Partnership Offers



 

Exclusive Partner Offers for PCMA Members

PCMA has worked to add even more value to your membership. Take advantage of these exclusive partner offers for PCMA members!

Strategic Partners                  

 
 

American Express 2008 Meetings & Events Offers
By air, by land or by sea, you can save big and earn rewards with this year's American Express Meetings & Events Offers. Across the country or close to home--wherever you're holding your next meeting or event, you're likely to find a great offer for a nearby hotel or resort. We've also negotiated savings with select merchant partners, including top-notch airlines and a leading cruise line and chauffeur service. It's just our way of giving you well-rounded options, so you can choose the offer that best suits your needs. Enjoy these offers that are above and beyond your pre-negotiated rates. Offers are valid when you pay for your entire bill at any of the participating partners with any American Express® Card. Go to americanexpress.com/waystosave for further details.

Come to Canada. Ask for Steve
Whether it's a meeting, convention, or incentive travel program, Steve's got that insider information you'll need to make it an extra-ordinary event. Your friends at the CTC, including our go-to guy Steve, can assist you every step of the way including Passports & Visas, Bringing Goods In, Money & Tax Benefits, Getting to Canada plus what's new in Canada and its destinations. Come to Canada. Ask for Steve.
www.meetings.canada.travel

 

FedEx Kinko's made news in January when it announced its strategic alliance with PCMA, and is now pleased to announce that since that time the company has completed a significant agreement with the Las Vegas Convention Center (LVCC), one of the largest convention centers in America. The company has opened three new FedEx Kinko's Office and Print Centers in the LVCC.

By developing partnerships in premier hotels and convention centers around the country, FedEx Kinko's goes a step further in providing on-site meeting and convention services. Check out their new meeting Web site to search for locations and services ready to meet your meeting needs.


Here's a $175,000 Incentive to Book Hawai'i Now! For their 10th anniversary, the Hawai'i Convention Center would like to write you a $175,000 Thank You note. Get $175,000 in promotional and destination support programs when you book your meeting of 2,500 delegates or more for 2011, 2014 or 2016. But act quickly, no anniversary lasts forever.  Click Here  for further details or E-mail the Hawai'i Convention Center at 10thpromo@hccsmg.com.


 
 

Premier Partners                  

 
Ford Lauderdale

The Greater Fort Lauderdale Convention & Visitors Bureau has extended its meeting planners incentive program to generate group business for August and September 2008-2010. Meeting planners who book groups at the Broward County Convention Center for those months and contract a minimum of 600 peak-night hotel rooms will receive free rental of all floor space throughout the Convention Center, as well as have attrition fees waived at contracted hotels. Click here for more information.

Introducing Priority Club Meeting Rewards, a loyalty program that rewards you for qualified meetings you hold at any of our more than 2,800 hotels in the U.S., Canada and Mexico. You'll receive 3 Priority Club points for every US$1 you spend on qualified meetings.

If you already earn rewards for personal stays as a Priority Club Rewards member, be sure to update your membership level to "Meeting Rewards." Click here to enroll or update your membership level now, or call 1-800-MEETING.

Starwood

Starwood Hotels & Resorts continues to partner with PCMA to bring members free and discounted meeting and business tools -- Executive Book Summaries and Beyond the Books, Audio Conference Series by SOUNDVIEW.
PCMA members now have complimentary access to over 300 Executive Book Summaries and 1,000 Speed Reviews, plus a 50% discount off any Beyond the Books Audio Conferences of several of Soundview featured authors. 
Click Here for more details.  

MeetingMetricsSM, a comprehensive meeting performance measurement service that offers a new way for meetings professionals to show value to their organizations, is still available at an exclusive discounted price for PCMA members only. Click here for more information or to qualify for a FREE MeetingMetricsSM license.


Affinity Partners                  

 
Delta

Delta Air Lines offers service to more destinations than any other global airline:
 
Service to 311 destinations in 52 countries
More than 60 new international routes added in the last year
Flights to 32 trans-Atlantic destinations

Go Green! When you book on delta.com, you can make a contribution to The Conservation Fund's Go Zero program to plant trees to offset the carbon emissions that result from your flight. Vistit Delta's force for Global Good at www.delta.com.