Top 10 Benefits to Meet in Raleigh, NC

1. Increase your meeting attendance with the ease of access and low cost airlines that fly into Raleigh-Durham International Airport (RDU).

2. Maximize your organization's bottom line by developing partnerships with our world-class research, science and technology companies.

3. Enhance your conference attendees' knowledge by interfacing with world-renowned professors and research scientists from the  seven universities and colleges that call Raleigh home.

4. Expose your attendees to what Forbes, Kiplinger's, Esquire, Money and Rolling Stone Magazines already know; Raleigh is an award-winning city to work, live, play and visit.

5. Let your attendees explore Raleigh's abundance of recreation, golf and greenways via in-town parks or pre- and post-trips to the nearby Atlantic Ocean, Pinehurst or Blue Ridge Mountains.

6. Choose from many great options for off-site events and places for your attendees to network with 125 restaurants and bars, 40 galleries and four museums downtown.

7. Allow your meeting attendees ease of flow through wide open spaces overlooking a vibrant capital city with the new Raleigh Convention Center slated to open in 2008.

8. Connect to our convention center and provide your attendees with a superior 4-star lodging experience at the new 400-room Raleigh Marriott City Center and the adjacent 355-room Sheraton Raleigh.

9. Let our great minds meet your organization's great minds thanks to the 3rd highest concentration of college degrees in the United States.

10. Reap the benefits of Raleigh's $3 billion plus investment in development by exceeding all of your objectives for a successful meeting.