Why Seattle Makes an Ideal Hub for International Gatherings
As more event marketers and meeting planners make Seattle their top pick, it’s clear they share a priority: worldwide access and appeal.
As more event marketers and meeting planners make Seattle their top pick, it’s clear they share a priority: worldwide access and appeal.
From reducing food waste to supporting minority-owned business, the Seattle Convention Center’s new Summit building makes a big impact.
Seattle offers a safe, supportive, and encouraging environment for women to live, travel, work, and host meetings with other women leaders.
With the 2023 debut of its $1.9-billion Summit building, the newly named Seattle Convention Center will bring more conventions to town — but that’s not the only attraction for planners and their groups.
With the 2023 debut of the $1.9-billion Summit building, Seattle and the Washington State Convention Center (WSCC) will reaffirm commitment to sustainability while being able to bring more conventions to town.
In an intimate closing conversation, sports heroes Megan Rapinoe and Sue Bird describe how Seattle strives to promote inclusion and acceptance of all people.
Whether its the fresh seafood, a robust wine and beer scene, food festivals, or award-winning restaurants, Seattle offers numerous ways planners can incorporate local flavors into their events.
According to a2019 Randstad US survey, 81% of Americanworkers prefer a diverse workplace. Moreover, companies are valuing and cultivating diversitymore than ever.With this in mind, Seattleis a prime locale for global meeting planners to consider.
Weaving local flavors into your event can help attendees experience and enjoy the destination even more. Happily, Seattle is known for its array of regional selections, with most hotels, venues, and restaurants offering a wealth of locally sourced bites and sips.
Seattle’s boundary-pushing attitude stretches far beyond e-commerce, coffee, and software. The remarkable medical research and health care community here is paving the way to a better, healthier world.
One year ago, Seattle broke ground on Summit, the additional facility at Washington State Convention Center – right in the heart of downtown and just a block and a half away from the existing facility, Arch.
Event strategists searching for an unusual venue in the Northwest need look no further than Seattle, where places like Chihuly Garden and Glass, the Space Needle, and the Museum of Pop Culture, among others, are sure to give their attendees something spectacular.