARCH TOOLS • Go to meetinchicago.com and use the venue search tool to find hotels with meeting space, special event venues, restaurants with private dining, convention and conference centers, and more. • Find hotel data that includes monthly occupancy and average daily rates, current supply, recently opened hotels, and new construction. • Tap into domestic and international visitor statistics for multiple years. To connect with Choose Chicago’s Client Services and Sales teams, call 312-567-8500 or contact one of our helpful team members directly. For a wide range of useful information accessible 24/7, including dates that have the best availability, a full convention calendar of events, and more, visit meetinchicago.com. An extension of We’re Glad You’re Here, the new Choose Chicago initiative was created as an attendance-building tool and educational resource for conventions and meetings in Chicago. The goal is to connect our clients with Chicago’s civic and corporate communities to help increase attendance, discover innovative ways to activate branding and marketing ideas outside the confines of the convention center, increase student participation, assist in finding local industry expert speakers, and more. Using expert knowledge of the city and our vast network of contacts, Choose Chicago will serve as the conduit between clients and Chicago partner organizations. A convention’s success is Chicago’s success! YOUR CHOOSE CHICAGO TEAM MEETING PROFESSIONALS DAVID WHITAKER President & CEO 312-567-8506 dwhitaker@choosechicago.com MARC ANDERSON Chief Operating Officer 312-567-8481 manderson@choosechicago.com DARRELL BAKER, CASE Vice President, Trade Shows 312-567-8573 dbaker@choosechicago.com JULIE MULLINS Vice President, Convention Sales 312-567-8598 jmullins@choosechicago.com DAWN YOUNG, CEM Vice President, Hotel Sales 312-567-8459 dyoung@choosechicago.com CLIENT SERVICES ROSE HORCHER, CEM, CMP Vice President, Client Services 312-567-8463 rhorcher@choosechicago.com MARKETING TIPS & TOOLS Promote your event with our comprehensive online marketing tools at meetinchicago.com, including: • Photos and video • Chicago press kit/logos • Custom microsite • Print and digital banner ads • Visitor guides and maps • Social media tips • Chicago postcards We’re your goto resource for planning your next Chicago meeting or event.
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