Doug Baarman

Senior Vice President /
Team Director

6 Sotweed Court
Potomac, MD 20854

Mobile: 240-994-8599

Doug Baarman

Senior Vice President / Team Director

Hospitality Industry leader Doug Baarman is an experienced meeting planner affiliated with ConferenceDirect. Doug and his team are committed to providing their customers with the best services available, creating experiences that inspire meaningful interaction and drive measurable results.

His team at ConferenceDirect has planned and negotiated domestic and international events for organizations with 10 to 25,000 attendees. They leverage ConferenceDirect’s strengths that begin with negotiating a contract, with the best overall value, while protecting the organization from any potential risk and ending with measurement and reporting to give you a comprehensive analysis to help evaluate the total meeting ROI.

Doug joined ConferenceDirect in July of 2007 as a Senior Vice President / Team Director to utilize his 30+ years of sales, marketing, and meeting planning experience within the hospitality industry. He has worked on both sides of the industry, giving him an insider’s perspective with experience from the largest hotel company – Marriott International and from the buyer’s side – National Trade Productions.

Doug is a graduate of Ferris State University in Michigan where he received a Bachelor of Science in Hospitality Management.

“My job is to help you find the best-suited venues, hotels, meeting space, and hospitality services available… while negotiating on your behalf for the most favorable terms possible. Your success is my business, and I am here to serve you.”