Experient News

September 6, 2005

Conferon Global Services & Landry & Kling Set Sail with New Events at Sea^© Product Line

Twinsburg, OH—Conferon Global Services, Inc., (CGS), the nation’s largest meeting management and event services company, introduces Conferon Events at Sea^© to provide cruise-related meeting and event services to CGS clients. The announcement was made at the company’s annual meeting in Seattle, WA, last month.

Through a strategic alliance agreement, CGS has partnered with the leaders in the field of business-to-business cruising, Landry & Kling based in Coral Gables, FL. This new partnership will provide an extensive range of branded cruise support services to CGS clients including ShipSelect™ (site selection) and ShipPlanning (full program management) for both groups and charters.

“Cruise ships provide great venue options for a wide range of meeting and event programs,” said Rick Binford, CMP, Vice President, Field Sales, CGS. “These venues often provide outstanding value as well as innovative and motivating experiential environments for event attendees and sponsors alike. Expanding our service portfolio to include this option for our clients is a natural extension of our desire to be our customers’ best possible business partners. And teaming up with industry leaders known for quality, professionalism and innovation such as Landry & Kling is simply good business.”