Welcome Creative, Responsible, and Experienced ADH Meetings & Events is a Chicago based meeting management and event planning firm. We effectively manage logistics such as venue procurement, contract negotiations, catering, décor, transportation, entertainment, and audio visual production, so that our clients are able to focus on the content, participants, sponsors, and invited guests. We work with a variety of clients such as corporate, pharmaceutical, non-profit organizations, and social clients. The ADHteam alsocomes with extensive international experience. Each planner has lived in or worked on everycontinent with the exception of Antarctica. We offer producers who speak multiple language and understand cultural difference across the globe, a benefit we find to be invaluable when when working around the world. Our carefully recruited, in-house planners have a minimum of 15 years experience in the field. Our team has worked in catering, destination management, entertainment procurement, hospitality services, and audio visual production prior to joining the ADH team giving our clients an advantage that few other firms can provide. ADH Meetings & Events 3712 North Broadway Street, Suite 337, Chicago, Illinois 60613, USA Office: +1-312-265-9759 Fax: +1-312-265-9764 www.ADH-Events.com
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Welcome
Creative, Responsible, and Experienced
ADH Meetings & Events is a Chicago based meeting management and event planning firm. We effectively manage logistics
such as venue procurement, contract negotiations, catering, décor, transportation, entertainment, and audio visual
production, so that our clients are able to focus on the content, participants, sponsors, and invited guests. We work with a
variety of clients such as corporate, pharmaceutical, non-profit organizations, and social clients.
The ADH team also comes with extensive international experience. Each planner has lived in or worked on every continent
with the exception of Antarctica. We offer producers who speak multiple language and understand cultural difference across
the globe, a benefit we find to be invaluable when when working around the world.
Our carefully recruited, in-house planners have a minimum of 15 years experience in the field. Our team has worked in
catering, destination management, entertainment procurement, hospitality services, and audio visual production prior to
joining the ADH team giving our clients an advantage that few other firms can provide.
ADH Meetings & Events3712 North Broadway Street, Suite 337, Chicago, Illinois 60613, USA
ADH Meetings & Events is a meeting management and event planning company like no other. We encourage a team
environment allowing us to optimize the planning and execution process for all involved. Our reputation is built on the
relationships we’ve established over decades of work in the field. Be it vendor relations, contract negotiations, or client
partnerships, we are committed to every aspect of program development. We strive to exceed our clients’ expectations
because we know our success comes only by presenting the clients’ ideas and concepts in the most extraordinary light
possible. Our commitment to our clients’ needs makes ADH your ideal partner for all your meeting and event needs.
Our Vision
For our clients to view ADH Meetings & Events as an integral part of their team and a key component to the successof any meeting or event regardless of size, location, or complexity.
Our Mission
To help our clients create, execute, and manage all meeting and event details while implementing environmentallysustainable materials, practices, and eco-friendly green principles throughout the planning and execution stages oftheir programs.
Our Values
Superior client service, sophisticated project management systems, flexibility in design and execution, communicationat all levels, cutting edge knowledge in multiple industries, commitment to technology, environmental sustainability, andresponsibility to the community.
Our Vision
ADH Meetings & Events3712 North Broadway Street, Suite 337, Chicago, Illinois 60613, USA
• Advanced Database Software – We analyze all aspects ofattendees’ meeting participation never missing an opportunityto cut costs for our clients.
• Cost Effective AV Production – Flawless execution at aconsiderably lower cost than other meeting management firms.
• Detailed Floor Plans – Complete, to-scale in 2-D and 3-D viewseliminates any on-site surprises and is standard ADH procedure.
• Working Knowledge of Industry Rules and Regulations –Specializing in the medical and healthcare industries.
• Service Procurement & Reporting – Supplier analytics and fullycustomized reporting systems track all program details anddocument both program spend and savings.
We view every meeting as an integral part of a larger strategy to develop and enhance our client’s image
within their industry and increase ROI overall.
Comprised of knowledgeable and friendly staff, ADH’s professionals areavailable at all times to answer participants calls and emails. Our strong andproven commitment to client satisfaction and customer service is yet anotheradvantage that distinguishes ADH from the competition.
ADH Meetings & Events3712 North Broadway Street, Suite 337, Chicago, Illinois 60613, USA
Does your company, or investors value “green” elements and sustainable practices? Have you figured out an effective way
to incorporate these ideals into company strategy AND gain value in return? Let ADH design a socially responsible team
building program for your employees. As a visionary in sustainability we incorporating charitable or green element into Team
Building Events allowing you to not only build your team but the global community as well.
Charitable Team Building: Taking teambuilding and networking to another level as participants work together to help thelocal community by completing an interactive charitable project.
Green Team Building: Help replenish the planet and your team spirit with Green Team activities. Guests go beyond "reduce,reuse, and recycle", to learn and experience methods to help preserve the world in which we live.
Additional options are:
Team Bonding: Capture the spirit of friendly competition with Team Bonding activities. Guests work together to achievegreater results and create team spirit with cheers of encouragement. Spontaneous, effortless and fun, these light-heartedactivities give a boost to company meetings and retreats.
Workshops and Retreats: Discover the effects of Experiential Learning, activities with a purpose, and learn about thepatterns of your group’s interaction. Participants engage in a series of professionally facilitated team challenges as they worktogether to achieve a desired goal. Our facilitators stimulate group discussion and moderate a debriefing during the programthat is very enlightening.
Reception Activities: Create an energetic, yet comfortable, atmosphere with theme activities that promote networking andinteraction. A great way to enhance theme parties and client receptions.
Team BuildingTeam Building
ADH Meetings & Events3712 North Broadway Street, Suite 337, Chicago, Illinois 60613, USA
ADH Meetings & Events works closely with our preferred air travel and ground transportation providers blending globalpresence with local, flexible and personalized service, while at the same tracking participants along their travels to and fromthe meeting or event. Here’s how do we do it.
Fully Integrated Database Structure
ADH utilizes advanced proprietary database software to analyze all aspects of attendees’ meeting participation and nevermiss an opportunity to minimize costs, providing you with greater control over your company’s meeting spend. Our robustmeeting data repository supports our comprehensive approach to meeting management – analyzing our accumulated dataof past meetings has taught us to spot trends in participant behavior (like cancellations) and make predictive adjustmentsminimizing the financial impact on our clients.
Air Travel Management
Benefit from peace of mind and documented savings when you turn your travel management over to us. ADH is wellequipped and perfectly poised to book your attendees’ air travel and ensure that your attendees comply with yourcompany’s travel guidelines. Backed by the reach and negotiating power of global partnerships, ADH is able to source thelowest daily prices on airfares. In fact, we guarantee that our agency will work to find the lowest fares available.Furthermore, we are able to monitor travelers’ activities from start to finish. We smoothly manage change while focusing oncustomer service, balancing the financial impact, and adhering to our client’s travel policy.
Ground Transportation
Enjoy the convenience and savings of ADH managed ground transportation. Our local and global partnerships afford ourclients the highest level of service and equipment at the lowest possible cost.
Registration & Travel Management
ADH Meetings & Events3712 North Broadway Street, Suite 337, Chicago, Illinois 60613, USA
ADH helps build communities by workingwith local vendors. We work to reducewaste by requesting our vendorsdispose of excess materials in aneconomical and eco-sensitive fashion.
We encourage practices such asdonating excess food or décor to localfood shelters, hospitals and communityorganizations.
Our team also compels attendees to getexcited about sustainability byencouraging them to be a part of thesolution. We encourage feedback oninitiatives and can offer engaging on-sitepractices when requested.
Green
Experience Change, Encourage Awareness, and Build Communities
ADH Meetings & Events is committed to resolving environmental and social issues. We have a fully dedicated
Green Compliance Officer whose commitment to sustainability goes far beyond recycling and purchasing green
products, to reaching out to local vendors to help build the communities in which we work. We have developed the
ADH Meetings & Event Green Standards - a set of standards that makes us a leader in an industry that can
at times be wasteful and slow to change.
In an effort to provide the highest qualitymeeting and event services at anaffordable rate we have committed togreen and eco-friendly vendors whoshare these same principles.
We ask for change from those we workwith be it venues, vendors or suppliers.
ADH Meetings & Events uses creativemethods to implement alternativeenergy sources, green products, andresourceful waste managementprograms during the planning andimplementation stages of our programs.
ADH Meetings & Events3712 North Broadway Street, Suite 337, Chicago, Illinois 60613, USA
ADH is ranked #195 of the "Top 500 Emerging Businesses" in theUnited States by DiversityBusiness.com. Over 650,000 businesseswere considered in this evaluation.
Diversity Supplier
In June 2008 the NGLCC, based in Washington D.C., certified ADH Meetings & Events as aLGBT Business Enterprise™ making ADH an official Diversity Supplier. ADH Meetings &Events is currently registered with more than 200 companies including many Fortune 500s..
ADH Meetings & Events3712 North Broadway Street, Suite 337, Chicago, Illinois 60613, USA
Annual Global Meeting"Alexander deHilster and his team at ADH Meetings & Events did a tremendous job producing our 20th Global AnnualComVort Meeting in Chicago. From brilliant ideas and extraordinary locations to registration and coordinating of all thelogistics for both on and off-site events, to taking care of all the last minute requests and the quick responses to all theattendees’ questions from all continents, no matter what time of day. ADH Meetings & Events attentiveness, proactiveattention to detail and flexibility was very important to us as our attendees came to Chicago from all corners of the globe. Aunique team, excellent and passionate at what they do. A pleasure to work with them!“
- Brando Brandstäter, ComVort Group Worldwide, Barcelona, Spain
Annual Awards Dinner“ADH Meetings & Events is highly professional and excellent at executing beautiful and successful meetings. I have workedwith them for several years and each year they outdo the prior years’ experience with high quality and panache.”
- Marilyn Lederer, Executive Director, The CHEST Foundation, Illinois
Incentive Trip“ADH Meetings & Events put together the perfect combination of performances, trips, treats, transportation, accommodationsand personal care for us as a group, as well as each individual in particular. Above all, they managed to give everything theimprint of their superb personal taste, down to the very last detail.”
GMHC FundraiserThanks to ADH Meetings & Events’ capabilities, flexibility and creative input, GMHC’s SAVOR event, became once more asuccessful fundraiser. The ADH team has a drive and commitment to excellence in everything they do, that it shows in everyaspect of the event. I found working with the team to be creative, bringing with them their unique vision of what an eventcan be, helping our agency to become the talk of the town post event.”
- Kenneth Cox, Director Special Events, GMHC, New York City
The Latin School of Chicago“ADH Meetings & Events worked with our school on a new event concept and enabled us to take it to the next level. Fromorderly and timely execution, to innovative visual concepts, to hand-crafted detail, they transformed a school into anexperiential wonderland – delighting the senses and palette. We have worked with ADH for two years now and both timesthey have worked with our limited budget, were attentive to our unique needs as a non-profit, and were thorough andprofessional in handling all areas of the event – even offered new approaches along the way. A definite added value and Iwould highly recommend them to anyone looking to plan an extraordinary event.”
- Abigail Humphrey, Director of Alumni Relations, Latin School of Chicago
Global Annual ComVort Meeting"Alexander deHilster and his team at ADH Meetings & Events did a tremendous job producing our 20th Global AnnualComVort Meeting in Chicago. From brilliant ideas and extraordinary locations to registration and coordinating of all thelogistics for both on and off-site events, to taking care of all the last minute requests and the quick responses to all theattendees’ questions from all continents, no matter what time of day. ADH Meetings & Events attentiveness, proactiveattention to detail and flexibility was very important to us as our attendees came to Chicago from all corners of the globe. Aunique team, excellent and passionate at what they do. A pleasure to work with them!“
- Brando Brandstäter, ComVort Group Worldwide, Barcelona, Spain
Testimonials
ADH Meetings & Events3712 North Broadway Street, Suite 337, Chicago, Illinois 60613, USA