Stoney Creek Hotel – St, Joseph, Missouri

March 1-3, 2027

Supplier Registration

Planner Registration

Exhibitor Registration

Agenda

Monday, March 1, 2027

12:00pm – 4:00pm – Registration

2:00pm – 4:00pm – SMMS Meeting

12:00pm – 4:00pm – Vendor/Planner set-up

12:00pm – 4:00pm – FAM Tour for Sports Travel Planners only – Hosted and sponsored by the St. Joseph Sports Commission and the St. Joseph CVB  

3:00pm – 4:00pm – First time attendee orientation

5:30pm – 8:30pm – Opening night, which will be a cocktail crawl – transportation will be provided – Hosted and sponsored by the St. Joseph Sports Commission and St. Joseph CVB

Tuesday, March 2, 2027

7:00am – 8:30am – Registration/Vendor/Planner Set-up

8:30am – 9:15am – Breakfast, official welcome, schedule review, other announcements  

9:30am – 11:30am – Marketplace appointments

9:30am – 11:30am – Exhibitor Break

11:45am – 1:00pm – Luncheon – Please join us for a conversation with…

1:00pm – 2:00pm – Educational Session – Economic Impact Calculations (EIC) – representatives from the sports travel supplier industry discuss their methodology, tools for placing a monetary value on sports tourism events  

2:00pm – 3:00pm– Marketplace appointments

2:00pm – 4:00pm – Exhibitor Break

3:00pm – 4:00pm – Educational Session – Telling Your Story – President of the St. Joseph Sports Commission, Brett Esely, discusses the origin and evolution of their organization  

4:00pm – 5:00pm– Marketplace appointments

6:00pm – 9:00pm – Evening reception/dinner of own – TBD  

Wednesday, March 3, 2027

7:30am – 8:30am Breakfast – Overview of the MDT Sports Grant by Jim Rowland

8:30am – 9:00am – exhibitor break

9:00am – 12:00pm–Marketplace appointments, future announcements

Noon – Conference Concludes