Smart Meetings

Ketchikan's scenic beauty, historic charm and modern conveniences combine to provide a unique experience – one your delegates will remember for a lifetime.

Whether your meeting is for five or 500 delegates, you will not have to plan it alone.

Convention Services: Managing every detail for success
We will provide service to assist you in bringing your meeting or convention to Ketchikan.
• Convention planning assistance
• Contacts with transportation, accommodations, restaurants and catering, entertainment, tours and services
• Delegate packets
• Media relations assistance
• Registration assistance
• Promotional material to boost attendance
• Pre- and post-event excursions
• Spouse and guest activity planning
• Welcome signs posted in area businesses
• Name badges provided at a nominal fee

Accommodations: Hotels, lodges, bed and breakfasts
With more than 400 guest rooms in Ketchikan, choose the perfect place to relax after a productive day of business and pleasure.

Fully modern hotels offer elegant dining, meeting rooms, lively pubs, and soothing lounges. Intimate lodges provide both creature comforts and a sense of frontier spirit. Cozy bed and breakfasts offer an alternative both personal and unique.

Ted Ferry Civic Center
The contemporary ballroom of the Ted Ferry Civic Center is 4,500 square feet of high ceilings, dormers, distinctive windows and award-winning architecture. The 1,500 square foot stage adjoins the ballroom and is complete with the latest sound and lighting technology.

Private meeting areas are created using sound-insulated partitions. With quiet ease, the ballroom becomes three distinct rooms with individual sound systems and lighting controls. These features, combined with the fully equipped professional kitchen, executive boardroom, and tastefully decorated lobby, make for a totally versatile, full-service facility.

The Civic Center has all the amenities necessary to assist with your event, including audio visual equipment, copiers, high-speed Internet access, teleconference equipment, computers, LCD projectors and more.

Portable platforms or the beautiful oak dance floor can be placed anywhere in the ballroom, sized to fit your needs. Whether it’s a party, reception, meeting or show – the Ted Ferry Civic Center is the perfect setting.