{"597311":{"#nid":"597311","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Georgia Tech named 2014\u0027s Best College or University to Hold a Meeting or Event","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EGeorgia Tech was named\u0026nbsp;2014\u0026#39;s Best College or University to Hold a Meeting or Event by \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/uniquevenues.com\u0022\u003EUnique Venues\u003C\/a\u003E, a marketing service that pairs one-of-a-kind venues with meeting planners looking for spaces out of the ordinary. Conference Services at Georgia Tech provides that unique opportunity for planners seeking residential accommodations and event space for summer residential conferences and camps. Conferences and camps include educational seminars, leadership groups, youth educational and sports, religious leadership, and fraternal organizations.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nWith seven full-time professional staff, and 30-40 student staff, planners know that they can concentrate on creating their program and marketing their event, and the Georgia Tech Conference Services staff will work on the logistics. This includes coordinating living arrangements, meals, transportation and meeting space, as well as finding things to do in Atlanta. Partnerships with fellow on-campus vendors facilitiate these communications, and the staff works year round to put on summer camps and conferences. With the addition of registration services in the past year, the Conference Services team can really do it all for the event planner.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ENot only is Georgia Tech one of the country\u0026#39;s leading research and innovation educational centers, but it is now the best college or university to host an event, according to Unique Venues.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Where else can you be in the middle of a city, but feel like you\u0027re in an oasis of green? "}],"uid":"33159","created_gmt":"2017-10-12 17:04:46","changed_gmt":"2017-10-18 15:13:30","author":"Sravanthi Meka","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2014-11-14T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2014-11-14T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"597309":{"id":"597309","type":"image","title":"Clough from Skiles","body":null,"created":"1507826885","gmt_created":"2017-10-12 16:48:05","changed":"1507826885","gmt_changed":"2017-10-12 16:48:05","alt":"View of Clough from Skiles Walkway","file":{"fid":"227679","name":"12E7010-P1-001.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/12E7010-P1-001.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/12E7010-P1-001.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":787631,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/12E7010-P1-001.jpg?itok=_XTSs4SB"}}},"media_ids":["597309"],"related_links":[{"url":"https:\/\/www.uniquevenues.com\/past-issues\/winter-2015\/unique-venues-best-of-awards","title":"Georgia Tech named 2014\u0027s Best College or University to Hold a Meeting or Event"}],"groups":[{"id":"592854","name":"Conference Services"}],"categories":[{"id":"129","name":"Institute and Campus"}],"keywords":[{"id":"80811","name":"Conference Services"},{"id":"175854","name":"Georgia Tech Conference Services"},{"id":"10257","name":"campus services"},{"id":"86471","name":"Georgia Tech Campus Services"},{"id":"276","name":"Awards"},{"id":"6748","name":"recognition"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ESravanthi Meka\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nMarketing Manager\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nHousing \u0026amp; Conference Services\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nGeorgia Tech\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["sravanthi.meka@housing.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}