Event & Meeting Facilities
Enjoy mountain beauty, a relaxing river breeze, and a safe, friendly environment with a visit to Charleston, WV. Charleston is accessible, affordable and family-friendly.
Visitors will find a variety of historic, scenic and entertaining attractions, which sets an appealing stage for a convention. Charleston is an attractive, convenient, memorable and productive conference destination.
We offer a unique conference setting; the first-class meeting facilities of a cosmopolitan city with a flair of West Virginia tradition and hospitality. Charleston’s Downtown area boasts seven hotels, the Charleston Civic Center, more than 30 delicious restaurants, and the Charleston Town Center Mall, one of the largest urban shopping malls east of the Mississippi all within walking distance.
The Charleston Convention & Visitors Bureau offers 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.