Boston has been rebuilt and redesigned to be the most exciting and visitor-centric convention city in the world. The city now has the world's best convention facilities - over 35,000 hotel rooms that enjoy best-in-the-U.S. proximity to the airport, convention centers, and city sights - and a new transportation infrastructure that has spawned the country's fastest travel times between the airport and the convention centers, as well as between the convention centers and the hotels. Add in Boston's unsurpassed history, culture, and surrounding natural beauty, and you have a destination with more positive attributes to host your event than any venue anywhere.

Boston offers the largest and most valuable attendee base within a two-hour travel-time radius of any city in the country. Greater Boston itself has a uniquely rich base of professionals in the most high-end vertical industries including:

768,000 professionals working in Greater Boston's five leading industries of financial services, healthcare, high technology, education and consulting and the visitor industry.

141,000 professionals working in Greater Boston's financial services industry.

198,000 professionals working in Greater Boston's health care industry.

218,000 professionals working in Greater Boston's high tech industry.

127,000 professionals working in Greater Boston's higher education and consulting industry.

84,000 professionals working in Greater Boston's visitor industry.

Boston's geographical location makes it an ideal and easy gateway for both national and international access. Bottom line: holding your event in Boston gives you your best chance to maximize attendance quantity and quality.

Boston boasts the best and most diverse lineup of convention facilities in the country. These include the brand-new Boston Convention & Exhibition Center; the Hynes Convention Center; the World Trade Center; the Bayside Convention Center; and many outstanding hotel venues. We have the right facility for your event.

Advantage BOSTON is a comprehensive, national marketing campaign and service program built to show why Boston is the best convention venue on earth, bar none. Through a massive advertising, promotional, direct mail and web-based program, Advantage BOSTON tells the story about Boston's new Boston Convention & Exhibition Center (along with the Hynes Convention Center), new hotels, new transportation infrastructure, airport modernization, and more. Advantage BOSTON also embraces a whole new set of service advantages Boston has to offer for events of all kinds, including association events, trade shows and conferences, and corporate events and meetings.

The Advantage BOSTON Teams consist of a wide range of teams put together to help meeting planners and event producers get easy, one-stop shopping solutions. The Teams will cover everything you need to stage a successful event in Boston - Convention Facilities, Hotels, Transportation, Entertainment, and more. Our Advantage BOSTON Teams will meet with you before, during and after the event to ensure that you receive the best service, value and customer satisfaction.

Booking your event in Boston is just a click away - sales@advantageboston.com. Or call 617-954-2800.

The Boston Convention & Exhibition Center is the world's most spectacular, customer-driven convention facility. Located in Boston's Seaport District, less than a ten-minute drive from Logan Airport, the BCEC features 516,000 square feet of contiguous exhibit space, 84 meeting rooms, a 40,020 square foot ballroom overlooking the city skyline and Boston Harbor, and a world of customer amenities and specifications. Even the architectural design of the BCEC reflects a unique, innovative and customer-centric approach. The features and benefits of the facility incorporate input from virtually every corner of the meetings and convention industry, including meeting planners, association and corporate executive, national and international trade show producers.

The John B. Hynes Veterans Memorial Convention Center is a high-tech, state-of-the-art convention facility located in the heart of Boston's beautiful and historic Back Bay, just steps away from dozens of the city's most popular hotels and attractions. The facility features 360,000 square feet of space (all of which is fully handicap accessible), including 175,000 square feet of exhibit space and 38 dedicated meeting rooms.

The Hynes offers a comprehensive set of one-stop shopping services. Contact sales@advantageboston.com to discuss the objectives and requirements of your event.

Yes, Boston has over 35,000 hotel rooms. No other city offers more hotels in such close proximity to its major convention centers. Furthermore, Boston's hotels are situated within easy walking distance of the city's restaurants, shops and landmarks. As for accommodating large events, in the summer of 2004, Boston hosted the Democratic National Convention, an event that required over 18,000 hotel rooms in the city. That example is proof positive that the growth of Boston, including its ongoing addition of more hotels, puts it in position to host events of any size and scale. To discuss the hotel requirements for your event, please call 617-536-4100.

The Big Dig is complete - and it's easier to get around Boston than ever before. Travel times are less than any other major venue in the country. It's only 8 minutes from the airport to the Boston Convention & Exhibition Center, and only 12 minutes from the new center to the Hynes Convention Center or Back Bay hotels. The Ted Williams Tunnel now connects the airport to major roadways north, south and west of the city. The Boston transformation is further enhanced by the modernization of Logan Airport. Of course, Boston remains "America's Walking City," and event attendees and other visitors will continue to enjoy the city by foot, with easy access to restaurants, shops and landmarks.

Boston's Logan International Airport is a major national and international gateway. No city in the country has faster travel times from the airport to its convention centers. Travel time from Logan Airport to the new Boston Convention & Exhibition Center is 8 minutes. Travel time from Logan Airport to the Hynes Convention Center is 12 minutes. Logan Airport has recently been modernized and refurbished to enhance the user experience, including the world's most advanced airport security program.

Logan is in the process of receiving $4.4 billion worth of enhancements. A new International Gateway will give world travelers a great first impression of Boston. Separate arrival and departure roadways - and completed walkways that connect all airport terminals - make travel easier and more convenient for Logan passengers. Also included is a new $146 million in-line baggage screening system, one of the first in the nation, that improves security without compromising speed, capacity and convenience.

Some other highlights of Logan International Airport include:

• Logan is the nation's eighteenth busiest airport and the world's thirty-fourth busiest airport based on passenger volume.
• It is New England's largest transportation center: Serving more than 23 million passengers, Logan handles over 1 billion pounds of high value cargo and mail, employs over 15,000 workers and stimulates the New England regional economy by approximately $6 billion per year.
• Logan Airport has five passenger terminals, each with its own ticketing, baggage claim, and ground transportation facilities.
• There are eighty-four gate positions at Logan that are available for both scheduled and non-scheduled service.

Diversity, ethnicity, and proximity are the hallmarks of the Boston restaurant scene. The Seaport District, home of the Boston Convention & Exhibition Center, has some of the most famous waterfront seafood restaurants in the country. Back Bay, home of the Hynes Convention Center, offers a dynamic range of restaurants from steakhouses to sidewalk bistros. Event visitors have hundreds of restaurants within easy walking distance, with prices to suit all budgets and tastes. Boston is one of the great cities of North America for global variety, with an ethnic rainbow of cuisine covering everything from the Chinese food in Chinatown and the Italian specialties in the North End, to Thai, French, Latin American, Caribbean, African, Hungarian, Russian, Indian and more. The seafood, of course, is among the freshest and best in the world, with lobster and New England clam chowder visitor favorites.

Known as "America's Walking City," Boston is a compact city that puts its convention facilities and most hotels and restaurants within easy walking distance for most visitors. Another great way to get from place to place is the "T" -- the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA) - which includes subways, elevated trains, and trolleys along four connecting lines. The new Silver Line will offers quick and convenient public transportation to and from the new Boston Convention & Exhibition Center. The Hynes Convention Center is just steps away from two Green Line stations - Copley Square and Symphony.

Boston is unrivaled when it comes to offering visitors a dynamic combination of historic, cultural, entertainment and special-destination options. The history is everywhere - along the famous Freedom Trail, and stretching from the Samuel Adams statue at Fanueil Hall to the gas-lit neighborhoods of Beacon Hill and Back Bay. Boston is home to two of the world'[s most famous musical institutions, the Boston Symphony and the Boston Pops, as well as great museums and universities such as Harvard and MIT. Entertainment reigns in one of the country's most vibrant theater districts, at nightclubs all around the city, and from some of most storied sports teams anywhere, including the Boston Red Sox and Boston Celtics.