Testimonials

Visit Tri-Cities has been an invaluable partner in planning our June convention. Their expertise and local insights made all the difference. They organized a truly magical summer evening at Goose Ridge Winery, complete with ax throwing, hot air balloon rides, entertainment, and, of course, exceptional wine. This unforgettable experience has become a treasured memory for all of us! – Brit Kramer, CAE, Executive Director, WSAE

Visit Tri-Cities was excellent to work with in getting our conference off the ground. We were given guided tours of all of the possible venues and they offered their assistance in any means possible. Our event went off without a hitch in large part to Visit Tri-Cities and the excellent staff at our venue. - Lindsay Kiel, Northwest Anthropological Conference

I was very pleased with our experience hosting our conference in the Tri-Cities. There are plenty of hotels, free parking and many things to do there. Visit Tri-Cities was very gracious in organizing tours of the convention center and hotels for us prior to our conference. The staff was amazing and thoughtful. – Mandie Dell, Washington Traffic Safety Conference

Visit TRI-CITIES made planning our board meeting and activities extremely easy. Staff was responsive and very helpful. Everyone we worked with in the Tri-Cities was friendly and helpful. We’re looking forward to returning! – Julianne Patterson, Washington Trust for Historic Preservation

[Visit TRI-CITIES was] so helpful when we needed to find a good place to hold our meeting… they took great steps to help us even though we were a small group and a short timeline. I’m not sure we could have gotten a such good start without their help. – Kristine Mann, Northwest Association of Mothers of Twins Clubs

The staff at Visit TRI-CITIES is the best to work with! – Dave Bryant, Washington State United States Bowling Congress

Finest service, food, accommodations and perfect location for a statewide convention. – Kelley S. Byers, American Veterans

[The] Tri-Cities is a lovely place to hold your events or board meetings. The Visit TRI-CITIES staff are wonderful to work with and I highly recommend considering Tri-Cities for your next meeting. – Michelle Rancour, Washington State Gambling Commission

[The] area provide some of the finest weather, easy to manage traffic, wide-open spaces, quality food and outdoor venues that are very appealing. The Tri-Cities practically has it all, for everyone and anyone. – Matt Price, Corvettes on the Columbia

The Tri-Cities is affordable and the quality of care you will receive is excellent. – John Mangiantini, Washington State and Northern Idaho Moose Association

The Tri-Cities is a very sports minded competitive community. [The] area athletes compete on a high than average level in most all sports. The Tri-Cities offers a relatively inexpensive, but comparable venue for most of the upper level gymnastics competitions in this state. And… we have free parking! – Brett Garland, Rod Ostboe Memorial Gymnastics Invitational

I can’t think of a better place to run a baseball tournament! – Drew Reiners, Triple Crown Sports

What a wonderful goldmine of a resource your staff has been to [the Washington Association of Career and Technical Advisors] and me as the conference coordinator! They have spent time showing our committee the facilities in the Tri-Cities and assisted our association in making a good decision on a multitude of conference arrangements. – Chris Martinson

The Tri-Cities is a very hospitable and welcoming community. The facility and lodging staffs are easy to work with and everyone rallies around the tournament to make it a successful event. – Steve Jensen, National Softball Association

The Tri-Cities are on the fast track to meeting destination fame… – Association News

Thank you for all of your hard work putting materials together for me in order to attract the National League of Cities Community Economic Development Steering Committee meeting to the Tri-Cities. Your ‘can do’ attitude and excellence speaks well not only for Visit TRI-CITIES but for the whole Tri-Cities. – Larry Haler

And when great weather and water sports are combined with some of the Northwest’s best golf courses along with some of the world’s finest wineries, you get an area that offers resort-style amenities without a resort-style price. – Inside Golf

The Tri-Cities: Three-Time Winner. – Events Planning Resource Guide

Please let me commend your entire organization for its professionalism, enthusiasm and efficiency. The Washington Association of Language Teaching Board was extremely impressed with the package of proposals [they] received... – Lauren Kiolet

The Tri-Cities offers an exceptional convention center, good hotels and many opportunities for entertainment. It's an easy place to travel to and from and a great value. – Helen Kramer, Washington State Council of Fire Fighters