SMERF Express 2023
America’s most unique trade show!
Attention C.V.B.’s, D.M.O. ’s, suppliers, and vendors!
Unlike other industry conferences, The Express Conferences are centered towards maximizing your interactions with the industry’s most active meeting planners and event rights holders. Our proven model brings you and keeps you in front of these high-level decision makers to assure you receive the highest Return on your Time and Money Investment. Our unique format is focused around limiting attendance to assure a 2 to 1 ratio of sellers vs. buyers and from this enhancing the relationship building opportunities including quality 8-10 minute appointments, multiple casual social functions and abundant interaction opportunities over the course of four days.
Key Highlights:
- Accommodations Included!!!
- All meals included!!!
- 2:1 Buyers to planners ratio(between 25-30 planners)
- 2 waves of 1 on 1 appointments, eliminating education or breakout sessions
- Transportation to and from local airport and interactive activities will be provided
- Opening Night Welcome Dinner
- Community Service project
- Activity day – each attendee can choose one of several options
- Team Building
- Closing Event
- Optional guest package (to include registration and all social events)
The Express Conferences promises to bring great relationship building and to provide you the ability to maximize your conference productivity! Thank you for your interest and we hope to see you soon!
Monday, October 23
10:00 am – 6:00 pm Registration Maumee Bay Lodge
6:00 pm Dinner Maumee Bay Lodge
Tuesday, October 24
8:30 am Depart for Service Project Maumee Bay Lodge
9:15 am – 11:30 am Community Service Sunshine Communities
12:00 pm – 1:30 pm Lunch Original Tony Packo’s
1:45 pm – 2:30 pm Break Maumee Bay Lodge
2:30 pm – 5:30 pm 1 on 1’s Maumee Bay Lodge
6:00 pm Depart for Dinner Maumee Bay Lodge
6:30 pm – 8:30 pm Dinner Maumee Bay Brewing
7:45 pm Tour Group Depart Maumee Bay Brewing
8:15 pm – 9:45 pm
Return to Lodge @ 10:30 pm
Tour (20 FCFS) Haunted Waterville Tour
Wednesday,October 25
7:00 am – 12:00 pm Lake Fishing Maumee Bay Lodge
8:28 am – 8:52 am
Finished by 2:00 pm
Golf Tee Times
Lunch @ Turnaround
Maumee Bay Lodge
8:15 am Depart for Spa & Glass Blowing Maumee Bay Lodge
9:00 am – 11:00 am
Lunch @ 11:00 – 12:30
Return to Lodge @ 1:15 pm
Spa Day
Lunch @ Inside the Five
Body & Sole Massage
9:00 am – 11:00 am
Return to Lodge @ 11:45 am
Glass Blowing FireNation
2:30 pm Depart for Zoo Maumee Bay Lodge
3:00 pm Not-So-Amazing Race Toledo Zoo
5:00 pm Dinner Toledo Zoo – Africa! Overlook
Thursday, October 26
8:30 am Depart for Mini-FAM Maumee Bay Lodge
9:00 am – 1:30 pm
Return to Lodge @ 2:00 pm
Mini-FAM
Planners Only
Downtown Toledo
2:30 pm – 5:30 pm 1 on 1’s Maumee Bay Lodge
6:00 pm Depart for Dinner Maumee Bay Lodge
6:30 pm Closing Dinner
Sponsored by:
Mancy’s Steakhouse
Friday, October 27
All Day Departure from Hotel- Shuttle
times will be provided
Maumee Bay Lodge