CalSAE's Seasonal Spectacular

It's another busy week here at CES--we're off to CalSAE's Seasonal Spectacular in Sacramento on Wednesday. It's sure to be a full day that will live up to its promise to "celebrate, illuminate, and fascinate." We'll be enjoying all that the day has to offer us at Booth 445, so be sure to stop by and say hi!

15th Annual Caterer and Vendor Showcase

The showcase was a success! Thank you to everyone who came out and helped make this such a wonderful event. We hope everyone had a good time! Check out pictures from the event, looks up on Facebook and tag anyone you know, and start counting down the days until next year's showcase!






 
 


To see more pictures, take a look at our Facebook album!

Wedding, Wedding, Who's Having a Wedding?

Tuesday March 1

Earlier last week UC Davis Conference and Event Services staff members Katrina Evans and Adrianne Bataska had a booth at the Dream Wedding Showcase at California Expo. On that cold Sunday morning Katrina and Adrianne set out to inform brides all over the region about UC Davis's beautiful facilities and great services for their special day.

The day proved to be promising as Katrina and Adrianne were give numerous words of praise for not only their great knowledge of the wedding planning industry, but for an outstanding booth design as well.

Take a look at the recap of this year's Dream Wedding Showcase by CES Marketing Manager Katrina Evans, and remember when choosing UC Davis: Everything you need, is already here.

Adrianne and I attended the Dream Wedding Showcase at Cal Expo on Sunday, February 20. With over 1,000 attendees Adrianne and I met brides, grooms and their families all day and introduced them to the possibility of having their weddings at UC Davis. Our booth was one of the prettiest in the building! We kept our trademark black/grey/yellow theme for the wedding show and had lovely compacts and lip glosses for the brides. A special thank you goes out to Favor Warehouse (http://www.favorwarehouse.com/) and Blue Bee Printing (http://www.bluebeeprinting.com/) for assisting us with the fabulous give-away items. The CES Team had fun and enjoyed showcasing the University facilities at the bridal show.

-Marketing Manager, Katrina Evans

We're heading to DC again!

After Labor Day weekend the lovely ladies of Conference and Event Services will be in full force in Washington D.C. for the 2010 Affordable Meetings Trade show. Hospitality Sales and Marketing Association International hosts this nationwide trade show to help event planners network and to give event planners the opportunity to attend helpful lectures. The HSMAI trade show will teach businesses like CES how to survive during the bumpy economic climate by using social media to market, and teach the right tools to become the best at what we do. If you plan on attending the HSMAI Affordable Meetings trade show Sept. 7-8, stop by booth 6050 to pick up our "everything you need" spice mix or a CES notebook! Stay tuned for pictures and updates documenting the trade show.

HSMAI Affordable Meetings: Long Beach

Friday June 4, 2010

In the next couple weeks three members from our marketing staff: Katrina Evans, Ana Kitchen, and Lina Layiktez, will be headed down to Long Beach to participate in HSMAI's (Hospitality Sales and Marketing Association International) Affordable Meetings tradeshow. In Long Beach, they will be able to participate in over 7 hours of educational sessions in which they'll be able to take part in over 20 relevant topics, access to marketing tools we'll be able to use in our department for the next year, and not to mention showcase UC Davis as one of California's premier event locations. The tradeshow will be held on the June 16-17, and if you're interested in participating as a vendor or event planner, click here for more information. If you're already planning on attending, we look forward to seeing you there! Make sure to stop by our booth and say hello!

CALSAE Seasonal Spectacular

Thursday December 10, 2009

The CALSAE Seasonal Spectacular did live up to it's name-- spectacular! We were able to meet a lot of new folks and reconnect with a lot folks we worked with in the past. Booth 341 stayed very busy throughout the afternoon, and our representatives at our booth: Ana, Lina, and Katrina really represented us well as always! There were over 200 booths that ranged from hotels to casinos, to golfing resorts. Aaron, Alma, and Christine acted as our on the floor representatives as they worked their way around booths connecting with potential partners and event planners that would look toward UC Davis's excellent event management and facilities.

Now that the Seasonal Spectacular is over, we are gearing up for our tradeshow in February 16, 2010-- Plan Green Vendor and Caterer Showcase. With all of the positive feedback from many event planners, vendors, and caterers from the CALSAE Seasonal Spectacular, we're really looking forward to getting all of the great vendors and caterers out to suppor the green cause and meet all of our wonderful UC Davis event planners. Remember that the Plan Green Conference will be on February 16, 2010 and you can register online HERE. Hope to see you all in February and thanks again to CALSAE for putting on another great tradeshow!

Off to Another Tradeshow We Go!

Tuesday September 8, 2009

Two representatives from UC Davis Conference and Event Services, Lina Layiktez and Ana Kitchen, will be representing our organization at HSMAI Affordable Meetings National tradeshow in Washington, D.C. This plans on being a terrific opporutnity to showcase our wonderful facilities and services out in our nation's capitol, and our best goes out to Lina and Ana! We know you'll represent us proudly.

Meeting Professionals International Table Top Tradeshow: A Success!!

Tuesday March 25, 2009

This years MPI table top tradeshow was a complete success! Lina Layiktez and Aaron Long represented the fine services and facilities of UC Davis with some of the best of the best event planners and those that provide some of the finest facilities in the Sacramento and Sierra Nevada region. Some of those in attendance were: Courtyard Marriot, California Society for Healthcare, The Claremont Resort & Spa, as well as Advantage Presentation.

While participating during this very friendly meet and greet, Lina and Aaron were able to proudly promote UC Davis's facilities and the opening of the new hotel and conference center opening up this coming Fall. Like expected, many people were aware of UC Davis as an educational institution; however, they were aware that UC Davis offered incredible venues from rustic lodges to professional ballrooms and conference rooms. "I didn't know you all did that," was the infamous response, and "of course we do, and we do it well!" were Aaron and Lina's response with a smile.

It was a great outing and there couldn't have been more success! With yet another tradeshow done, the fine facilities of UC Davis and services of UC Davis CEVS are once again promoted in order to let those know that yes were are here, and yes we can help you with your events. Thanks again to Meeting Professionals International for yet another great tradeshow, and our hats go off to you for letting us "rock the house again this year."

Off We Go to a Tradeshow!!

Monday March 23, 2009

CEVS Director Lina Layiktez and Staff member Aaron Long will be off to the Meeting Professionals International Sacramento/Sierra Nevada Tabletop tradeshow. They are extremely excited once again to get out to yet another tradeshow to display UC Davis CEVS's quality and professional services and facilities. Today was spent preparing for tomorrows event with our mock table and informational materials. We will give a complete summary of the tradeshow soon so stay tuned!!