A meeting place you never outgrow.

It's high-demand, high-stress world. The pace is fast. You know the drill. Long days, endless meetings and more demands. Do it faster, do it cheaper and do more of it. Getting away from cell phones, laptops, pagers and e-mail, focusing on personal well being and professional growth is no longer a luxury, but a necessity. Yet you are placing more value on personal and family time. You need to plan that meeting, but you want destinations that will satisfy your meeting needs, as well as offer a little R & R and places where a spouse or friend can find a quick getaway.

What better place than ORLANDO.

THE Orlando CVB, your meeting planning partner.

Over the past 10 years, Orlando has become one of America's premier meeting and convention destinations, offering planners exactly what they need in a meeting site - easy access, a great climate, good price/value relationship, a vast array of venue and accommodation choices and, most of all, a destination renown for outstanding service and hospitality.

ORLANDO -- as the destination -- and the Orlando/Orange County Convention & Visitors Bureau, Inc. -- as your meeting planning partner -- make the perfect combination to build quality programs.

As the official destination expert, the Orlando CVB is the only source you'll need. From your initial inquiry to the close of your last event, we are totally committed to be here for you.

No meeting is too small or too large!

FOR a Productive, yet unforgettable experience...

WE invite you to attend a truly unique meeting place that also offers a dazzling array of exciting entertainment options, guaranteed to make your trip more than "just another meeting."

After your meeting, plan to spend time enjoying any of our more than 90 attractions, teeing off on your choice of more than 150 golf courses and sampling a menu that includes many great restaurants.

You can also relax at one of Orlando's many spas, visit more than 700 retail shops or experience the "Unexpected Orlando's" many cultural, natural and heritage offerings that provide educational and other exciting venues for special social events.

YOU'LL Find the perfect accommodations.

Orlando has built a remarkable hotel infrastructure -- more than 105,000 guestrooms and growing, with a projected 112,000 rooms by the end of 2003! About 8,000 of those guestrooms are presently within easy walking distance of the Orange County Convention Center. Choose from luxury hotels, bed and breakfasts, serene conference settings or something in between.

It's ALL about Choices because the convention hotels of Orlando also appeal to a leisure travel audience that accounts for thousands of room nights, the hotels have a mission of providing both lodging and fun. Orlando's selection of hotels makes it easy to please your entire group.

DISCOVER the secrets of locally preferred dining or explore the unexpected dining pleasures at extraordinary area hotel restaurants. Few cities offer such high-quality hotel dining as that found in Orlando. To preview them all, visit dineinorlando.com.

SERVICE is ALL about exceeding the meeting planner's expectations.

THE Orlando CVB, your meeting planning partner, is all about your SUCCESS. Our sales manager will help secure hotel and offsite venues as well as any other ancillary support needs. And, we only contact those that meet your specifications. Truly, if you need it, we can find it! And when it's time for you to make a site visit, we custom tailor your itinerary, secure your accommodations and escort you during your site visits! To assist with your planning, visit our meeting planners Web site at orlandoinfo.com/meetings. Select the hotels of your choice and send your RFP. Be sure to check our "value rates & dates" section. Or, just give us a call at 407-363-5847.

Contact our Destination Meeting Services Department for all the destination support you could possibly imagine. From scheduling your registration personnel and handling your pre-convention registration to providing attendance promotion materials, we can do it all for you! As a matter of fact, our own Convention Registration Personnel are so good, we guarantee them -- and our rates are unbeatable! To take some stress out of planning your next meeting, e-mail [e-mail] or call 407-363-5830.