VADMO Summer Quarterly Meeting

Thursday, July 27, 2017

12:00 PM    Registration Opens - All sessions in the Palm Court

1:00 PM      Panel Discussion 

“Family Reunions – Coordinating a Reunion Planning Seminar
in your City”

2:00 PM     Membership Survey 

2:30 PM     Virginia Tourism Corporation (VTC) Presentation

“Media and Co-op Plans”

3:30 PM    Break

3:45 PM    Board Shuttles to Tysons Corner Center

4:30 PM    Tour and Discussion - Tysons Corner Center

“Marketing Shopping as a Destination Experience”

5:30 PM    Reception at Tysons Corner  (Location TBA)

6:30 PM    Dinner on your own or utilize special rate at Fogo de Chao restaurant

(Guests Must RSVP in advance on the VADMO event registration page for Fogo de Chao)

8:30 PM    Shuttles return to hotel

 

Friday, July 28, 2017

 

7:30 AM       Hotel Breakfast Buffet

7:30 AM    VADMO Board Meeting - Sequoia Executive Room

9:00 AM       Hotel Re-design - “If You Build It, They Will Come” 

10:15 AM     “Retail Therapy In a Small Town Setting”

Session Description: Attracting and retaining Main Street retail and how to promote shops and shopping. How the Main Street program works in tandem with local CVB's and DMO's.
This session will include take-away tips, techniques and success stories from Main Street communities on not only creating a great retail environment but economic development and community planning.

11:00 AM     Break

11:15 AM     VA-1 Updates

• Eric Terry, President, VRLTA
  

11:30 AM     Panel Discussion:

“Finding, Getting and Keeping Military Reunions” 

12:30 PM    Member Meeting and Lunch

2:00 PM      Adjournment