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Charleston is affordable, convenient, and friendly.
- Yeager Airport is a quick 8-minute drive from downtown
- Downtown hotels within walking distance of Charleston Civic Center and the Charleston Town Center Mall, one of America’s largest urban malls
- Located at the intersection of three interstates: I-64, I-77, and I-79
- More than 4,000 sleeping rooms Hospitality and a warm welcome await all groups
The Charleston Convention & Visitors Bureau is here to make your meeting or convention sucess. We offer groups the following services :
- Pre-convention planning & counseling
- Guidance and assistance from early planning stages to end of the convention.
- Impartial liaison services between meeting planner, city facilities and convention-related services.
- Meeting with your planning committee to answer questions or offer suggestions.
- Entertainment & leisure activity planning
- Assistance with pre-meeting or post-meeting leisure activities.
- Arranging spouse activities or special functions during conference.
- Publicity & marketing
- Preparing and distributing news releases prior to convention.
- Alerting media to arrival of convention and requesting on-site coverage.
- Providing lists of local radio, television and print media to aid in securing publicity
- Promotional materials
- Providing brochures on area attractions, events, hotels and restaurants.
- Loaning videos and photos of Charleston and West Virginia are available for loan to help build convention attendance.
- Registration assistance
- Outsourcing registration requests to local temporary agencies.
- Civic official liaison
- Providing letters of welcome for your attendees from city officials.
- Finding speakers to extend a brief welcome to your delegation.