Congratulations Golf & Tennis Tourney Winners!

We’re pleased to announce the winners of the 10th Annual ILTA Golf Tournament and the 11th Annual ILTA Tennis Tournament, both sponsored by Kraft Kennedy. Congratulations, winners!
1st Place (Low Net Score):
Mark Venditti – StoredIQ
John Burton – New Boundary
Bob Papandrea – Kitch
Joel Sykes – Baker
1st Place (Low Gross Score):
Eddie Curl – Silver Peak Systems
Scott McFetters – [...]

Did you win a Vendor Bingo prize?

Plenty of you did!
Completed vendor bingo cards were due by 10:30 a.m.
 
Among the prizes, iPods, Wiis, GPS systems, gift certificates, an Amazon Kindle and more. All prizes were generously donated by our wonderful vendors. Thanks, you guys!

We can hold your luggage

Checking out today but leaving later? We invite you to drop off your luggage in the Marble Foyer on the Exhibit floor. Identification tags will be provided by the resort for the stored luggage. While this service is free, the resort staff would probably appreciate a tip.

Vendor Bingo, explained

Some of you new to an ILTA conference might be saying to yourself, “So, Self, what is ‘vendor bingo?’” Here’s the gist from Peggy Wechsler:
Vendor Bingo is ILTA’s popular game that attracts conference attendees to the Exhibit Hall. Each conference attendee is given a bingo card with a square corresponding to each exhibitor booth. Each exhibit booth [...]

We’re on site!

We’re finally in Grapevine, and we’re spending the weekend getting ready for you. ILTA’s conference chairs, Bill Mertes and Michele Gossmeyer, together with the Board of Directors and other volunteer leaders are writing, sorting, stuffing, setting up and “ILTA-izing” the wonderful Gaylord, Texan.
As you prepare to join us, just a few reminders:

Check the “Share a ride” [...]

Got/need extra event tickets?

Looking for extra event tickets? Have an extra ticket you won’t be using?
Just comment to the post (below) and connect with other ILTA ‘08 conference attendees to give, receive or swap tickets. Keep looking here for updates before and throughout the conference.
If you want to purchase additional event tickets outright, members and vendors can download [...]

Why attend conference?

Last year, ILTA conducted a survey of new attendees to determine how valuable the conference was to their profession. We asked them to identify their key expectations – those factors that led to their decision to attend; and we wanted their feedback immediately following conference on how those expectations were met.  Then, we followed up [...]

How to get the most out of conference

Attention conference attendees: You get out of conference what you put into it. As you plan your conference and decide which sessions and networking events to attend, keep in mind the following advice, culled from our conference experience and posted by your peers and other ILTAns below.
1. Invest time in meeting and talking to other [...]

Welcome to the ILTA Conference Blog!

The purpose of this conference blog is to help attendees connect with other attendees on site, and to help non-attendees make those connections virtually. Here are some of the ways we’re going to do that:
Before the conference:
1. You’ll see posts from speakers and attendees before the event where they’ll discuss what they’ll be talking about, what [...]