TOP 10 REASONS TO CHOOSE 1OUR SERVICES ARE FREE. 2 WE STRIVE TO MATCH YOUR MEETING WITH THE HOTELS AND VENUES THAT FIT YOUR GROUP. 3WE WORK CLOSELY WITH MEETING PLANNERS TO UNDERSTAND YOUR NEEDS AND BUDGETS. 4 SERVICING YOUR MEETING 5 IS OUR TOP PRIORITY. WE OFFER FAMILIAIRIZATION TOURS WHENEVER POSSIBLE. 6 WE ARE INTERESTED IN GROUPS OF EVERY SIZE - NO MEETING IS TOO BIG OR TOO SMALL! 7WE ARE HONEST WITH THE MEETING PLANNER ABOUT OUR ABILITY TO HANDLE YOUR GROUP. 8 EVEN IN THE TOUGH ECONOMY, WE STILL HAVE FUNDING AVAILABLE TO HELP MEETING PLANNERS. 9WE MAKE EVERY EFFORT TO MATCH OUR DESTINATION WITH THE MEETING PLANNERS GROUPS THAT FIT OUR MARKET. 10 OUR STAFF RESPONDS TO YOUR INQUIRIES AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE. The Tupelo Convention & Visitors Bureau is a full-service organization offering the meeting planner assistance with coordinating off-premise meal functions, entertainment, and unique activities. Our convention services staff will work with you to customize activities especially designed for your group to provide an enjoyable and memorable experience. We re at your service and look forward to working with you on your next meeting, event, trade show, or convention. CONTENTS Top 10 Reasons to Choose Tupelo...Inside Front Cover Hospitality Services...1 Welcome...2 Exhibit Facilities & Day Meeting Space...3-8 Facilities & Accommodation...9-12 Local Services...12 Unique Off-Site Venues & Golf Courses...13-14 Shopping & Attractions...15-17 Contact Information...Back Cover
Tupelo Convention & Visitors Bureau Staff Left to Right Top: Seth Gaines, Stephanie Coomer, Valerie Bradley, Jan Pannell, Claudia Howard, Linda Eliff, Lance Ingram Left to Right Bottom: Jennie Bradford Curlee, Lisa Russell, Demetra Sherer, Neal McCoy, Kylie Boring, (not pictured: Pat Rasberry) JAN PANNELL Sales Manager Hospitality Services Hostess 1
Customized Group Adventures Specialty Shops Welcome cities; a dynamic place that has been honored by the National Located in the northeast part of the state, Tupelo is intersected 2
Exhibit Facilities & Day Meeting Spaces BancorpSouth Conference Center 387 East Main Street Tupelo, MS 38804 Phone: 662.718.5555 Fax: 662.718.5560 www.tupelomeetings.com The BancorpSouth Conference Center is located in the heart of downtown Tupelo and adjacent to both the Hilton Garden Inn facility is a perfect location for weddings, and other social Features the board room 3
Exhibit Facilities & Day Meeting Spaces BancorpSouth Arena Features basketball to skating to rodeos sound and lighting 375 East Main Street Tupelo, MS 38804 Phone: 662.841.6573 Fax: 662.841.6413 www.bcsarena.com designed to accommodate 4
Exhibit Facilities & Day Meeting Spaces The Clarion Inn & Summit Center 852 North Gloster Street Tupelo, MS 38804 Phone: 662.844.4343 Toll Free: 1.888.786.6649 Fax: 662.844.4344 Sales Office Phone & Fax: 662.844.4464 www.choicehotels.com The Clarion Inn and Summit Center is located just north of Tupelo s main business district to all city locations as well as being close to major highways, Accommodations Suite and the Honeymoon Suite bar bottled water hair dryers Wall Street Journal USA Today) internet 5
Exhibit Facilities & Day Meeting Spaces The Antler 1329 Road 41 Tupelo, MS 38801 Phone: 662.871.5839 www.theantlertupelo.net of southern elegance and urban rustic charm that makes for the allows you to step outside the Mature oak and pecan trees shade the picturesque lake and offer stunning views from each of The Antler s three buildings. The indoor spaces are expertly designed to allow as much flexibility as possible in planning your event. We can arrange all your catering and rental needs to make for a perfect party. Features inspired chandeliers adding a glow to the style of the charm that will embrace your guests as they become part of your special to a courtyard nestled between the two is the perfect space to host members of your wedding party, board meetings, or 6
Exhibit Facilities & Day Meeting Spaces Tupelo Furniture Market TUPELO COMPLEX 1879 North Coley Road Tupelo, MS 38801 Phone: 662.842.4442 Fax: 662.844.3665 1,500,000 sq. ft. exhibit space MISSISSIPPI COMPLEX 589 North Coley Road Tupelo, MS 38801 Phone: 662.844.1473 Fax: 662.844.3692 500,000 sq. ft. exhibit space www.tupelofurnituremarket.com Features feet per hall space 7
Exhibit Facilities & Day Meeting Spaces Belden Center Itawamba Community College 3200 Adams Farm Road Belden, MS 38826 Phone: 662.620.5000 separately or combined to offer nearly classroom setting, the additional four smaller Features The Elvis Presley Birthplace Event Center 306 Elvis Presley Drive Tupelo, MS 38801 Phone: 662.841.1245 8
Facilities & Accommodations with boards Meeting Facilities Candlewood Suites Comfort Inn Commodore Motel Courtyard by Marriot Meeting Facilities Days Inn 9
Facilities & Accommodations EconoLodge Economy Inn Gumtree Inn coffee pots, irons with boards, hair dryers Meeting Facilities classroom style each room rooms room Meeting Facilities Two meeting rooms to accommodate up to 10
Facilities & Accommodations Meeting Facilities table arrangements) hair dryers Meeting Facilities people classroom style microfridges Meeting Facilities Two meeting rooms to accommodate: Rodeway Inn water Scottish Inn 11
Facilities, Accommodations & Local Services Town House Motel to the motel Meeting Facilities AIRLINES Tupelo Regional Airport BUS SERVICE Greyhound CAR RENTALS Budget Rent-A-Car Hertz Rent-A-Car Enterprise Rent-A-Car U-Save CATERING SERVICES Billie s Catering and Floral Service Catering by The Summit Cotton Boll Catering Park Heights Romie s Grocery and Rob Lesley Catering Twisted Fig, Inc. Sweet Peppers Deli The Rankin House Vanelli s Catering West End Catering Company CLIMATE Tupelo s mild weather EVENT RENTALS Busylad Rent-All FITNESS CLUB North Mississippi Medi the indoor pool to one of HOSPITAL North Mississippi Medical Center Emergency Room: LIMOUSINE SERVICE Costume World Limousine Service Limousine Connection PRIVATE CHARTERS Tupelo Aviation Unlimited TAXI SERVICES A1 Cabs, LLC AAA Taxi Cab Metro Cab Tupelo Cab Co., Inc. TOUR BUS SERVICES Barkley Travel Service Callahan Charters For additional information on other local services, please contact the Tupelo Convention and Visitors Bureau at 1-800-533-0611 or (662) 841-6521. 12
Unique Off-Site Venues Ballard Park Ballard Park is a great place for any outdoor and surrounds a small Reservation information may be obtained through the Department of Parks and Recreation. Elkin Place located in beautiful downtown Tupelo is located on the second Elvis Presley Lake and Campground Campground is a scenic park named in honor of Call for reservation information. Goodlett Manor special dinner gatherings, business meetings, parties, GumTree Museum of Art The museum is housed in the historic Peoples The facility will accommodate 100 people for a banquet and 250 people for receptions. Call for more information on rental rates. Lyric Theatre Home of the Tupelo Community Theatre Street production theatre, the Lyric Theatre has been restored and Call for reservation information. 13
Unique Off-Site Venues Park Heights Park Heights can inside the restaurant and the rooftop are board meetings to weddings to grand openings, Park Heights will Tupelo Automobile Museum Call for more information on rental rates. Tombigbee State Park Tupelo Garden Club Home at the Private John Allen Fish Hatchery southeast of Tupelo, the Tombigee State in outdoor recreation Reservation information may be obtained through the park office. Call for more information on rental rates or contact the Tupelo Convention and Visitors Bureau at 662.841-6521. 14 Big Oaks Golf Club 1 mile East of Barnes Crossing Mall Description: Bent grass greens Natchez Trace Golf Course (Beech Springs Road) Description: Rolling hills and bermuda greens Group and company golf outings are welcome at these Tupelo Area Golf Courses. Bel Air Golf Course Description: Municipal golf course
Shopping and stores winds its way across the Midtown district, historic downtown, This shopper s paradise adds up to one of the highest retail sales rankings in all bookstores, consignment shops, and The Mall at Barnes Crossing, located In Midtown district and historic restaurants are rooted to the spot, For more information on shopping, call the Tupelo Convention ntion and Visitors Bureau at 800.533.0611, 3.0611, or come by our office located at 399 East Main Street. 15
Tupelo Attractions Elvis Presley Birthplace and Museum which offers facilities for picnics and community 16 Museum body and mechanical designs from the late The Tupelo Buffalo Park, one of the city s addition to the buffalo, the park also has pony carousel, Chickasaw Indian Village, The Mississippi Hills National Heritage Area covers a 30-county region affectionately known as the Hill Country. The center displays littleknown facts about Mississippi legends and offers an abundance of information for the entire region. Open Monday - Friday from 10 until 4. Free admission.
Tupelo Attractions Visitors Center British troops and settlers of the southern in Tupelo it offers a Visitors Center which features a number of interesting Tupelo Veterans Museum historic buildings clustered on the grounds the region s history and the museum Tupelo Veterans Museum, housed inside the Tupelo Garden Club at of human biology, then you re ready to be North Mississippi, the children s health this museum is only the second center of its In the rural countryside along Mississippi troops and forced their withdrawal to of soldiers from many states, both North and 17