Two decades of client events, field marketing, and book tours have taken me through a lot of cities. These are the venues I'd actually put on a program — where to host, where to take a client to dinner, and what signature experience makes a trip memorable. Click a pin on the map or jump straight to a city below.
Eleven cities, one throughline: the energy of a room that's about to open its doors. Field marketing lives or dies on that hour before doors open — the venue's set, the run of show is memorized, and it's all about to move.
Waterfront power dinners, five minutes from the Ferry Building.
Nob Hill landmark with 72,000 sq ft of meeting space and a story in every ballroom.
Dry-aged steaks and Bay Bridge views right on the Embarcadero.
A private yacht charter past Alcatraz and under the Golden Gate.
Off-Strip energy built for team incentive trips.
A mile off the Strip with Nobu, a five-acre pool oasis, and a 4,500-cap theater.
Wolfgang Puck's steakhouse at The Palazzo — a reliable close-the-deal dinner.
Group supercar racing 15 minutes from the Strip, built for corporate incentive days.
Downtown energy with skyline views for the close.
Ian Schrager's Lower East Side hotel with 20,000 sq ft of event space and downtown views.
The Greenwich Village Italian-American institution clients remember.
An immersive art installation 72 floors above Midtown for a launch or client night.
Southern hospitality with a Fortune 500 backbone.
AAA Five Diamond Buckhead hotel with a Meeting Butler for every program.
The Buckhead steakhouse where Atlanta closes its biggest deals.
68,000 sq ft of hangar space inside two 1940s aircraft hangars at Delta HQ.
Oceanfront offsites that don't feel like work.
135,000 sq ft of ocean-view event space on 102 acres in Rancho Palos Verdes.
Nobu Matsuhisa's PCH flagship — an easy yes for any client.
Nine event spaces and an on-track group drive experience in Carson.
Honky-tonk energy, home-base comfort. My second home turf.
262 chambers in the heart of Music Row, steps from The Gulch.
Michelin-starred Southern cuisine that turns a dinner into an event.
Private events on the Mother Church of Country Music's historic stage.
History on every corner, a client dinner for every mood.
A former banking hall in the City with six private dining rooms and a rooftop pool.
Mayfair's glamorous Asian-inspired spot for the client who wants a scene.
Michelin-starred dining inside a gallery of contemporary art — the meeting nobody forgets.
Garden City energy with a tech-forward pulse.
A 7.5-acre palace hotel minutes from the CBD, built for regal client stays.
Coastal South Indian cuisine in a tamarind garden, running since 1990.
Bangalore's jazz theatre and microbrewery, built for a corporate night out.
Andean mountains, world-class coffee culture.
A 1946 landmark building in Zona G, declared a Monument of Cultural Interest.
Leonor Espinosa's biodiversity-driven Colombian tasting menu — Latin America's 50 Best.
A private guided cable-car sunrise above the city, 3,152 meters up.
Murals, markets, and a food scene that never quits.
A hacienda-style courtyard hotel on Paseo de la Reforma, between Polanco and Condesa.
Enrique Olvera's world-famous tasting menu — book it weeks out.
A private sunrise flight over the pyramids just outside the city.
Desert luxury meets skyline ambition.
The sail-shaped icon of the Dubai skyline, freshly restored by Tristan Auer.
Overwater Italian dining at the end of a private pier, Burj Al Arab views included.
Dubai's only eco-tourism safari operator, built for corporate groups.
Harbour views for the boardroom, a bridge deck for the incentive trip.
Heritage-listed Treasury Building on the Harbour, with 14 event spaces and 2,361 sqm of meeting space.
Contemporary Australian fine dining inside the sails of the Sydney Opera House.
A guided climb to the summit of the Sydney Harbour Bridge, built for corporate groups.