Meetings & Conventions

Awe, winter: the time of year when Western Montana’s Glacier Country offers crisp refreshing air and the opportunity for great winter recreation. Why not combine that with some amazing corporate retreat locations and meeting venues that provide warmth and relaxation, along with some inspiration in the colder months? Pack up your best sweaters, throw in […]

We all know that conferences and meetings are attended for many reasons: continuing education, training, sales and networking. And for most meetings, great convention centers or hotel meeting rooms are the right environment for hosting a well-organized meeting. However, a great off-site venue can shake things up a bit, add excitement to a meeting and […]

Do you want to know how to use social media to grow your meeting attendance? It’s simple. Stop using it to advertise your meeting or conference. Instead, leverage the power of social conversations to grow affinity for your brand, conference or meeting. Create little campfires via Twitter Chats, private video-chats, Facebook or LinkedIn Groups and any […]

We all know that the best—and quite frankly the only way—to really know if a destination is right for your next meeting, conference or corporate retreat is to experience it firsthand.  Last May, Western Montana’s Glacier Country invited a select group of meeting planners from around the U.S. to come to Montana and see for […]

As you drive through Western Montana’s wide open spaces you will see elk and deer along with cattle and bison herds roaming the landscape. Along with these ranches, Western Montanan’s Glacier Country has an amazing growing culture producing some of the finest crops such as sweet cherries, sugar beets, morel mushrooms and wild huckleberries, and […]

As the Sales Manager for Destination Missoula, part of my job is to sell Missoula, Montana as a meeting destination. In my travels I meet with various meeting planners who have a diverse range of needs, from assistance with site selection to the creation of custom itineraries and everything in-between. For me, it’s important that […]

Part of my job as the Tourism Sales Manager for Western Montana’s Glacier Country is to introduce Western Montana as a destination for meetings and conventions. I try to describe the beauty of Montana and the various meeting options planners will find here. But for a place as beautiful as this, the best way to […]

It’s no secret that Missoula is a special place. Located at the convergence of five valleys and with three blue-ribbon trout streams nearby, the Missoula Valley has been a gathering place for groups of people for years. It’s also home to one of the best locations for meetings in Western Montana — the University of Montana. […]

Here is the scenario: you’ve selected that perfect city to host your next Montana meeting or corporate retreat. Your attendees are registered and excited, materials are in order and now it’s time to plan the fun part, the sightseeing tour. We know the meeting is the most important part of the event, but don’t forget that attendees […]

Living and working in Western Montana’s Glacier Country is a deeply satisfying and unique way of life and it’s a lifestyle that we love sharing with leisure groups and meeting planners who do business here. A typical day in the life of a Montanan includes heading out the door, coffee in hand and making our scenic commute […]