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Visit Oakland to Host
Meetings Quest July 22–23
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Nation’s longest-running series
of trade shows for
meeting planners to be held in the
vibrant Bay Area city of Oakland
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Los
Angeles, CA – March 2015 / Newsmaker Alert / Meetings
Quest, the nation’s longest-running series of educational and networking
events for association, corporate, government and religious meeting planners,
has partnered with Visit Oakland
and will be held July 22–23 at the Oakland Convention Center and at the
Oakland Marriott City Center.
“Through
our multiyear sponsorship with Meetings Quest, we look forward to providing
meeting planners with a dynamic opportunity to advance their industry knowledge
and strengthen their professional connections,” said Alison Best, president
and CEO of Visit Oakland. “As Oakland continues to receive accolades for
its diversity, quality of life and its role as an incubator of innovation,
I’m confident that Meetings Quest attendees will find that the city has
much to offer.”
With
its temperate climate, convenient location and wide selection of venues,
Oakland is the perfect place for meetings and events. The Oakland Marriott
City Center, which is directly connected to the renovated Oakland Convention
Center, offers 489 guest rooms. Together, the two venues provide 89,000
square feet of meeting space. The city is home to three professional sports
teams, 108,000 acres of scenic parks and trails, and Lake Merritt, a 3.1-mile
urban lake located in the heart of downtown. Other notable attractions
in Oakland include Chinatown, the Oakland Museum of California and waterfront
activities in Jack London Square. Visitors will find a variety of entertainment
offerings, including thriving art studios and galleries, an emerging culinary
scene and exciting nightlife.
“We
have no doubt that Meetings Quest in Oakland will provide both meeting
planners and exhibitors with a unique experience, which is what we aim
to achieve with every Meetings Quest,” said Timothy Schneider, president
and CEO of Schneider Publishing Company, which publishes Association
News and organizes Meetings Quest. “Providing a one-of-a-kind experiential
learning opportunity is what sets Meetings Quest apart.”
Upcoming
Meetings Quest shows will also be held in Providence, Rhode Island, and
Bloomington, Minnesota. For further information on exhibiting or to register,
visit MeetingsQuest.com or
call 877-577-3700. To watch the Meetings Quest video overview, click
here.
For
further press information, please contact Ann
Shepphird, or call 310-577-3700.
About
Visit Oakland
Visit
Oakland is a non-profit organization marketing Oakland, California, as
a travel destination. Visit Oakland offers a wide variety of complimentary
services and materials for travelers and meeting planners interested in
experiencing Oakland. For more information visit VisitOakland.org.
About
Schneider Publishing
Schneider
Publishing (SchneiderPublishing.com)
is the parent company of Association News (AssociationNews.com),
America’s most-read magazine for association executives, and SportsTravel
(SportsTravelMagazine.com),
the sports world’s event magazine. In addition to Meetings Quest (MeetingsQuest.com),
Schneider Publishing organizes the TEAMS Conference & Expo (TEAMSconference.com),
the world’s largest gathering of sports-event organizers, which will be
held November 9-12, 2015, in Las Vegas. The group travel markets served
by Schneider Publishing generate 106 million hotel room nights annually.
Association
News, Meetings Quest, SportsTravel and TEAMS are registered
trademarks of Schneider Publishing.
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