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CVB 101: Creating Win-Win Relationships with Local Partners

Name: CVB 101: Creating Win-Win Relationships with Local Partners
Start: 2023-09-21T08:00:00Z
End: 2023-09-21T10:30:00Z

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8:00 AM - 10:30 AM

Middletown, CT

MPI CRV

What exactly does a CVB do, and how can you work with them as both a planner and supplier to expand your network and receive event planning and sales support? Join us on September 21 to hear from Robert Murdock, the President of the Connecticut Convention & Sports Bureau ( CTMEETINGS), sharing the benefits a CVB can bring to your organization as well as how to go about finding and utilizing them, both in Connecticut as well as other cities around the world. The program will begin at 9:00 a.m. but we encourage you to arrive early to also enjoy breakfast, provided by Bake Market.

Overview of Event:

8:30 - 9:00 a.m. Registration & Breakfast, provided by Bake Market
9:00 - 10:00 a.m. Educational Session
10:00 - 10:30 a.m. Questions and Networking

Pricing:

Member: $50

Non-Member: $75

Past President: $35

Student: $35

Meet our Speaker:

Robert Murdock
President
Connecticut Convention & Sports Bureau (CTMEETINGS)

Robert Murdock is the President of the Connecticut Convention & Sports Bureau (CTMEETINGS). In addition, he serves as its Director of National Accounts & Sports Marketing, the State’s official meetings, conventions and sports event sales and marketing organization.

Murdock also is the Treasurer of the Board of the New England Society of Convention & Visitor Bureaus (NESCVB) and served as its 2019 President. The NESCVB is a cooperative organization comprised of CVBs throughout New England that collectively markets the region as a premier destination for meetings, conventions and sports events, and offers complimentary services to planners. He serves as a Board Member for the Connecticut Lodging Association, is a member of the Executive Committee of the Fairfield County Sports Commission, and is a Board member of the Connecticut Sports Management Group (CSMG). Murdock is a longtime member of Sports ETA (formerly called the National Association of Sports Commissions) and is Connecticut’s representative on the association’s States Committee. In addition, he is the Town of Clinton’s representative to the state’s Central Regional Tourism District and is a member of that town’s Economic Development Commission.

Murdock joined the Connecticut Convention & Sports Bureau in September 2014 as Director of Sports Marketing and later expanded his responsibilities to include marketing for the SMERF and Affinity Groups before being promoted to President in 2019. Previously, he spent seven years as Director of Sales at Destination Worcester, MA, responsible for promoting and selling the City and Central Massachusetts region as a destination for meetings and events. Before that, he was Director of Administration for the Massachusetts Sports Partnership, and was Event & Sales Manager/Director of Business Operations for a variety of Boston-area organizations including professional athletes’ foundations, promotional tours and the World Curling Championship that was held in Lowell, Mass.

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Venue Details

Office Place
101 Centerpoint Drive
Middletown, CT 06457

About Office Place:
Central Connecticut’s Premier Conference Center
Eight Meeting Rooms, Small Office Suites, Day, Private, and Virtual Offices

Parking Information: Cromwell / Middletown at I-91, Exit 21; Parking lot is a surface lot and is free

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All registration categories are subject to MPICRV approval and your registration category must be valid at both the time of registration and at the time of the Event.

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Substitutions

Substitutions are welcome. Please note that substitutions are only permissible if the substituting individual qualifies for the original registrant's category. For instance, a substitute for a planner registrant must also qualify as a planner for registration purposes. If a non-member substitutes for a member, any difference in registration fee will be due and payable.

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