I was a little skeptical of the state professional organization for which I sit on the board, when we announced that our yearly conference would be moving to Quest Conference Center. Having not seen anything about them, I was more inclined to keep our conference in a hotel downtown, as in past years.
However, having just wrapped up our conference, I've got to say, Quest did a more than admirable job, offering a number of services that we simply just didn't get in our prior location.
Over two days, the Quest staff handled our conference--about 70 people, all told--with ease. At all points, staff were able to accommodate our needs even before we could even ask for them. Heck, while getting set for my own presentation, the Quest tech staff literally was on site and fixing my technology issues before I could even get back upstairs from the front desk!
If I have one down point about Quest, it's probably the food. The grilled chicken salad on our Thursday was somewhat disappointing, a feeling that was echoed during our Friday lunch. The orzo served with that meal was literally nothing more than boiled pasta with butter. No seasoning, no herbage, nothing beyond pasta in butter. On both days, the snacks and breakfast items were perfectly fine--no issues there--but the main meals seemed to fall somewhat flat at various intervals.
All told? I'm perfectly happy keeping our yearly conference at Quest. Ideally, we can switch up the menu a little, but as for service? They've got it nailed down. read more