International Visitors
Language: English | Spanish | Portuguese
Enjoy Your Stay!
A hearty Midwestern welcome to all our international visitors as they
come to Central Iowa for the 2012 Farm Progress Show. Below are some
resources designed to make your visit more convenient.
Pre-register for 2012 Farm
Progress Show
Register online before you
arrive in central Iowa for the
2012 Farm Progress Show. By
registering in advance, you will
be able to pick up your welcome
packet when you stop in to the
International Visitors Center at
the 2012 Show. You will also
receive a souvenir 2012 Central
Iowa lapel pin and a discount
coupon for $3 off an official
Farm Progress Show t-shirt.
Travel Arrangement Services
If you would like
assistance in coordinating your travel to the 2012 Farm Progress Show in
central Iowa, please contact Travel and Transport directly for assistance:
Travel and Transport
Phone: 800.747.8182 or 515.292.8182
E-mail: acmail@tandt.com
Hotel Accommodations
If you are looking for hotel rooms, stay at the
Quality Inn & Suites Events Center in downtown Des Moines. Click here for
additional information on this hotel or any other of the many great hotels
for the Farm Progress Show
A Shuttle from Des Moines to the Farm Progress Show
Trans Iowa Charters will be providing a transportation shuttle Tuesday - Thursday, during the Farm Progress Show for a
reasonable fee.
Guests may get on the shuttle at the International Headquarter Hotel, the
Quality Inn and Suites Event Center in downtown Des Moines. The shuttle will
leave for the Farm Progress Show from Des Moines, two times each day and will have
two
return trips to the hotel from the Show each day.
Download a shuttle
schedule or get more information. You can also pre-purchase your Farm
Progress Show Shuttle Transportation.
International Visitors Center at the 2010 Farm Progress Show
The state of Iowa's
Department of Economic Development (IDED), along with the Ames Convention & Visitors Bureau, Greater Des Moines
Convention & Visitors Bureau, and Boone Area Chamber of Commerce/Convention
and Visitors Bureau will sponsor an International Visitors Center at the
2010 Farm Progress Show located in Boone, Iowa. This year the International
Visitors Center will be conveniently located in the Wallaces Farmer Visitors
Hospitality tent, along with the Central Iowa Welcome Center.
The International Visitors
Center will offer international
guests a comfortable location to
relax and have a snack, network,
hold meetings, access the
Internet and make phone calls.
Spanish, Portuguese and possibly
other language assistance will
be available. Information
regarding the state of Iowa's
agriculture, manufacturing and
tourism industries will also be
available.
For more information on the
International Visitors Center,
please contact the Ames
Convention & Visitors Bureau at
800.288.7470.
