Create
compelling value for your customers and for your business
Attend the Best
Marketing and Management Conference in 20 Years
AO's International
Marketing & Management Conference for Active Travel Outfitters, Attractions
and Adventure Resorts
Dec. 3-5, 2008 Knoxville, Tennessee
20th
Anniversary Celebration and Reunion
Get more reward from your hard work
Register Today
- WHEN: Registration December 2,
2008 - Seminars, December 3-5, 2008.
- AGENDA:
Conference
Agenda
- Register Online
Now.
- Register
Click here for a PDF version on the registration form
- WHERE: Knoxville Convention
Center and Hilton of Knoxville, TN. Hilton
Reservations
- WHO SHOULD ATTEND: Outfitters,
guest ranch operators, tour operators, professional staff, managers, marketing
personnel, store managers, office staff
- FOR INFORMATION CALL: America
Outdoors® 1-800-524-4814, 865-558-3595.
- OUTFITTER EXPO TRADE SHOW:
Exhibitors
- WHEN TO ARRIVE IN KNOXVILLE and
AREA ATTRACTIONS: Arrive
- SPONSOR a conference event or
program: Sponsorships
The Confluence® program is carefully tailored to the
issues, concerns and new product ideas that are important to the future of your
business.
Attend AO's International Marketing
and Management Conference!
Click here for the full program
Descriptions
and Speaker
Bios.
Learn how to drive your business growth and adapt to the
changing business environment at these seminars:
- Expand the Market
for Active Travel - Recommendations from a Marketer's Mystery Shopping Research
- Convert Leads into
Customers and Stand Out Online: Make Selling Fun
- Experiential
Marketing: Why Rendering Authentic Adventure Experiences is Critical to the
Future of Your Business
- Use Social Media to
Drive Customers to Your Website
- Lower Your Loss
Exposure by Applying Essential Eligibility Criteria for Participation in Your
Trips
- Deal with the
Potential Legal Implications of Online Booking, Reservations and Use of
Customer Medical Information
- Learn the Secrets to
Dominating Organic Search to Increase Qualified Visits to Your Website
- Learn to Write Basic
HTML to Enhance HTML Editing (optional all day seminar)
- Relieve the
Headaches of Managing Lodging Properties through Best Management Practices
- Pay Yourself First
with a Retirement Planning Strategy Increase Sales with
- Telephone
Reservations Training (optional all day seminar)
- Develop Strategies
to Deliver the Authenticity Your Customers Want
- Are Your Products
and Services in Line with Emerging Lifestyles and Travel Trends?
- Overcome the Stress
and Uncertainty of Tragic Events with an Emergency Response Strategy
- Staging Real
Experiences - An Authenticity Workshop
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Get more of what you expect from your new hires and your
employees from these management sessions:
- Transform Your
Business with Recruiting, Hiring, and Interviewing Techniques to Get the Right
Employees
- Management's
Self-assessment: Identifying and Improving Strengths and Weaknesses in Your
Management Style
- Manage for
Performance to Create a Culture of Achievement
- Energize Your Staff
with Leadership and Motivational Strategies
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Learn how your business will be impacted by changes in
regulations and fees:
- Learn How the New
Forest Service Permitting Directives Impact Your Bottom Line
- What Changes Are in
Play at BLM?
- What Changes in NPS
Concessions Management Are in Your Future?
- The New
Administration and the Outlook for the Next Term in Congress
- How You Build
Positive Relationships with Your Member of Congress
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Over 20 Marketing and Management sessions to
keep your business ahead of the curve and from falling behind the competition.
From the latest in Search Engine Optimization to Risk Management Strategies and
a special track on Hiring, Managing and Motivating seasonal employees, you
can't afford to miss this incredible value.
Outfitter Expo Trade Show
Save time and
money by ordering at the outfitting industry's premier tradeshow, the
America Outdoors Outfitter Expo Trade Show. Relax, network and
learn at Confluence® in Knoxville! Confluence® Outfitter Expo
Trade Show is a production of America Outdoors®. Join over 800
industry leaders and their suppliers at the 2008 show.
Conference
Sponsors
Our event sponsors for 2008 are
Bank of America, Morrison Printing,
and The Schneider
Group. Thanks sponsors for helping make our event a success!
Sponsor this
year's event. International
Outfitters Bazaar at Confluence
The International
Bazaar is your opportunity to find an outstanding outfitter to take your best
clients on an international adventure. International outfitters will be
exhibiting their services in a special section of the Confluence® trade
show hall during regular trade show hours. The Bazaar will allow you to
establish a relationship with an international outfitter that can expand your
current services to include international trips. Come to Confluence® and
network at the International Outfitters Bazaar so that you can be ready to take
care of all your clients' requests for adventure travel outside the US.
About America
Outdoors®
America Outdoors® is a national
association of outfitters and their suppliers. AO represents over 600 companies
operating in the US and internationally. America Outdoors® assists members
with risk management, government affairs, business development, personnel
management, and compliance with employer regulations
Conference Contact
Information
America
Outdoors®
865-558-3595
email:
info@americaoutdoors.org
The Host Hotel
Hilton Downtown Knoxville, our group reservation code is
AOC.
The America Outdoors Conference rate is $86 single or double.
501
West Church Avenue, Knoxville, TN 37902
865-523-2300
Click here to
reserve your room.
Hilton
Reservations
Qualified
Attendees:
Outfitters, guides and employees of outfitting
businesses from across the U.S. and around the world. Travel agents are invited
to attend. Federal government representatives (USFS, BLM, BuRec, NPS, etc.)
involved in outfitting issues are invited to attend. The show is not open to
the general public. To get on the mailing list for registration materials
contact AO at info@americaoutdoors.org or at
865-558-3595.
Qualified
Exhibitors:
Manufacturers, distributors, suppliers, and
service providers to the outfitting industry are qualified to exhibit. Contact
Robin Brown at 865-558-3595 or at robin@americaoutdoors.org for more
information.
History:
Confluence® has been in existence since 1989. America Outdoors® the
national association of outfitters and guides, owns and operates the trade show
and conference. For more information on America Outdoors® go to
About/Join AO.
If you would like additional information about this
conference and displaying at the trade show, call America Outdoors®
headquarters at 865-558-3595 or email us at
info@americaoutdoors.org.
Thank You To Our
Sponsors:
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