SD Meetings & Events
Meeting & event management
- Retreats and all-hands
- Hotel industry roots
- Dedicated planner per event
Erin Scholes
Owner, President
What is SD Meetings & Events?
SD Meetings & Events is a meeting and event management company based in San Diego, founded in 2013 by Erin Scholes, CMP, CSEP, CMM. On its site, the firm says Erin spent fifteen years in hotel management before starting the company, including a role as Director of Catering & Convention Services at a luxury downtown property, and that she also teaches in the Meetings and Events major at SDSU's L. Robert Payne School of Hospitality Management. Her work has been recognized with a Legacy Award, which the site describes as honoring her contributions to the industry. Company retreats sit in their own category in the firm's portfolio. Under "Company Retreats & All-Hands Meetings," the site describes gatherings meant to strengthen culture and align teams, whether a company is bringing a fully remote workforce together, marking a milestone or setting the vision for the year ahead. The firm says it handles the full arc of these events, from venue sourcing and attendee logistics to team-building experiences and onsite execution, so the host can focus on people and message. That retreat work draws on the rest of the practice. SD Meetings & Events offers hotel and venue selection, with site research, inspections and a final recommendation, as well as registration management, trained onsite event staff and full-service meeting planning. Its incentive travel work covers destination sourcing, accommodations, activities and onsite coordination, and the firm notes trips it has run in Mexico, the Caribbean, Hawaii and Europe. Each client is paired with a dedicated team member who assists with everything from contract negotiation and registration to full meeting logistics, backed by the company's network of catering, audiovisual, décor and transportation partners. For a team planning an offsite in San Diego, it offers a local partner with deep hotel experience.
- Based
- San Diego
- Founded
- 2013
- Services
- Planning and registration
Event formats
- Company retreats
- All-hands meetings
- Incentive trips
- Venue sourcing