kwright@meetingsnorthwest.com, Author at MNW Destinations

Whitefish, Montana: Your Small Meeting Paradise
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Whitefish, Montana: Your Small Meeting Paradise

Glacier Region, Montana Destinations

Whitefish, Montana: Your Small Meeting Paradise

kwright@meetingsnorthwest.com2019-10-30T22:06:28+00:00October 29th, 2019|Categories: Glacier Region, Montana Destinations|Tags: Glacier National Park, Montana recreation, red bus tours, Whitefish, Whitefish meetings|

I know it is my backyard and all, so it’s possible I’m biased - but there is no better place to host a small meeting than Whitefish, Montana. To be fair, I am not the only one who thinks this, I do have backup - Recently, Maritz Travel (one of the country's leading corporate meeting planning groups) brought a group from LPL Financial to Whitefish for a 3-day conference. Their goal was to learn and connect through conference sessions coupled with authentic, outdoor Montana experiences. MNW Destinations partnered with

Part 2: Elevate your next Missoula event with local flavor
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Part 2: Elevate your next Missoula event with local flavor

Missoula, Montana Destinations, Uncategorized

Part 2: Elevate your next Missoula event with local flavor

kwright@meetingsnorthwest.com2019-10-15T19:23:13+00:00October 14th, 2019|Categories: Missoula, Montana Destinations, Uncategorized|Tags: dine-around, meet in montana, meet-in-missoula, missoula, missoula conferences, missoula-flavor, montana, montana conferences, theres-this-place|

Earlier this summer I wrote a blog about Bozeman's foodie scene and how to apply it to your next Bozeman meeting. We work in a diverse region covering Western Montana, from Yellowstone to Glacier National Parks. Missoula is an excellent anchor point to host a meeting. Missoula, Montana has an incredible eclectic culture that provides unique experiences for evening events during a conference or meeting. Below are a few excellent suggestions for some distinctive Montana experiences! Photo: SakeTome, Missoula Taste of Missoula – Dine-Around Downtown I love

The Best Kept Secret – Yellowstone in the Fall
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The Best Kept Secret – Yellowstone in the Fall

Montana Destinations, Yellowstone Region

The Best Kept Secret – Yellowstone in the Fall

kwright@meetingsnorthwest.com2019-09-04T21:01:19+00:00September 4th, 2019|Categories: Montana Destinations, Yellowstone Region|Tags: autumn, bicycling, fall, grand teton national park, mammoth hot springs, national parks, yellowstone national park|

Yellowstone National Park is our country's oldest national park and one of the most popular. It has so much to offer, but do you know the best time to visit? Out of all the seasons, fall is the best time to make a trip to Yellowstone! Yellowstone is visited by an average of 4.1 million people every year with over half of those visiting between June and August. Once school starts and the summer vacation window is over, the number of visitors drastically decreases which means a much different

The Wright Family vs. The Smith River: a trip to remember
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The Wright Family vs. The Smith River: a trip to remember

Montana Destinations

The Wright Family vs. The Smith River: a trip to remember

kwright@meetingsnorthwest.com2019-07-18T22:37:20+00:00July 18th, 2019|Categories: Montana Destinations|Tags: central montana, family vacations, fly-fishing, montana, montana rivers, outdoor recreation, rafting, smith river|

The massive limestone rock walls Montana’s Smith River carves through the landscape give you a real sense of the passage of time. This passage of time is written not only by how the sun travels more quickly over the narrow canyon walls than in most of Montana’s big sky, but also in how the very distinguished, often blazon, red layers pile upon each other. It is different than traveling to Rome, or even the east coast, where you feel insignificant in civilized history (especially coming from the west). It

Bringing Montana Flavors to your Evening Event – Part I: Bozeman
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Bringing Montana Flavors to your Evening Event – Part I: Bozeman

Missoula, Montana Destinations, Uncategorized, Yellowstone Region

Bringing Montana Flavors to your Evening Event – Part I: Bozeman

kwright@meetingsnorthwest.com2019-07-10T20:36:33+00:00July 10th, 2019|Categories: Missoula, Montana Destinations, Uncategorized, Yellowstone Region|Tags: bozeman event planning, bozeman farm to table, bozeman food trucks, bozeman outfitters, foodies|

I recently attended a conference in Philadelphia where they had the welcome reception at the Reading Terminal Market. The Market was established in 1893 and has an incredible story of survival over the years through changes and expansion as the city of Philadelphia grew up around it. Inside, over 80 merchants offer everything from fresh baked doughnuts and cookies to authentic gyros or tabbouleh to four varieties of Philadelphia cheesesteak sandwiches, of course! For the welcome reception, conference attendees got to peruse the wonderous aisles and sample the signature

The Wright Family vs. The Smith River – Preparing for our First Montana Adventure of the Summer
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The Wright Family vs. The Smith River – Preparing for our First Montana Adventure of the Summer

Montana Destinations, Yellowstone Region

The Wright Family vs. The Smith River – Preparing for our First Montana Adventure of the Summer

kwright@meetingsnorthwest.com2019-06-24T21:16:13+00:00June 24th, 2019|Categories: Montana Destinations, Yellowstone Region|Tags: camping, family recreation, montana, montana summers, outdoor recreation, rafting, smith river, wildlife|

I am not going to lie; I am nervous. Earlier this year, my husband had this grand idea of floating the Smith River. This requires entering for a special permit and hoping you get drawn. My husband arranged a huge group of people to put in for the Smith River permit and guess what, someone pulled it! We leave soon and it turns out I don’t know a soul going on this trip except my husband and our two kids…..and yes, we are the only ones going with kids.

Saturday, April 27th – I am all in!
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Saturday, April 27th – I am all in!

local events, Missoula, Montana Destinations, News

Saturday, April 27th – I am all in!

kwright@meetingsnorthwest.com2019-04-18T00:27:49+00:00April 10th, 2019|Categories: local events, Missoula, Montana Destinations, News|Tags: caras park, clark fork river, downtown missoula, film festivals, fly-fishing, if4, logjam presents, orvis, the wilma, ymca, ymca riverbank run|

I don’t know what you have going on Saturday, April 27th, but it is going to be an epic Missoula day for the books. The 47th annual YMCA Riverbank Run, Orvis Down the Hatch Fly Fishing Festival (DTH), and the International Fly-Fishing Festival (IF4) are all slated for Saturday, April 27th in that order. There you go, I just planned your whole day. Done and Done. YMCA Riverbank Run Start out the day with a run through Missoula! Bring your family and walk or run to help raise money

Missoula 2.0
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Missoula 2.0

Missoula, Montana Destinations, Uncategorized

Missoula 2.0

kwright@meetingsnorthwest.com2019-03-25T23:17:53+00:00March 25th, 2019|Categories: Missoula, Montana Destinations, Uncategorized|Tags: fort missoula, logjam presents, marriott residence, missoula, ogren park, the mercantile, the wilma, thisplace|

I call myself a native even though I wasn’t born in Missoula. I moved there when I was 6 days old. I think that still counts as native. I have left a few times; once for college, once to travel, once to try the big city. But I always found my way back (until a couple years ago when I permanently traded Missoula for the Flathead – just a couple hours north). If you were to ask me, Missoula has always been great. Surrounded by mountains with a couple

We Heart Montana 2019
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We Heart Montana 2019

Glacier Region, local events, Missoula, Montana Destinations, Yellowstone Region

We Heart Montana 2019

kwright@meetingsnorthwest.com2019-03-25T23:25:10+00:00February 14th, 2019|Categories: Glacier Region, local events, Missoula, Montana Destinations, Yellowstone Region|Tags: big sky resort, valentines day, whitefish mountain|

Meet Montana’s Agritourism Industry
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Meet Montana’s Agritourism Industry

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Meet Montana’s Agritourism Industry

kwright@meetingsnorthwest.com2019-01-30T21:11:49+00:00January 28th, 2019|Categories: Uncategorized|

Farm to table meals are becoming more popular as we all take more of an interest in where our food comes from and in eating fresher, healthier ingredients. Building on this concept is a new, unique form of tourism known as agritourism ̶̶̶̶̶̶̶̶̶̶̶̶̶̶̶̶̶- an up and coming industry in Montana. Agritourism is currently defined by Montana House Bill 342 as a “form of commercial enterprise that links agricultural production or agricultural processing with tourism in order to attract visitors to a farm, ranch, or other agricultural business for purposes

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