ConferenceDirect

Established in 1998, ConferenceDirect has grown to be one of the largest and most respected event management firms in the world. They are more than your conventional event management company. They offer full-service meeting solutions that assist customers, suppliers, and partners in creating impactful events. With over 1,800+ events delivered globally each year, they are dedicated to reducing costs, increasing revenue, minimising risk, and enhancing attendee experience. Their team of creative professionals can create strategies and bespoke plans to ensure they meet your goals. Based in Ireland, they have local expertise and knowledge, and with global associates, they have the experience to take your event anywhere in the world. They believe that every event is an opportunity to make meaningful connections.

Why ConferenceDirect?
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SERVICES:

Venue Site Selection & Contract Negotiation
At no cost to you, ConferenceDirect will research, review, create and deliver a comprehensive, unbiased report of all available best-fit venues for any event, and negotiate the hotel contract. They negotiate more than 14,000 contracts every year, which gives them tremendous insight into the economics of the meetings industry. They use that knowledge and data to negotiate the most favourable terms possible for their clients.

Conference & Event Management
Whether you’re hosting a board meeting for 10 people, an incentive for 300, or a national conference for 100,000, they help you have a successful, stress-free, and rewarding event.

Hotel Room Management
They help you meet the mark at each hotel with effective room block management. Maximize your block pickup, reduce slippage, minimise rooms around the group block, and minimise attendee attrition with their housing management services.

Registration Management
Increase attendance, improve the quality of your data, and create a first-class impression with their efficient, and easy-to-use registration software and services.

Strategic Meetings Management
Achieve measurable business objectives that align with your organizations’ strategic vision. Implement a Strategic Meetings Management Program (SMMP) for quantitative savings, risk mitigation, and service quality.

Mobile App Services
Their mobile app team will provide the expertise and labor to build a customized event application for your next event that supports ROI through increased revenue opportunities, attendee engagement, exhibitor exposure, networking and more.

Incentives
With over 24 years of global incentive experience ConferenceDirect can create a memorable incentive that will motivate your attendees to achieve their goals and have the trip of a lifetime.

Marketing Support
ConferenceDirect has a dedicated team of marketing experts that can assist in increasing your revenue for your next meeting/event. Their team will understand your goals, develop the plan and execute the strategy across traditional and digital marketing channels.

Experience Design
A multi-layered approach is an integral part of developing impactful events. They partner with the best creative minds in the industry to conceptualize, develop, design and execute captivating experiences that convey your messages and goals in more meaningful ways.

Preferred Supplier
They depend on their network of Preferred Suppliers to partner with them on a wide range of services, including audio visual, destination management companies, to number our other vendors that support the meetings industry. They have over 200 vetted vendors in 2000 locations. Let them help you find the right vendor that fits your needs.

CD@SEA
They are your one-stop resource for successful worldwide group cruise events. From an executive retreat at sea for 20, an incentive for 500, or a global dockside charter for 5,000 the CD@SEA team will find the best solution to fit your program needs and budget.

Let’s partner together to make your next event a success. Give them a call or send an email.