As an event planner one of the biggest choices you have to make is food selection for your delegates.  With the rise in organic foods and farm-to-fork menus, you want to offer healthy and local foods, not because it’s a trend, but because it can affect your overall conference experience.  According to Destination Hotels &... Read more »

Nutritious eating options aren’t the only factor in planning a healthy meeting.  Physical activity is another component you need to consider.  According to Destination Hotels & Resorts, 54 percent of planners indicated that adventure/active options were of great interest this coming year.  This may be a current meeting trend,... Read more »

Sacramento offers unique meeting spaces in all shapes and sizes tucked away in places that might surprise you. Here’s the latest in a series of atypical venues for that off-site meeting or VIP reception. Seasons 52 opened in January of this year, located at the Arden Fair Mall only 4 miles from Downtown Sacramento.  The menu is... Read more »

The Sacramento Convention Center teams with Classique Catering to provide your Sacramento meeting group with top-notch customer service and food. Vickie Housholder was promoted last year to General Manager with Classique Catering.  She has worked in sales and operations for 10 years with Classique and is excited to lead the... Read more »

When you bring your meeting and convention groups to Downtown Sacramento, you're bringing them to a place with fantastic weather that can be taken advantage of in unique ways. Maintaining an exercise regimen can be difficult when you're a frequent traveler or attending a long conference, but a jog, run or walk can be just what... Read more »

It’s important to include physical activity breaks during meetings, especially those lasting longer than an hour.  Including physical activity in meetings not only can help attendees stay attentive and involved; it can also demonstrate how easy it is to be more active on a regular basis.   Make physical activity easier.... Read more »

As the interest in wine grows, there are more wine consumers on the hunt to learn how to pick wine that complements their entrees.  A wine pairings event not only appeals to this newly emerging wine culture, it also offers a fun and social educational component your delegates can take with them.  What is a wine pairing event?... Read more »

The Sacramento Convention Package features the Sacramento Convention Center and two major convention hotels – Sheraton Grand (503-rooms) and Hyatt Regency (503-rooms). There are only 273 feet between the three facilities. That's a stone throw away!In addition to the 1,006 rooms from the Sheraton and the Hyatt, there are... Read more »

Did You Know?... the average-sized hotel purchases more products in one week than 100 California families do in a year?... the hospitality industry spends $3.7 billion dollars a year on energy? Electricity use accounts for 60 to 70% of the utility costs of a typical hotel.... that 2% of California’s food waste comes from the... Read more »

Since 2006 the Sacramento Convention Center (SCC) and the Sacramento Convention & Visitors Bureau (SCVB) have joined the Sacramento Municipal Utilities District’s (SMUD) Commercial Greenergy Program to offset the electricity used to host meetings and conferences with environmentally friendly renewable energy – such as solar,... Read more »