ABOUT THE VENUE SUMMIT
30+
10
Breakout sessions with targeted focus on marketing, sales, operations, development & more
Speakers who are industry experts in venue design, development, wedding planning, social media, advertising, and venue management,
100
Amazing wedding venue owners and managers, joining from all over the world!
The Venue Summit is a boutique conference designed for wedding venue owners and managers looking to elevate their business.
TVS will provide you with the tools and knowledge to increase your weddings per year, improve your operations, save costs, expand your team, rock your tech suite and build your wedding venue empire.
Hear the reviews of previous attendees:
"An experience you cannot buy anywhere else!"
"I can't wait to get back and apply everything we've learned here!"
"I came to The Venue Summit as a seasoned wedding venue owner, in need of inspiration and education, and it provided that for me!"
"One of the best experiences I've ever had for a conference!"
Meet the Speakers
Kerri Glover, JD MBA
Owner, Flourish, Maison Albion
Maui born and raised, Kerri manages six venues across the country, currently building three more! With 25 years in the wedding industry, she build and sold the largest wedding planning company in Colorado, and has now build, designed and launched 20 venues.
Albany Law School, Juris Doctorate- 2022
Regis University, Masters of Business Administration - 2010
Bachelor of Science, Marketing - 2000
Cole Glover
Owner, Flourish, Maison Albion
With over 15 years of event management, Cole brought his mind to tech, operations, and employee management to the venue management world. Cole manages six venues across the country, currently building three more!
Mark Chapman
Owner, The I Do Society
Mark is the wedding industry's leading expert on advertising. He and his team at The I Do Society help wedding pros use Google Ads, Meta Ads (FB/IG) and TikTok Ads to book the right couples - at scale. While hustling and working hard to grow his family's wedding business in his early 20s, he discovered advertising. Over time he learned how to use ads to reach and convert the right couples. He turned this new skill into a system so he could help his friends in the industry succeed with ads too. Today, thousands of businesses of all types in the wedding industry have been helped by Mark's expertise in advertising.
Andrea Eppolito
Owner, Andrea Eppoltio
Andrea Eppolito has dedicated her life to celebrating life, luxury, and above all else, love.
Renowned for bending the universe to her will and creating events that are both timely and timeless, Andrea believes in lush, romantic details that offer an over-the-top interpretation of a client’s world view. She produces events for those who care deeply about atmosphere, transformation, and the art of storytelling. Her client list is intimate, and exclusive.
Andrea is the author of two books: Luxury Weddings Las Vegas, a coffee table book designed as a love letter to her city cements it as a legitimate choice for opulent destination weddings. Redefine Your Wedding Business helps wedding professionals build the business they want, wherever they are.
Dawn Williams
Owner, VenuHub
In 2017, after devoting 20+ years to the event industry - Dawn Williams recognized a need for an effective, streamlined, and quick approach to connect planners (pros and social events) to available venues. With available being the key word here - so, she created software that does just that; and in 2019 VenuHub went live!
"The venue search process can be daunting, frustrating, time consuming and then add unfruitful if your dream venue is unavailable on your date," says Williams. Thus, in 2019, VenuHub launched from a grass roots business and lead sharing group Williams created in 2009.
Dawn keeps an intimate grasp on the ins and outs of the venue and event sales industry with her focus is collaboration over competition along the front range of Colorado. VenuHub members (219) meet monthly at different venues, partnering with vendors to make a safe space for venue salespeople to talk shop, sales trends, compare notes and build friendships.
Anthony Lambatos
Owner, Footers Catering
For as long as Anthony can remember, he has been determined to make Footers Catering an exceptional place to work. Growing up in the family business, he wasn’t sure he wanted to build a career in catering.
After seeing the potential to grow a
business through values and culture, he partnered with his wife April to purchase Footers Catering from his father in 2010. Under Anthony's tenure as CEO of Footers
Catering, revenue has tripled, profit has doubled, and turnover is at a record low.
Footers Catering has been recognized nationally for their commitment to their culture. Upon realization that Anthony was on the right path, his new dream became helping others succeed in the way that he had at Footers. mibe was founded on the principle of
guiding organizations through leadership development and culture education coaching that would allow other companies like Footers to also become great places to work.
Anthony is a nationally recognized speaker, coach and thought leader in the hospitality
industry.
Sunday, November 12th
5:00pm
Welcome Party
Hats off to You, Sponsored by Flourish
Rooftop at The Red Barber, 3770 Walnut St, Denver, CO
Monday, November 13th
9:30 am
Breakfast, Town Hall Collaborative
Opening Speakers - Kerri & Cole Glover
Jennifer Hodson, Merri
Breakout Sessions A & B
Tuesday, November 14th
9:30am
9:30am - Breakfast and Mingle, Pickup to begin venue tours
10am - Tour, Blanc
11:30am - Tour at Social Capitol, Anthony Lambatos speaking, with lunch at noon
2:00pm - Tour at The Barn at Raccoon Creek
3:30pm - Tour, Spruce Mountain Ranch
5:00pm - Tour, Flying Horse Ranch
6:00- 6:30pm - Return to Denver, enjoy your evening!
Monday, November 13th
Lunch
All Group Speaker - Mark Chapman, The I Do Society
Breakout Sessions, C & D
1:00pm
Wednesday, November 15th
9:30am
1:00pm- 5:00pm
Lunch
Local Leaders Panel - "Perspectives and Positivity"
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Carlo – MiHi Entertainment
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Ching – Senior Sales at Catering by Design
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Cindy – GM of Inspire Event Production
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Amanda – owner, Colorado Lighting and Event Design
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Brian Howe – owner, Howe Eventful
Breakout Sessions, G & H
Wednesday, November 15th
Thursday, November 16th
Breakfast, Mimosas
Optional Adventure - Tour of the Hammonds Candy Factory @ 9:15am
8:00am
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TRAVEL
TRAVEL
If you are traveling from the West Coast or the East Coast, Colorado is a beautiful location to enjoy the warm sun, stunning Fall colors and mountain views.
A few tips for booking travel to Colorado. Denver's Airport code is DEN.
Taxis and Ubers are readily available in Denver and our team has a shuttle to pick you up and return to you the airport until mid day on the 16th!
HOTEL BLOCKS
We have reserved a block The Art Hotel for $189/night.
Please click here for the block link.
Find us in the arts district, with the State Capitol and a half-dozen museums within 10 minutes' walk. We bring Denver's spirit indoors with curated artwork throughout the hotel, and mountain and city views at every turn.
A second block is available at the Hilton Garden Inn in Cherry Creek for $139/night
Please click here for the block link.
Cherry Creek Shopping Center is a two-mile drive from our hotel. Downtown is about 15 minutes while Broncos football is less than 10 minutes. Enjoy breakfast daily at our Great American Grill and dinner at Zink.
