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SUMMARY:HCI Peer Group
DESCRIPTION:Heritage Clubs international specializes in supporting bank travel club directors. Opportunity for one-on-one travel planner appointments\, educational and networking sessions\, to increase group tour business. \nContact Joni Johnson for lead report following this conference.
URL:https://vatc.org/event/hci-peer-group/
LOCATION:Virginia Beach\, VA\, United States
CATEGORIES:Groups, Sports, Meetings
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260215T080000
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LAST-MODIFIED:20251007T121600Z
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SUMMARY:Select Traveler Conference
DESCRIPTION:Select Traveler is America’s leading experts on affinity travel for banks\, chambers of commerce\, university clubs and other loyalty organizations. Opportunity for one-on-one travel planner appointments\, educational and networking sessions\, to increase group tour business. \nContact Joni Johnson for lead report following this conference.
URL:https://vatc.org/event/select-traveler-conference/
LOCATION:Williamsburg\, VA
CATEGORIES:Groups, Sports, Meetings
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260120T080000
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LAST-MODIFIED:20251007T121633Z
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SUMMARY:SYTA Summit
DESCRIPTION:Student and Youth Travel Association is the leading student travel professional trade membership organization. Opportunity for education and networking with student tour operators that plan educational tours and performing (choral\, band etc.) group travel.
URL:https://vatc.org/event/syta-summit/
LOCATION:Virginia Beach\, VA\, United States
CATEGORIES:Groups, Sports, Meetings
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260112
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260117
DTSTAMP:20260425T051158
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LAST-MODIFIED:20250730T164425Z
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SUMMARY:Sports Express Conference
DESCRIPTION:The Express Conferences are centered towards maximizing your interactions with the industry’s most active meeting planners and event rights holders. Our proven model brings you and keeps you in front of these high-level decision makers to assure you receive the highest Return on your Time and Money Investment.  Our unique format is focused around limiting attendance to assure a 2 to 1 ratio of sellers vs. buyers and from this enhancing the relationship building opportunities including quality 8-10 minute appointments\, multiple casual social functions and abundant interaction opportunities over the course of four days. \nContact Danish Saadat for details on a client event partnership opportunity through Sports Virginia.
URL:https://vatc.org/event/sports-express-conference/
LOCATION:Fort Myers\, FL
CATEGORIES:Groups, Sports, Meetings
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20251026
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20251030
DTSTAMP:20260425T051158
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SUMMARY:TEAMS Conference
DESCRIPTION:Presented by SportsTravel\, TEAMS is the world’s leading conference and expo for the sports-event industry. Launched in 1998\, TEAMS attracts more than 1\,000 attendees including CEOs\, executive directors and event managers from sports organizations as well as representatives from sports commissions and convention bureaus\, corporate sponsors\, event suppliers and other hospitality industry opinion leaders. For more than 20 years\, TEAMS has helped define the sports-event and appointment-based trade show industries. Sports Virginia partners can buy-in to participate at TEAMS for a much lower cost than conference registration. The buy-in fee includes appointments at the Sports Virginia booth and the ability to network at the Sports Virginia sponsored client event. \nContact Danish Saadat for more information.
URL:https://vatc.org/event/teams-conference/
LOCATION:Birmingham\, AL
CATEGORIES:Groups, Sports, Meetings
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DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20250827
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SUMMARY:CONNECT Sports Marketplace
DESCRIPTION:Connect Sports brings together the most active planners\, suppliers and experts across the sports events industry. Safety is our No. 1 priority and we know the game has changed since COVID-19 entered our lives. Attendees gain crucial experience in keeping their own attendees safe\, how to advance their careers and business through professional development and events excellence—all while having fun. \nContact Danish Saadat for details on a client event partnership opportunity through Sports Virginia.
URL:https://vatc.org/event/connect-sports/
LOCATION:Tampa Bay\, FL\, FL\, United States
CATEGORIES:Groups, Sports, Meetings
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DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20250827
DTSTAMP:20260425T051158
CREATED:20170616T014501Z
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SUMMARY:SYTA Annual Conference
DESCRIPTION:Student and Youth Travel Association is the leading student travel professional trade membership organization. Opportunity for one-on-one appointments with student tour operators that plan educational tours and performing (choral\, band etc.) group travel. Educational and networking sessions. \nContact Joni Johnson for lead report following this conference\, also announced on The Pulse of Virginia.
URL:https://vatc.org/event/syta-annual-conference/
LOCATION:Savannah\, GA
CATEGORIES:Groups, Sports, Meetings
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DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20250524
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SUMMARY:VADMO Sales Mission
DESCRIPTION:VTC and DMO representatives will visit tour operator and AAA offices to promote Virginia to their clients in destinations within close driving distance of Virginia. Dates for each team and destination varies. \nContact Joni Johnson for information.
URL:https://vatc.org/event/vadmo-symposium/
LOCATION:Pennsylvania\, North Carolina\, Tennessee\, Boston\, Ohio
CATEGORIES:Groups, Sports, Meetings
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SUMMARY:Sports ETA Symposium
DESCRIPTION:The Sports ETA Symposium is the annual meeting of the Sports Events & Tourism Association\, the only non-profit 501(c)3 association for the sports events and tourism industry in the United States. Hundreds of sport tourism professionals and industry partners gather to exchange time\, resources\, strategies\, solutions\, and more. The Symposium features dozens of education sessions\, countless networking opportunities\, and business development appointments in the Sports Marketplace\, all to help our members produce measurable ROI for their organization\, elevate their sports events\, and improve the quality of life in their destinations. Sports Virginia partners get to participate in a Sports Virginia sponsored client event where they can network with sports rights holders. \nContact Danish Saadat for details on a client event partnership opportunity through Sports Virginia.
URL:https://vatc.org/event/sports-eta-symposium/
LOCATION:Las Vegas\, NV\, NV\, United States
CATEGORIES:Groups, Sports, Meetings
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DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20241018
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SUMMARY:S.P.O.R.T.S. The Relationship Conference
DESCRIPTION:S.P.O.R.T.S. The Relationship Conference is an exclusive and space-limited event designed to bring together sports event owners and rights holders with host organizations and sports-industry suppliers. With a unique format and limited number of supplier participants inspire the development of warm friendships and lasting new relationships which is the most effective formula to ensure the results you most want to achieve—namely learning\, sharing\, enjoying and developing enduring sports business connections. S.P.O.R.T.S. also offers pre-qualified\, one-on-one appointments that are twice as long as those at similar industry events. \nContact Danish Saadat for more information.
URL:https://vatc.org/event/s-p-o-r-t-s-the-relationship-conference/
LOCATION:Wichita\, KS
CATEGORIES:Groups, Sports, Meetings
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20240827
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20240831
DTSTAMP:20260425T051158
CREATED:20170616T172844Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240205T171102Z
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SUMMARY:VMA/NCMA/MCASC Regional Meeting
DESCRIPTION:Virginia\, North Carolina and South Carolina state motorcoach associations join together for their annual conference. Opportunity for registered delegates to do business through one-on-one Tour Operator appointments\, educational and networking sessions\, to increase group tour business. \nContact Joni Johnson for partnership information and sales lead report after the conference.
URL:https://vatc.org/event/vmancmcscmc-regional-meeting/
LOCATION:Williamsburg\, VA
CATEGORIES:Groups, Sports, Meetings
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20240320
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20240324
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CREATED:20220921T180830Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20231025T140150Z
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SUMMARY:STS Domestic Showcase
DESCRIPTION:STS Domestic Showcase is Southeast Tourism Society’s annual marketplace. Group Tour Operators\, Group Tour Leaders and southeastern Suppliers\, connect one-on-one\, and discuss bringing business to the Southeast for 2 days during this regional appointment-style marketplace event. A media marketplace is also offered for opportunity to connect with travel media. VTC provides Virginia registered delegates with partnership opportunity. \nContact Joni Johnson for partnership information and sales lead report after the conference.
URL:https://vatc.org/event/sts-domestic-showcase/
LOCATION:Little Rock\, AR
CATEGORIES:Groups, Sports, Meetings
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20231203
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20231207
DTSTAMP:20260425T051158
CREATED:20210226T210103Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20221117T190023Z
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SUMMARY:US Sports Congress
DESCRIPTION:Celebrating more than a decade of service to the sports event industry\, The US Sports Congress\, attracts top level decision-makers from the world of amateur sport and sports events. The attendees of this unique conference are senior level executives who represent sport Rights Holders and Olympic NGB’s\, the destinations who desire to host their events as well as many suppliers to this industry. \nContact Danish Saadat for more information.
URL:https://vatc.org/event/us-sports-congress/
LOCATION:Lake Charles\, LA
CATEGORIES:Groups, Sports, Meetings
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20221103
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20221106
DTSTAMP:20260425T051158
CREATED:20220921T180728Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220921T182456Z
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SUMMARY:Accent on East
DESCRIPTION:Regional travel conference. Opportunity for registered delegates to do business through one-on-one Tour Operator appointments\, educational and networking sessions\, to increase group tour business. VTC is sponsoring the welcome bags. \nContact Joni Johnson for sales lead report after the conference.
URL:https://vatc.org/event/accent-on-east/
LOCATION:Fairfax\, VA
CATEGORIES:Groups, Sports, Meetings
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