Meeting Planners
Planner Satisfaction
Planners provide feedback about meeting in Portland.
Travel Portland’s M&C Gold Service Award-winning team (11 years running!) does everything it takes to save you money and make your event a success. What’s more, our hotels and suppliers are happy to collaborate to build a package that works for you.
You don’t have to take our word for it. Here are some kind words from a few of your fellow planners who’ve held successful events in Portland:
“All of the items you gave us to promote the meeting helped make it a success, even in a year of recession.”
- Lauren Cummings, National Association of State Budget Officers
“Travel Portland truly made my job as a meeting planner so much easier and fun.”
- Mayumi M. Mazur, QFD Institute
“What most impressed our attendees was Portland’s free public transportation in downtown, the very low-cost and convenient airport transportation (MAX rail), and tax-free shopping.”
- Mayumi M. Mazur, QFD Institute
“There were many places where we could point to it being not only more sustainable, but more cost-effective. We had no experience [planning a green meeting]; Portland had experience.”
- Wilfred Pinfold, 2009 Supercomputing Conference Chair
“Tim [Mongin] is the best housing representative that I have ever worked with.”
- Bill Loshbough, Trade Show Manager, Execuwest Consultants,
National Association for Pupil Transportation 2010 Annual Summit
“Travel Portland’s customer service was fantastic. They really became an integral part of my conference team and went above and beyond to help me with event site selection, site visits, restaurant and private dining recommendations, concierge services, and local committee meetings. Their housing department personnel and services were incredibly helpful and responsive to me and my attendees.
Our annual meeting attendance in Portland this year [2010] increased 32% this year over our previous year’s attendance. Our attendees were delighted with Portland’s restaurants, public transit and especially microbreweries! Participants were asking us before they left when we planned to return to Portland. We hope to come back very soon.”
- Nicole Guy, Meeting Manager, Microscopy Society of America
