AMERICAS ENGINEERING & FACILITIES CONFERENCE
Project at a Glance
Client: Marriott International – Engineering & Facilities
Industry: Hospitality
Project Type: National Leadership Conference
Location: Orlando, Florida
Services: Event Strategy, Creative Direction, Conference Branding, Video Production, Presentation Design, Live Event Production, Event Photography
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"I have been incredibly impressed with the Five Stone team. I recommend them primarily for two things: professionalism and creativity. We have turned them loose on the creation of a lot of things, especially the How Your Hotel Works series, and they delivered even above what I expected. They’ve done an incredibly great job for us."
Rob Bahl
Vice President of Facilities
Marriott International
Marriott Engineering & Facilities Conference
Each year, Marriott International's Engineering & Facilities Conference brings together the leaders responsible for maintaining, improving, and innovating hotels across one of the world's largest hospitality organizations. Marriott wanted the conference to do more than deliver information—it needed to reinforce vision, celebrate accomplishments, and energize attendees for the year ahead.
To accomplish that goal, Marriott partnered with Five Stone Creative as a creative production partner, helping shape the event experience from the earliest planning stages through the final general session.
The Challenge
Creating a memorable leadership conference requires far more than reliable audiovisual production. Every element—from the conference theme and visual identity to keynote presentations and multimedia content—must work together to tell a consistent story.
Marriott wanted an event that reflected the importance of its Engineering & Facilities organization while engaging attendees throughout multiple days of presentations, announcements, and recognition. The conference also required original media content produced specifically for the event, along with seamless technical execution onsite.
Our Approach
Five Stone Creative partnered closely with Marriott throughout the planning process, beginning with the development of the conference theme, messaging framework, and visual identity that established the creative direction for the entire event.
Our team then traveled to Marriott properties across the country to capture original video and photography that became the foundation for keynote presentations, session content, and multimedia storytelling throughout the conference. By creating original content rather than relying on stock assets, the event showcased Marriott associates, properties, and real operational successes in an authentic and meaningful way.
In addition to creative development, Five Stone provided presentation design, live audiovisual production, show direction, and event photography, ensuring every presentation, video, and production element worked together as a unified experience from opening session through closing remarks.
Impact
By combining strategic creative development with full-scale event production, Five Stone helped transform the Engineering & Facilities Conference into a cohesive brand experience rather than a series of presentations.
The event successfully communicated Marriott's vision, celebrated the accomplishments of its engineering leaders, and delivered an engaging conference experience supported by original content, consistent visual storytelling, and reliable technical execution. The collaboration demonstrated the value of integrating creative strategy, media production, and live event production under a single production partner.