The convention will take place from April 28th - 30th 2012 in the prestigious Embassy Suites / Lakefront Hotel Downtown - CHICAGO.

The business meetings:

The Adhesion Group concept: highly targeted, pre-scheduled “à la carte” meetings. A methodology that ensures the success of a business convention. Adhesion Group’s “Business Meetings” concept offers an original and strict methodology which enables delegates to select contacts with regards to their needs and to obtain, prior to attending an event, their personal agenda of targeted meetings over 3 days. The key to the success of Adhesion Group’s business conventions is in the planning. There are 4 planning stages:

1st stage: THE PRESENTATION FORM

Each participant completes a detailed registration form online.

• If you are a wine buyer, you detail the type of products you are looking for, number of bottles imported, price range...
• If you are a wine merchant or wine producer, you detail your region, wine description, rating & prizes, actual placement in the market, price range, and the type of contacts you are looking for...

2nd stage: THE OFFICIAL CONVENTION CATALOGUE

Three weeks before the event, participants can consult the official convention catalogue – with all the participants’ details - online. Detailing every participant’s registration information, the catalogue enables you to select the companies that you want to meet. As it constitutes a database, it can also be utilized as a real work tool in the long-term.

3rd stage: THE CHOICE OF MEETING APPOINTMENTS AND VALIDATION

Because your time is precious we want to optimize your meetings and ensure that they are efficient. In order to do so we ask that participants return their requests for meetings 10 days prior to the event. Wine merchants or wine producers validate the importers’ requests for meetings.

4th stage: THE MEETINGS SCHEDULE

By using our specially designed technology, we are able to plan meetings in accordance with your wishes and availability. Each participant receives his/her own schedule of private and personal meetings on the first day of the convention. On site, the buyers move from room to room according to their schedule thus enabling participants to engage in direct, fast and efficient contact.

Lunches & dinners:

All meals (breakfast, lunch and dinner), taken together with buyers, are also opportunities to get acquainted with them in a friendly atmosphere. New! Dinner Cruise on Lake Michigan.

The tasting exhibition:

Placed at the end of the convention, this exhibition will allow: - Additional meetings. - Re-seeing participants you have had business meetings with.