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Meeting & Event Planners
What Is The Hospitality & Tourism Summit Chicago?
The Summit is the premier event for the hospitality, tourism, and events industries. It features a trade show, educational sessions, and new additions like the Roundtable Networking Luncheon and Summit Excellence Awards including an award for Wedding, Meeting & Event Planners. Over 1,400 professionals—event planners, social media influencers, concierges, media, hotel teams, and suppliers—attend to connect, learn, sell, and grow.
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The Summit is your launchpad for growth. It provides the tools, connections, leads, and knowledge to elevate your business, and your career.
Why Should Meeting & Event Planners Attend?
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Find new and exciting venues and vendors at the trade show
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Position yourself as a player in the industry
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Get better at the educational breakout sessions
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Enjoy food and drink samples from some of Chicago's best and newest venues
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​NEW: meet social media influencers and media!
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​NEW: meet social media influencers and media!
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Meet other meeting and event planners, concierges, social media influencers, and industry professionals
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Keep yourself on the cutting edge with industry trends and insights
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Recharge your batteries
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NEW: chance to win the Summit Planner award
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NEW: roundtable discussion luncheon for even more opportunities to connect & learn
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See and experience 3 different venues
83%
Of planners in attendance spent more than 3 hours at the show
90%
Of planners that attended rated the experience as “great” or better
17
Is the minimum, average number of new vendors or venues found by planners who attended
What Do Other Planners Say?
The Vistria Group
Stacy Kruczek
Executive Administrative Asst.
The Hospitality and Tourism Summit has given me the resources to succeed in my career. Thank you Ateema!
John Buck Corporation
Joan Hohs - Meeting Planner
I cannot thank you enough for hosting the Hospitality & Tourism Summit. As always, you outdid yourselves. I look forward to this event every year so I can reconnect with vendors and meet new ones. The speakers’ knowledge and excitement about the industry is contagious.
Bucom International
Kate Postle - Meeting Planner
I saw this as a great opportunity to network with local Chicago vendors and people I've seen at past networking events and now I get a chance to meet them in person.
