Chicago’s alternative to conventions, meetings and conferences, The Odeum Expo Center, Villa Park, Il – Recently renovated in 2010

Conveniently located 30 minutes west of Chicago, near O’hare airport and 10,000 hotel rooms!

Building Specifications

15 acre site
Capacity 2000 Cars
130,000 square foot facility
Direct drive access to exhibit
floor from parking facility
212′ clear span building
Concrete floors – 400 psi
Ceiling clearance:
North & South Halls:
- 26′ lowest point
- 50′ highest point
Insulated Pitched Roof Mezzanine:
- 18′ lowest point
- 40′ highest point
Heated and air-conditioned
Telephone, ISDN, gas, water and compressed air

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Freight Access

Two drive-in, overhead doors
- North Hall – 10′ wide x 14′ high
- South Hall – 14′ wide x 14′ high
18 additional 6′ wide doors
2 additional 8′ wide doors
Elevator 8′ x 5′

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Food and Beverage

Catered Meals
Cocktail Lounge
Concessions

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Electrical Services

In-House electrician
120 volt, single phase,
60 cycle
208 volt, single phase,
60 cycle
208 volt, three phase,
four wire, 60 cycle
480 volt, three phase,
four wire, 60 cycle
Total amps available 3,000 plus;
3 phase

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Lifts

2 fork lifts, 5,000 lb. capacity ~ 13′ high
Scissors lift, 400 lb. capacity ~ 30′ high
Aerial lift, 800 lb. capacity, ~ 46′ high

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Exhibit Space / Meeting Rooms

Over 85,000 square feet with minimum pillars
South Hall – 22,000 sq. ft.
North Hall – 22,000 sq. ft.
Upper Mezzanine – 14,000 sq. ft.
Banquet Hall – 9,000 sq. ft.
Lower Mezzanine – 6,000 sq. ft.
Other Areas – 12,000 sq. ft.
Can accommodate 600; 8′ x 8′ booths
All exhibit services and equipment available “in house”, including piping, draping, tables, chairs, staging, carpeting, electric
Audio/Visual equipment
Telephones, floral pieces, hostesses
A variety of meeting space is available accommodating from 10 to 5,500 people
9,000 square feet Banquet Hall that breaks out into 4 meeting rooms, approximately 1,800 sq. ft.

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Additional Areas in Facility

North Conference Room
Lounge
Promoter’s Office
Box Office
Security Office
First Aid Room
Referee Room
Pro Shop

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In House Convention Services

Pipe & Drape
Tables
Staging (16′ – 7′)
Audio Visual
Compressed air
Floral
Water
Chairs
Carpet
Signs
Telephone
Sport Court
Right to work facility, security, ushers, stagehands, and other labor can be made available through the ODEUM as requested.

Click here for more information or to contact Brad or Jamie at the Odeum Expo Center for your next business meeting, conference, sporting event, wedding or convention

ROUTE 66 made its spectacular debut in 1994 in The Netherlands under the direction of Leslie Gray and proved to be a success in a wide variety of venues all over Europe, performing to a ’standing room only’ audience in the 9,000 seat AHOY amphitheatre in Rotterdam as well as intimate dinner parties, trade shows and corporate events. In addition, ROUTE 66 appeared on several popular television shows, sang back-up for major Dutch pop artists and was a featured headliner in a well-known theme park located on the German border. Leslie returned to the United States in 1996 and recreated this successful group here in Chicago.

This fabulously entertaining quartet crooned on WTMX as guests of the Eric & Kathy show and on WGN radio as guests of the Dean Richards show; raised the roof of the United Center for Bulls games; had the special honor of singing the National Anthem for the Chicago Bears Game at Soldier Field; appeared on the WGN morning show singing their beautiful a cappella rendition of the “Star-Spangled Banner” in honor of the 4th of July; helped kick off the Solar Car Exhibit at the Museum of Science & Industry and contributed their unique 40’s USO style to many corporate events at the U505 submarine exhibit; created a buzz for tradeshow clients such as the International Housewares show at McCormick Place; entertained at a “Support Our Troops” fundraiser in Bartlett and at the Great Lakes Naval Station in Lake Bluff; represented Kraft, lighting up Daley Plaza with their fantastic harmonies as they helped launch their new product; traveled to Washington DC to help liven up the annual Mass Mutual Convention and to Milwaukee for Northwestern Mutual, and were back in Chicago at Soldier Field for State Farm; and are a favorite at corporate events, private parties, summer festivals and holiday celebrations throughout Chicagoland, from Batavia to Wilmette to Olympia Fields!

ROUTE 66 appeals to audiences of all ages! Their versatility allows them to offer clients a wide range of performance options, from an a cappella repertoire during a cocktail hour to a complete stage show with music, costumes and choreography – making them suitable for any venue, large or small. ROUTE 66 also offers an a cappella repertoire of traditional holiday carols and contemporary holiday classics in November and December especially for the festive season!

Click here for more details or to contact Route 66 for your next special event, party, corporate event or tradeshow

Chicago’s Featured Planner Preferred Charter Transportation Companies – Bus Charters, Trolley Rentals, Ground Transportation Coordination/Services, Limousine/Sedans
 
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Chicago Trolley & Double Decker Company

Chicago Trolley & Double Decker Company – Chicago’s Planner Preferred charter bus rental company. We provide transportation for Chicago’s corporate groups, company parties, shuttle service to conventions, city tours for new hires & visitors, group specialty tours, golf outings, one day tours, bachelor/bachelorette parties, convention shuttles, proms, graduations, tradeshows, senior outings, weddings, sporting events and team building outings.

Coach USA Chicago
 
Coach USA Chicago is Chicago’s Premier Motor Coach and Bus Company providing Airport Transfers, Charter, City Packages, Convention/Meeting Services, Custom Group Tours, Incentive Tours, Meet & Greet, Mini Bus, Motorcoach, Multi-Lingual Guides, Multi-Lingual Tours, Receptive Services, Sightseeing, Groups, Step On Guides, Transit, Van Rentals and gound transportation services in Chicago and the Chicago Suburbs.

Riteway Bus Service
 
Riteway’s Charter Bus division offers Chicago charter bus rentals for all of Illinois. Riteway works with a wide variety of groups within the Chicago area to accommodate your Chicago charter bus rental needs. Groups include but are not limited to: universities, K-12 school groups, church organizations, corporate functions and conventions in the greater Chicagoland area. Riteway is your one stop Chicago charter bus provider for almost any city in Illinois. Some of the cities that we service are: Northern Illinois, Buffalo Grove, Waukegan, Gurnee, Lake forest, Skokie, Evanston, Highland Park, Schaumburg, Downers Grove, and Oak Brook, IL. Our Chicago charter bus associates can help you organize your charter bus rental no matter what the occasion or destination.

Colonial Coach Lines Chicago
 
Colonial Coach is one of the most established charter companies in Chicago, Illinois. Our modern fleet of over 80 motor coaches and transit buses can accommodate from 21 to 72 passengers. With over 100 years of charter management experience and the DOT’s highest safety rating, you will always feel safe traveling with Colonial Coach Lines.

 
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Ariel Airport Services Inc
 
Ariel Airport Services Inc. is a unique supplier of multilingual travel services at major U.S. airports and cities. We cater to the corporate and leisure group needs of Meeting and Event planners, Corporations and Destination Management Companies, Receptive Tour Operators & Travel Agents. Our experienced staff is in charge of every detail, none are too large or small. Your clients are guaranteed a stress free and pleasant trip from start to finish and you can have peace of mind. We understand the importance of high standards and quality of service, and our professionalism and attention to detail leave nothing to chance.

Chicagoland Transportation Solutions, Inc.
 
Chicagoland Transportation Solutions, Inc. is a full service ground transportation company. We offer charters, meet & greet services, small to city-wide shuttles, scheduled service, tour services, and group activities. Our customers enjoy the fact that we focus on a few core services and perfect them to excellence instead of trying to do everything average.

 
Chicago Limousines Services/Sedan Companies

 
Executive Chauffeuring Limousine and Sedan Service
 
Call Executive Chauffeuring for all your business and personal ground transportation needs, such as: Airport Transfers (O’Hare, Midway & Mitchell), Chicago Corporate Travel, Chicago Conventions, Chicago Weddings, Sporting Events, Concerts, or just a “Night on the Town”. We have a perfect vehicle for any occasion.

O’Hare-Midway Limousine Service®
 
O’Hare-Midway Limousine Service®, a unique, service oriented, dependable, professional transportation company serving the Chicagoland area and beyond. Specializing in a fleet of Limousines, Sedans and Deluxe Mini Coaches. We realize that our success is the result of customer satisfaction – satisfaction that must be renewed every day.

 
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The highly anticipated banquet room at Sunda is NOW OPEN for last-minute holiday luncheons, dinner events or for a private party on New Year’s Eve! We are also booking events and meetings for 2010. Call me for a quick proposal… I can accommodate you!!

DATES STILL AVAILABLE AT ALL OF OUR VENUES:

The Underground: Private venue for 50 – 200 guests on Dec 12, 14, 15, 18, 19, 21, 22 still available. Beverages and passed appetizers starting at $50* per person!

Rockit Bar and Grill River North: Private and non-rrivate Parties for 25 – 250 guests on Dec 14, 15, 21, 22 still available. Beverage and passed appetizers starting at $45* per person!

Rockit Bar and Grill Wrigleyville: Private parties for 50 – 90 guests on Dec 14, 15, 16, 21, 22 still available. Beverage and passed appetizers starting at $40* per person!

Sunda Banquet Room: Private parties for 40 – 125 guests on Dec 14 – 19, 21, 22 still available. Beverage and passed appetizers and sushi starting at $60* per person!

Contact Nicole Salerno, Director of Events for more information and mention Hereschicago.com

EDVENTURE PROMOTIONS
770 N. LaSalle St.
5th Floor
Chicago, IL 60654

Giveaways and Premiums are the last thing you might think of, but the first thing your customers will notice if not provided. Edventure Promotions has perfected the business of promotional merchandising for events, product launches, and marketing campaigns over the past 15 years. Conveniently located in downtown Chicago, we service clients around the country – On Time, On Budget, and Worry Free… We can help you find the perfect product for any occasion and offer price points within each category to meet your budget effectively and with style! We’ll partner with you from concept-to-delivery to ensure complete satisfaction, and of course our products are 100% guaranteed.

Contact Ed Levy at Edventure Promotions:

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At Edventure Promotions we are much more than simply a supplier of imprinted premiums, but rather a strategic partner, here to help make your ideas come alive. So whether you are looking for a specific promotional item such as customized hats, shirts, cups, notepads and pens or just browsing for ideas, you can easily search our site for some of the hottest items on the market. Or, if you’re more of a hands-on type, make an appointment to visit our showroom and experience our unique products and their possibilities firsthand

Our most Important Target Market is?

Businesses and Organizations looking to promote their Brand, their Products, and/or their services through the use of custom logo’d merchandise and apparel.

We are most proud of our ability to?

We never promise something we can’t deliver, but we never miss a deadline when we do!And what sets us apart from other suppliers? You could call it a “sixth sense”, but that might be a little much. In a nutshell it’s our eye for the sublime and an uncanny

We are famous with customers for our ability to?

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Unlike our competition, we offer customers?

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We would like our customers to tell their friends that we provide the best?

DELIVER the best Experience. we provide the most enjoyable experience in choosing Cool Stuff for your company or on behalf of your client. Visit our Showroom, have us visit you…either way, we make it easy for you.

Our company enhances customer lives by offering?

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We offer our customers the best?

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Recent Clients:

Art Institute of Chicago, Porsche, EJ Gallo, MTV, House of Blues, Air Tran, Unicef, Walter Smithe Furniture, TRIAD Technologies, City of Chicago-Cultural Center, Autism Speaks,

Awards/Achievements:

Platinum Sponsor – Autism Speaks

Types of Business Served:

Company Meetings
Conventions/Conferences
Corporate Events
Fund Raiser
Non Profit Events
Private Party

Edventure Promotions is a Chicago Merchandise and Promotional Products Company.  

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Chestnut Ridge, NY (May 4, 2009)—MC², a nationally recognized exhibit and event marketing company, today announced that Steven Phillips has joined the company as Executive Vice President, Strategy. Mr. Phillips will lead a range of strategic initiatives at MC² designed to enhance its offerings and deliver greater value to its clients. He will also work closely with creative and marketing teams to develop new business opportunities.

As executive vice president of strategy, Phillips will develop disciplined and integrated approaches that turn the broad promise of event marketing into focused, effective business practice.

“We have known and worked with Steven for many years,” said MC² CEO Gary Benson, “MC2 is pleased to add his unique blend of strategic marketing expertise and creative talent to our team.”

Over the course of a 25-year career, Phillips has conceived innovative marketing programs and staged one-of-a-kind experiences internationally for the world’s leading brands; reaching consumers, customers, internal teams, business and channel partners, as well as members of the media.  He has led creative and experiential strategies on a wide range of projects including, Olympic hosting program for IBM, global launches for leading pharmaceutical firms, a world premiere for Universal Studios, and Canon’s 150,000 square-foot, proprietary exhibition, Canon Expo.

“It’s no secret that competition today is keen and effective marketing demands ever more creative and sophisticated solutions,” added Mr. Benson. “Mr. Phillips is ideally qualified to bring those two pieces together for the benefit of MC2 and the companies we serve.”

Prior to joining MC2, Phillips was a partner and senior vice president at MJM Creative Services (a WPP agency).  In this role, he was responsible for creative leadership for MJM marketing and strategy, including coordination with other WPP agencies for joint new business opportunities. 

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For Chicago’s guide to exhibit companies and event services, visit Hereschicago.com, Chicago’s online resource for Chicago meetings and events.

Navy Pier® The only thing we overlook is the Lakefront.

Make your event or corporate meeting part of history at a Chicago Landmark.Built in 1916 as part of Daniel Burnham’s famed Plan of Chicago, today Navy Pier boasts the ultimate in flexibility of space, state of the art facilities, and unparalleled amenities in a spectacular and truly unique lakefront setting.

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Hotel Sales Professionals Find Resources To Navigate Economy
HSMAI’s 3rd Annual Hotel Sales Strategy Conference Focuses on Leadership

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MCLEAN, VA | Tough economic times call for ingenuity, creativity and strong leadership. On Tuesday, March 31, 2009, hotel sales professionals will convene for a full-day of discussion at the Third Annual HSMAI Hotel Sales Strategy Conference at the Swissôtel, Chicago.

Leadership is one key to success in 2009 as outlined by Henry Givray, chairman & CEO of SmithBucklin Corporation in the morning session. Givray will identify opportunities for attendees to grow as leaders, providing a working framework to help professionals learn effective leadership skills and principles.

“HSMAI is an association full of talented leaders, who are facing tremendous competition and reduced budgets in today’s economic environment,” said Robert A. Gilbert, CHME, CHA, president and CEO of HSMAI. “With the outlook continuing into 2010, HSMAI wants to provide hotel sales staff with the needed frameworks, resources and contacts to help them continue to succeed and grow professionally.”

Other sessions include:

“Making Tough Business Decisions in Tough Times” with Sergio Asensio, managing director, Topline Group LLC

Making decisions is tough, but the task is made easier if you have a framework to help guide you. Attendees will not walk away from this presentation with specific answers, but will walk away with a framework that will guide them to the right answers.

“One-on-One with Smith Travel Research” with Jan Freitag, vice president, Smith Travel Research

After an exclusive up-to-the minute snapshot of where the industry stands and where it’s headed from STR’s perspective, the audience will have the chance to ask their toughest questions in this “town hall” session.

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This session will be a spirited discussion with customers representing the association, government, corporate, and leisure sectors.

“Driving Online Reservations through Internet Marketing” with Kimberly Ehrlich, director of business development, Milestone Internet Marketing

Presented with real life case studies, this workshop will cover everything hotel sales professionals will need to know to be highly competitive in their market. Included will be a walk through the evolution of search engine technology and specific tactics to leverage your Internet Marketing efforts.

“Make Yourself Indispensable and Unforgettable!” with John Parke, president & CEO, Leadership Synergies, LLC

Now is the time to learn the strategies and tactics needed to prove your professionalism, position yourself as a better strategic thinker, and develop a personal action plan. This fast-paced, informative session that will help attendees take their image to the next level.

Past conference attendees have found the content extremely valuable for their roles. “I attend the Hotel Sales Strategy Conference every year because it features an impressive line-up of top notch, dynamite speakers on relevant topics, said Cheryl Street, Hampton Inn & Suites. “At each conference I’ve taken away valuable insights that I could put to immediate use to help me and my business be more successful. If you want to be a leader in your field, this conference is a must.”

This conference is being held in conjunction with HSMAI’s Affordable Meetings Mid-America, April 1-2, at Chicago’s Navy Pier.

Conference partners include American Express, Cendyn, Chicago Convention & Tourism Bureau, Incite Response and Leadership Synergies. For more information on the Third Annual Hotel Sales Strategy Conference, or to view a full schedule, visit www.hdosm.org.

About the HSMAI Hotel Sales Strategy Conference | The HSMAI Hotel Sales Strategy Conference is organized by HSMAI and HSMAI’s Hotel Director of Sales and Marketing (HDOSM) SIG Advisory Board. The HDOSM SIG provides information, leadership development, and a variety of other resources specifically relevant to hotel directors of sales and marketing, to sales staff who aspire to one day be directors of sales and marketing, and to other industry professionals interested in developments within hotel sales. Their vision is to establish a resource-rich environment in collaboration with the HSMAI membership that is indispensable for the career professional in hotel sales and marketing. Visit www.hdosm.org for more information.

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About HSMAI | HSMAI is the hospitality industry source for knowledge, community, and recognition for leaders committed to professional development, sales growth, revenue optimization, marketing, and branding. With a strong focus on education, HSMAI has become the industry champion in identifying and communicating trends in the hospitality industry, and bringing together customers and members at annual events, including HSMAI’s Affordable Meetings®. Founded in 1927, HSMAI is an individual membership organization comprising more than 7,000 members worldwide, with 40 chapters in the Americas Region. For more information on HSMAI, contact the Hospitality Sales & Marketing Association International, 1760 Old Meadow Road, Suite 500, McLean, Va. 22102; (703) 506-3280; fax (703) 506-3266, or visit the website at www.hsmai.org.

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Returning to Navy Pier in Chicago, April 1 – 2, 2009, HSMAI’s Affordable Meetings® Mid-America Conference & Exposition will attract motivated planners from all sectors of the industry, looking for the latest in quality resources to help them enhance and produce successful, cost-effective meetings and events.

Exhibitors include a diversity of cost-conscious meeting facilities to luxury properties, plus key suppliers of the meeting planning industry. The Conference will also provide unparalleled educational opportunities presented by industry leaders.

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