Traverse City Tourism

Traverse City: Exactly Where You Should Meet

Traverse City is the place to be. It’s the place that: Respects the land, Connects with friends and co-workers, and Celebrates everything else. We invite you to join us. This is a region defined by the majesty of the Great Lakes. Two bays that give us life, shape our leisure, and drive us to make things better. It’s a year-round paradise where people revel in the beaches of summer, explore the trails with fall colors, play in the snows of winter, and delight with millions of spring cherry blossoms. It’s the Cherry Capital of the World where agri-tourism explores farm-to-table options that identifies this as a “Foodie Town” by Bon Appetit Magazine. It's home to over 40 wineries that make up the Traverse Wine Coast and together they produce award-winning wines. It’s where unique craft breweries and distilleries develop creative beverages. Traverse City is home to hundreds of miles of hiking and biking trails with stunning views. Experience everything outdoors from kayaking, to snowshoeing, to boating and fishing, or just sitting on a quiet beach and watching the waves create a hypnotic trance as you watch them lap on shore. It’s where championship golf courses are designed by some of the biggest names in the game. Traverse City is comfortable, warm, and inviting. Grand Traverse Resort and Spa is just east of Traverse City and has 85,000 square feet of meeting space along with over 500 guest accommodations. In addition to an award-winning spa, multiple restaurants, and three golf courses, the resort has 15,000 square feet of seasonal outdoor space with a pavilion and tent coverage. Just west of Traverse City is Crystal Mountain with downhill skiing, more award-winning spa services and championship golf. The resort boasts the 16,000-square foot Crystal Center, a 4,000-square foot lodge and two outdoor meeting locations that includes a pavilion and outdoor amphitheater. Crystal Mountain is also home to the Michigan Legacy Art Park with an extensive mountain bike trail system. A variety of other facilities are also available. The historic Park Place Hotel and Conference Center is iconic to the downtown landscape with a working beacon at the top of the building. The recently renovated Delamar sits on West Grand Traverse Bay with the acclaimed Artisan restaurant. Hotel Indigo is in the heart of the Warehouse District with a welcoming rooftop restaurant and lounge that overlooks the bay. Great Wolf Lodge hotel and waterpark has 10,000 square feet of conference space. Cambria Hotel, is an all-suites meeting property that has an award-winning restaurant on-site and over 1,000 square feet of meeting space. Those meeting spaces are not confined to hotels, Northwestern Michigan College’s Great Lakes Campus offers 6,000 square feet of waterfront conference space at the Hagerty Center. The conference center is flanked by Delamar and Bayshore Resort. The Hagerty Center features state-of-the-art exhibition space that can be configured to accommodate trade shows, conferences and banquets. It is on the same campus as NMC’s Great Lakes Culinary Institute. Look for other unique meeting venues in Traverse City, like the City Opera House in downtown that was restored to its 1892 glory days with space for 650 people. The Cathedral Barn at the Historic Barns Park is part of the Village of Grand Traverse Commons, which is one of the largest historical reconstruction projects in the country. Respect — Connect — Celebrate! It’s all here in Traverse City.