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Make Our Towns Your Meetings Ground

Book your next meeting in Ann Arbor

The Ann Arbor area, a premiere destination for meetings and conferences, will inspire your program to reach new heights. We’re a vibrant small community with a big-city feel, entrepreneurial spirit, and progressive bent. Ann Arbor offers extraordinary meeting venues as well as an enticing menu of beyond-the-boardroom experiences.

Why Ann Arbor? By the Numbers

Learn more about what makes Ann Arbor a premier meetings destination.

5000

Hotel Rooms

150

Meeting Spaces

250000

Square Feet of Meeting Space

600

Approximate Banquet Seats

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Ann Arbor Accolades

Destination Verified seal, Wheel the World

 Wheel the World Certified Destination 

Northstar Meeting Group Stella Award Bronze Medal Winner 2025

 Bronze Stella Award – Best Midwestern DMO – Northstar Meetings Group - 2025 

Best of Meetings Today winners 2025

 Best Mid-America DMO – Four Consecutive Meetings Today Best of Awards - 2022-2025 

Best Smart CVB/DMO – Smart Meetings – 2025

 Best Smart CVB/DMO
Smart Meetings – 2025 

US Cities with Best Quality of Life - US Newsand World Report

 US Cities with Best Quality of Life
US News and World Report 

A2Zero 2030 - Ann Arbor 100% Carbon Neutral City by 2030

 A2Zero 2030 - Ann Arbor 100% Carbon Neutral City by 2030 

 

Meet the Team

Al Snow - Destination Ann Arbor

Al Snow, CTA Director of Sales & Service

Contact for information about Destination Ann Arbor sales strategy and opportunities, National and International Trade Union Groups including: Operative Plasters’ and Cement Masons’ International Association; United Union of Roofers, Waterproofers, and Allied Workers; International Association of Bridge, Structural, Ornamental and Reinforcing Iron Workers; United Association of Journeymen and Apprentices of the Plumbing and Pipefitting Industry of the United States and Canada

Kristy Poore, Destination Ann Arbor

Kristy Poore, CMP, CTA Business Development Manager

Contact for information about state, national, and international associations

Nancy Harper-Destination Ann Arbor

Nancy Harper, CTA Business Development Manager

Contact for more information about University of Michigan, Michigan Medicine, Eastern Michigan University, EMU Fraternal Groups and Electrical Training Alliance-NTI

Nick Anderson - Destination Ann Arbor

Nick Anderson, CTA Business Development Manager

Contact for information about national and international non-association markets

Tasha Squires, Destination Ann Arbor, Business Development Manager

Tasha Squires, CMP, PDM Business Development Manager

Contact for national meeting and conference markets

Rachel Robb - Destination Ann Arbor

Rachel Robb, CTA Destination Services Manager

Contact about sales services, sports services, and providing support to events held in Washtenaw County

Anna Mason - Destination Ann Arbor

Anna Mason, CTA Sales and Office Coordinator

Contact for wedding inquiries and administrative requests for the sales team and staff at Destination Ann Arbor