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The New dmo Visit Savannah The epitome of Southern hospitality and service
At leisure Savannah’s Historic Meetings District is lined with many boutiques, specialty shops, and art galleries. Other attractions in Savannah include 22 park-like squares, trolley tours, art and cultural museums, City Market, River Street, Forsyth Park, and numerous golf courses.
Both hip and historic, Savannah is a meet- ing planner’s perfect destination. It’s also a place for quality time, where groups can slow down, take in the scenery, and find inspira- tion, whether it’s meandering through the city’s historic squares or exploring the Savan- nah College of Art and Design’s lively campus. In Savannah, service is a way of life, and Visit Savannah is ready to show groups the true meaning of Southern hospitality. The end goal in everything Visit Savan-
nah’s Destination Services staff does is making meeting planners’ jobs easier. From booking audiovisual systems and catering services to planning itineraries for attendees, the staff can handle every detail of a meeting. Planners can also take advantage of familiar- ization tours and site visits to find the perfect accommodation, attraction, restaurant, or tour site, and those who can’t get away have SavannahMeetings.com to make research and RFP submissions easy and painless. Sitting on the picturesque Savannah
Harbor, the Savannah International Trade & Convention Center offers a modern venue for
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all kinds of conventions, meetings, and spe- cial events. The 330,000-square-foot facility features 100,000 square feet of prime exhi- bition space, the 25,000-square-foot Grand Ballroom, and 50,000 square feet of flexible meeting space that divides into 21 breakout rooms, including four executive boardrooms. The facility’s newest addition is a 45-foot-by- 30-foot hangar door that allows the center’s exhibit hall to accommodate large equip- ment and aviation-oriented trade shows. Visit Savannah also offers complimentary rental of — as well as transportation to and from — the Savannah International Trade & Convention Center for groups that use 600 guest rooms or more for two nights or longer.
For more information: Visit Savannah — Jeff Hewitt, Vice President of Business Development and Destination Services; (912) 644-6416 or (877) 728-2662; JHewitt@VisitSavannah.com; SavannahMeetings.com
Back to business Overlooking the Savannah Riverfront, the 330,000-square-foot Savannah International Trade & Convention Center is also adjacent to the 403- room Westin Savannah Harbor Golf Resort & Spa and a two-minute ferry ride from almost 4,500 hotel rooms within the Historic District.
AT A GLANCE Visit Savannah services • Assistance with pre-convention planning, program planning, promotion and publicity, registration assistance, housing, and more
Convention facilities • The 330,000-square-foot Savannah International Trade & Convention Center
Hotel rooms • 14,000 in the Greater Savannah Area, and nearly 4,500 in Savannah’s Historic Meetings District