 Corporate HistoryShowcase Associates is a full service special event and destination management company serving Philadelphia and surrounding areas. Showcase Associates began its existence in 1970, a very early entry into the building field of meeting and event management. Founded as Speakers Showcase with the initial goal of supplying qualified speakers and personalities to the full spectrum of the meetings market, the company quickly expanded into tour and special event development at the direct request of the clients it served successfully in its initial endeavors.In 1975 the company developed a new division, Showcase Meeting Services, the mission of which was to design and build the props, flags, banners, and accessories necessary to create the theme events which have become a mainstay of meeting programs and to develop transportation systems and tour designs consistent with the expanding market. The oldest and largest company of its kind in the Philadelphia area, Showcase consistently services a major portion of the convention and meetings business that comes to the city each year. In 1996, of the total of city-wide meetings held in Philadelphia, Showcase services were utilized by 86%. Additionally, Showcase services dozens of smaller meetings of associations and corporations and places hundreds of speakers and entertainers to groups of all kinds each year. Showcase also provides meeting planning and special events assignments from its broad client base. These assignments range from planning small meetings to producing major entertainers in concert with arranging large special events in cities across the country. Our staff of experienced meeting and special event planners and coordinators boasts a cumulative experience level in excess of 100 years and is managed by the founder and president, Peg Mahoney. Mrs. Mahoney earned a Certified Meeting Professional designation and has served on the Board of Directors of the leading national meeting industry associations, Meeting Planners International (MPI) and the American Society of Association Executives. Her activities in the Philadelphia hospitality community have included the Board of Directors for the Philadelphia Civic Center and the Philadelphia Convention Bureau. She is a frequent lecturer to national groups on a variety of meetings oriented topics and received the first Supplier of the Year Award ever offered by the Philadelphia Chapter of MPI. The client base of Showcase includes hundreds of corporations and associations, large and small. Our special pride is that the bulk of our business is derived from client and industry referral. Mission StatementThe mission of Showcase Associates is to provide the highest quality services available in the field of destination management by listening carefully to the needs of our customers, by educating all employees in state of the art techniques and by consistently reinforcing a positive relationship with every vendor to insure prompt and cost efficient delivery of their services.Showcase Associates, Inc.
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