For more than nine years, AIC has worked with The Howes Group. Brenda and her team are skilled at doing the legwork to ensure all hotel and venue options are brought back to us, so that AIC can make an informed decision. Each contract that we work on includes custom clauses to ensure we minimize all risk to the organization. The Howes Group has become a trusted partner and a company that is well respected within the industry by clients and hoteliers alike.

The Howes Group service of helping us select a destination, meeting space and hotel accommodations has proven to be of great value to Boys and Girls Clubs of Canada. As a registered charity, the fact that this service is provided at no cost to us is also a very important factor

Desmond from The Howes Group has been a tremendous asset in site selection and contract negotiations for our organization’s annual conference.  His experience and expertise instills confidence and provides peace of mind.

Dealing with Desmond at The Howes Group is always a pleasure. A quick turnaround, compressive solutions and a professional outcome are always guaranteed. He offers a level of professionalism that is not available elsewhere.

Working with Desmond at The Howes Group has always been a great experience.  His extensive knowledge of the site selection industry along with his professionalism and down to earth attitude and negotiating skills, has made my life easier and is a huge time saver.  He provides detailed summaries of each property and informs you of his top choice and best fit for our needs for any size meeting. Working with Desmond has always been top notch!

Working with Jeanna from The Howes Group has changed the way we deal with hotels. Regardless of where we need to book, Jeanna offers a multitude of options keeping our needs and budget in mind.  We are a small team at a non-profit. The Howes Group has saved us a tremendous amount of time, they free our team work on other things. Jeanna is very responsive and never hesitates to pick up the phone to answer a question. We couldn’t imagine going back to our old way of doing things.

Great support is essential for building long-term relationships. When it comes to venue selection companies there are loads of competitors that talk a good game, but Brenda and Desmond deliver 100% of the time. They support you 24/7 pre and post your event. During the nine years that I have worked with Brenda, THG has saved my association thousands of dollars and you can’t quantify the added value that she brings to the negotiation table. THG enables SAC staff to focus on what they do well, because they have confidence that Brenda and her team will look after details they would never even have thought of. We consider the THG team, an extension of our staff.

Working with The Howes Group as a site selector has given us the opportunity to focus more closely on the needs of the event and be able to compare and evaluate hotel properties in a timely and consistent level. Jeanna is always available with her positive attitude and vast knowledge in the site selection industry, there is always a solution to the obstacles we come across which is appreciated. Not only does this save our organization time but being able to work with someone who understands the Canadian not-for-profit industry and intricacies of sport has been very helpful and cost effective.

The assistance of the Howes Group in sourcing the location, hotels and meeting space for the Canadian Stroke Congress has been critical to its success.  The support of Brenda Howes during the negotiation process in ensuring minimal financial risk and the best possible pricing allow us to continue to offer affordable stroke education to Canada’s health care providers without a cost to the organization.

Back in 2009 after experiencing the complexity and time investment required for negotiating conference facilities agreements, the Association began using a US-based site selection service, and immediately recognized the benefits we could gain for our small office staff.  After a couple of years, we started to look for a Canadian made solution. After hearing positive comments from a number of colleagues, ACA switched to The Howes Group, and have used Brenda’s expertise since then. Over the past 5 years, ACA has benefitted from her knowledge of the sector across Canada and appreciated the benefits with improved quality of contracts as well as timely responses to our concerns.  THG has become a key part of ACA’s conference team and we look forward to continuing the relationship for many years.