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Freeman Technology Suite Streamlining the process for event professionals


Freeman Technology Suite (FTS) is an inte- grated platform that simplifies the event- planning process and enhances the event experience through interactive tools for exhibitors, show organizers, event planners, and meeting managers. It’s all the resources that event professionals need, in one place. Each tool within the suite is designed to


promote enhanced communication and collaboration, plus provide quick access to important event-related information. Freeman Technology Suite is comprised of six tools: • Passport — streamlines the event design review and approval process


• Plantour® — allows users to perform


an online site visit and help facilitate sponsorship sales


• Presentation management — simplifies the organization of speaker materials and allows access to the materials before, during, and after the event


• FreemanOnline® — provides access to


vital show information and an easy way to order show services online • Concierge Elite® — elevates the


customer-service experience through a mobile application that saves time before, during, and after the event • Exhibit Planner® — streamlines the


management of exhibit programs, properties, and service As a partner to associations and corpora-


tions since 1927, Freeman is well aware that events can be complicated. That is the reason the company became the premier provider of fully integrated experiential marketing solu- tions. Its arsenal of tools was created with specific needs in mind. Now show organiz- ers, planners, and event managers, as well as exhibitors, can be assured that Freeman Technology Suite will make things simpler.


Integrated tools Easing the event- management process.


For more information: freemanco.com


Dallas Unmatched for business and meetings


As the Southwest’s leading business and financial center, Dallas is one of the top con- vention cities in the country. The city offers meeting planners an unparalleled array of amenities: 70,000 hotel rooms, flexible meet- ing space, a warm climate, service-oriented staff, a central location near two major air- ports offering more domestic nonstop flights than any other U.S. city, and much more. Dallas improved on its status as a desir-


able meetings and conventions destination in 2011 with the highly anticipated opening of the Omni Dallas Hotel. The Omni added 1,001 rooms and 110,000 square feet of event space on site, as well as convenient sky-bridge access to the Dallas Convention Center (DCC), ushering in a new era for Dallas meetings.


PCMA.ORG The DCC is undergoing renovations of its


own. Designed by HKS Inc. and constructed by Lee Lewis in collaboration with the city of Dallas, the DCC offers more than one million square feet of exhibit space and is home to the world’s largest column-free exhibit hall. Along with its central location, the DCC also offers more than 100 meeting rooms, a 1,750- seat theater, a 9,800-seat arena, and two ballrooms. Renovations will be completed to the D area of the center this year, adding a new ballroom and a glassed-overhang mul- timedia conference room. The A lobby, con- course, and AB lobby also will receive new floor and wall treatments, adding more color and excitement to the DCC.


The Big D Unrivaled facilities and amenities in the Southwest.


For more information: visitdallas.com AUGUST 2012 PCMA CONVENE 99


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