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Cover Story > Conference Centers We Love Arbor Day Foundation is a nonprofit, “our profits go back to planting trees and bettering the environment,” explains Denise Munderloh, director of sales and marketing, who adds that Lied Lodge offers a discount to conservation-focused groups. “There are apple orchards galore, and the center itself is just stunning,” says Bobbie Connolly, member services coordinator with Prairie Health Ventures in Lincoln, NE. She adds, “They care about their customers, and that comes across by the interaction of the staff with you as the meeting planner. I’ve been going there for 13 years and will continue to do so.” Lied Lodge has 14,000 square feet of meeting space over 14 rooms, as well as seasonal outdoor space and historic barns on property that serve as ideal venues for meals or receptions. themselves to informal barbecues or swankier affairs. ROOTED TO THE ENVIRONMENT “Green” is nothing new to the Lied Lodge and Conference Center in Nebraska City, NE. Owned by the Arbor Day Foundation and sitting on the 260-acre Arbor Day Farm, Lied Lodge uses energy-efficient lighting, heating, and cooling systems, and has an extensive sustainability program. Since the THERE’S NO PLACE QUITE LIKE IT Q Center Built by training professionals for training professionals The Premier Destination for Meetings, Conferences & Executive Learning. GROUPS OF 2 TO 2000 STATE-OF-THE-ART TECHNOLOGY EXQUISITE CATERING 1,042 GUEST ROOMS BY THE SEA Seascape Resort, on Monterey Bay in Aptos, CHICAGO QCENTER.COM 877 774 THEQ CA, lures groups with 13 ocean-view conference rooms—part of the property’s 17,000 square feet of meeting space. “Seascape is unique in that we own the beach the resort overlooks. Our beach is wide and sandy—part of a 17-mile ribbon of beach that runs from Santa Cruz to Monterey,” explains Tom Blackman, Seascape’s director of sales and marketing. “We offer full-service catering for events on the beach, and our signature event pairs specialty cocktails and creative hors d’oeuvres with beach fires—a clam and lobster bake with the ‘must-haves,’ corn on the cob and baked potatoes, capped with elegant dessert selections. Having the beach available to us in this way allows meeting planners to book the off-site dinner without going off-site.” Although area competition for groups is steep, “once they’ve experienced Seascape, they want to only book Seascape,” says Peggy Young of Santa Cruz, CA-based meeting management firm, Peggy Young & Associates. “Seascape truly is a gem.” MARCH 2008 SUCCESSFUL MEETINGS http://QCENTER.COM http://QCENTER.COM

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Successful Meetings - March 2008

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