Marketing for Meeting Planners and Suppliers

 Welcome to our Christian Meetings and Conventions Association blog! CMCA is the only ministry serving the Christian meeting planner and supplier community.

 We will post regular announcements for Christian meeting planners and the suppliers that serve the Christian meetings industry, including networking opportunities, marketing tips, announcements on shows and venues that can’t be missed, along with educational contributions from our valued CMCA members.

And what better way to kick off our first CMCA blog than to announce the CMCA Spring Showcase being held May 19-22, 2008 in Gatlinburg and Pigeon Forge TN!

Nestled in the foothills of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park, this quaint area draws over 10 million visitors a year.  The Great Smoky Mountains National Park is the nation’s most visited national park and Gatlinburg is the entrance to this magnificent area. The convention and accommodations will be held in Gatlinburg, with many interesting and fun excursions throughout  Pigeon Forge and Gatlinburg.

If you decide to take the family and explore the beauty of the Great Smoky Mountains, here is the National Park webpage with tons of information on what to see and do.

Registration will open soon on the CMCA website and it’ll fill up fast, so be sure to make your plans early! 

Folks are still talking about the great time they had at our 2007 Show in Greensboro NC. To see all the photo’s from the fun times we had at that show, please see our photo albumn.

In the meantime, here’s a few photo’s of the hysterically funny and talented singing group, The Lumber River Quartet (aka The Soggy Bottom Boys):

 

And here’s our traditional group photo:

So, stay tuned for more new, articles and member contributions. You can subscribe to this blog either by email or through our RSS Feed (little orange box in the top column). We hope you’ll join us on a regular basis – in person or in spirit!