Offsite conferences already shake up the routine and lend themselves to new ideas and discussion. But sometimes it’s good to get attendees out of the convention center and hotel conference rooms, and into your host city for even more inspiration. We've already collected a list of walkable…
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If your organization is meeting in Grand Rapids, which has been known as Beer City USA since 2012, it would be a shame not to visit one of its many breweries. Fortunately, seven of them make it easy to mix business with some pleasure by offering meeting space within a short walk of the city’s…
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The COVID-19 pandemic called for rapid and innovative responses from Michigan’s government, business, nonprofit and healthcare leaders. The West Michigan Vaccine Clinic, located at DeVos Place Convention Center in downtown Grand Rapids, highlights how West Michigan’s convention center owner and…
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When Experience Grand Rapids began working with an organization that would bring 3,000 mostly Hindu attendees to the city, they reached out to Fred Stella, Prachark (which is Sanskrit for Outreach Minister) for the West Michigan Hindu Temple. Tapping Local Expertise “The attitude [Experience Grand…
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