Salt Lake City, UT - Press Release
Orchid Event Solutions (OES) has been awarded a multi-year agreement to be the official convention housing service provider for SAE International for over 10 technology events annually through 2016. Combined these meetings represent over 10,000 hotel room nights booked and over $1.7 million dollars in hotel room night revenue for the destination hoteliers annually.
World Congress is SAE International's largest event and is attended by more than 9,000 Engineers, Industry Executives, Academics, Government & Military Officials and Consultants, as well as 150 Exhibitors from 45 countries.
"Orchid's use, understanding and implementation of Passkey's GroupMAX ME systems and features have streamlined a custom convention housing process which aids in maximizing our contracted room blocks. Orchid provides SAE International a custom web site, eMarketing services and dashboard reporting. Orchid's convention housing room block management combined with providing our attendees' excellent customer service and continuity year after year is why we are pleased to extend our partnership through 2016."
Cindy Cavanaugh
Event Buyer, SAE International
"Orchid is dedicated to being a valued partner. We have had the pleasure of being the official convention housing service provider to SAE since 2004. This stands as a testament to our commitment to providing the highest level of customer service to our clients and their attendees."
Tina Stark
Director of Sales, Orchid Event Solutions
SAE International:
SAE International is a global association of more than 133,000 engineers and related technical experts in the aerospace, automotive and commercial-vehicle industries. SAE International's core competencies are life-long learning and voluntary consensus standards development. SAE International's charitable arm is the SAE Foundation, which supports many programs, including A World In Motion® and the Collegiate Design Series™.
