Orlando offers unexpected services and tools that make meeting planning easier and more impactful.
When you plan an event in Orlando, Cvent’s No 1. Top Meeting Destination, you can expect exemplary service, plenty of meeting, hotel and dining options, and world-class entertainment. However, Orlando has meeting options and planning tools you might not expect during your journey from RFP to event execution.
From a medical care center mere steps from the tradeshow floor to AI-driven planning tools, our destination offers services for planners and attendees to enhance the Orlando meeting experience.
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Hub of Local Entertainment
Incorporating live, local entertainment in your event’s agenda adds a vibrant touch attendees will remember after the meeting ends. In Orlando, sourcing the best local talent — including stage performers, musicians, singers and even painters, is easily done by utilizing United Arts of Central Florida’s Artist Hub. Here you’ll find the local artists who will add a spark to next event while your organizations supports the incredible art scene that enriches the Orlando community.
Orlando Health Virtual Care Center
Even with the best health precautions taken before and during a convention, sometimes an unexpected illness or injury still befalls business travelers. When that happens during a large convention at the Orange County Convention Center (OCCC), high-quality health care is easily accessible at the Orlando Health Virtual Care Center located inside the OCCC’s West building.
At the Virtual Care Center, launched in partnership between Visit Orlando and Orlando Health, the Official Health and Wellness Partner of Visit Orlando, attendees can see medical providers who will be able to evaluate medical conditions. If minor care is needed, the Orlando Health team member working the care center can help connect visitors to a medical provider via a virtual visit in the center’s private room.
Visit Orlando’s Tech-Infused Planning Tools
While in-person interactions are at the heart of a successful meeting or event, having innovative tech tools to assist with planning are a great resource to create efficiencies. Visit Orlando’s suite of tech resources can easily help planners and attendees make the most of their time in Orlando.
AI-Driven Vacation Planning
For attendees looking to extend their business stay into a “bleisure” adventure, Visit Orlando is enhancing its Vacation Planning Services with the addition of a new artificial intelligence-driven trip planning tool, OPAL (Orlando Planning Assistance by Locals). Now live on VisitOrlando.com and available 24/7, the tool, powered by Mindtrip, offers a convenient, interactive option alongside Visit Orlando’s existing free planning resources such as one-on-one consultations and insider advice.
Orlando Virtual Tours
Visit Orlando has expanded its live virtual site inspection platform, Orlando Virtual Tours, with 14 neighborhoods that encompass the Orlando area, 14 new or upgraded hotels, and six attractions and venues. Utilizing authentic location imagery, Orlando Virtual Tours offer planners the convenience to travel to more than 1,100 Orlando locations either on their own or with a pre-scheduled Visit Orlando destination expert. Each location also includes detailed site information such as square feet.
Visit Orlando’s Complimentary Planning Service
Did you know that Visit Orlando offers complimentary planning services? Our Destination Experience team, many of whom are Certified Meeting Professionals (CMP), is well-versed in the complexities of planning events of all sizes and can provide hands-on assistance. When planners work with Visit Orlando to plan their meeting or event, they can count on:
- Comprehensive destination expertise and insights
- Time-saving tools like free RFP services and site inspections
- Ideas for unique off-site events, dinners and behind-the-scenes experiences
- Exhibitor assistance to connect with local providers
- Marketing tools to help drive attendance
- Customized attendee web page to complement your group’s conference website
- Destination information, guides and content
- Knowledgeable personnel at Visit Orlando information kiosks located in the OCCC
- Special meeting offers
With unexpected resources, expert support and innovative planning tools, Orlando helps planners create seamless meetings that leave a lasting impression.
