Fairfax County, Va., Welcomes Military Reunion Planners
Aug 29 2008
From Sept. 11–14, Visit Fairfax and Hyatt Fair Lakes will host more than 30 military reunion planners who are members of The Reunion Friendly Network (RFN), a national organization dedicated to educating military reunion planners. The planners in attendance will represent groups from all four branches of the Armed Services and are looking to get together with their “brothers and sisters in arms” in Fairfax County, Va., in 2009, 2010, and beyond. The RFN serves more than 15,000 qualified military reunion planners.
Military reunions especially are valuable to Fairfax County hotels because they fill traditionally slower weekend periods. Fairfax County and the Capital Region are attractive to military reunion groups because of the wide variety of area attractions celebrating the service and sacrifice of America’s veterans.
Among the many Fairfax County attractions favored by reunion groups are George Washington’s Mount Vernon Estate and Gardens and the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center. Proximity to the monuments and memorials of Washington, D.C., Civil War battlefields, Arlington National Cemetery, and the Marine Corps Museum in Quantico all make Fairfax County a popular choice for veterans groups.
Following two days of planning seminars and an exhibitor marketplace, Visit Fairfax and several cosponsors will host a familiarization tour showcasing the county as a “Military Reunion Friendly” destination.
Reunion planners can contact Visit Fairfax directly at (703) 790-0643 for personal assistance.
