Meetings + Conventions Calgary
Meetings + Conventions Calgary (MCC) assists meeting planners, corporate clients and association executives looking for a destination to host, connect and inspire their delegates. A destination sales and marketing organization, MCC is your connection to Calgary.
Event Management
Leveraging Local Flavor at Your Next Event
Destinations
How a Local Community Energized an Annual Event [Case Study]
Go Media Canada embodies the best of Canada through rotating locations across the country. In the past, the event has struggled with the right mix of conference programming and attendee exploration. With the 2018 event held in Calgary, the focus was on capturing the moments and providing attendees with a variety of enjoyable ways to get to know the real Calgary.
Destinations
Leveraging Local Intellectual Capital for Memorable Conventions
Most people come to conventions for learning and networking. When either of those is lackluster, you’ll see a drop in attendance. Yet, maintaining top-notch education and innovative discourse can be difficult. That’s why many savvy conference planners are looking at the possibilities of leveraging local intellectual capital to create genuinely memorable conventions. Here’s how you can begin doing the same.
Destinations
How a Last-Minute Destination Change Maximized Event Attendance Numbers [Case Study]
A last-minute switch by the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) to select Calgary, Alberta as the destination for its International Conference on Acoustics, Speech, and Signal Processing, showed the destination’s flexibility of offerings and agileness. What was expected to be a smaller turn out due to the change, became one of IEEE ICASSP’s best attended conferences in many years.
Destinations
Meeting Destination Selection: 10 Questions To Ask Your CVB
Convention and Visitors Bureaus (CVBs) can be incredibly helpful in site selection and support in making your event happen in their destination. Their unrivaled knowledge of the area can point you in directions you may not have thought of, saving you time and money.
Inspiration
How the Calgary Welcome Made This Event a Success [Case Study]
Calgary hosted over 700 participants for the International Play Association World Conference and demonstrated the flexibility of the destination by combining outdoor elements with the internal programming for a truly unique event experience.