CHANTILLY, Va. (Oct. 24, 2011) – On-campus events are a critical component of recruitment and retention strategies for educational institutions and partner organizations, and may also represent opportunities for additional revenue streams. CORT, a Berkshire Hathaway company, provides rental furnishings and accessories for on-campus events through its Trade Show and Event Furnishings division.

Many university professionals are responsible for supporting on-campus events from conferences and corporate events to high-profile social events and wedding receptions, but maintaining an inventory of furnishings is not their core expertise. That’s why university professionals or their event planners choose CORT to provide contemporary, high quality furniture to help realize their design vision for events and meetings of all sizes. With distribution centers across the nation, furniture can be delivered and set up within 24 hours anywhere coast to coast.

“Universities invest far too much time and money maintaining, redeploying and storing furniture that is rarely, and sometimes never, used,” said Mark Koepsell, senior vice president at CORT. “When higher education professionals consider the operational quality, service, flexibility and value of rental furniture, it becomes a convenient solution as well as a strategic practice.”

CORT Trade Show Furnishings supports a majority of trade shows and conferences across the country, and CORT Event Furnishings has played a supporting role at high-profile events including a United Nations Middle East peace conference, the grand opening of the Dallas Cowboys stadium and The Emmy Awards.

CORT provides the rental furnishings that help create the right environment including the meeting chairs, sofas and barstools where guests network and conduct business, to the LED- lighted bars and furniture that lend atmosphere and make spaces unique and inviting. CORT Event Furnishings offers a free, interactive space planning tool on its Web site, www.cortevents.com.

Off-Campus Housing Solutions

 In addition to furnishing events, CORT delivers solutions for managing overflow students on campus, generating profits from off-campus housing and reducing the asset management burden of dormitory furniture.

CORT’S Partner Referral Program offers educational institutions new ancillary revenue streams from the millions of students living off-campus. Participants publish a toll-free phone number and a web address on their university website that links into CORT’s Customer Service Center and is tracked through its customer relationship management (CRM) database. For every furniture rental lease CORT secures with a student who was referred from that school’s website, the participating school receives $75. The program is also beneficial for relocating faculty or international students.   

The PRP program is another example of how CORT works with universities to develop direct and indirect relationships through which schools can offer furniture rental packages to students.

CORT also offers additional services to support higher education institutions based on each school’s individual needs, such as managing on-campus furnished housing programs with leased furniture packages.

About CORT Tradeshow & Event Furnishings

CORT Event Furnishings is a nationwide provider of rental furnishings for the exhibit and events industry. From high-profile corporate events and meetings to local weddings and parties, CORT provides the rental furnishings that make events possible. For more information, visit www.CORTevents.com.  

About CORT

For more than 35 years, CORT has been the nation’s leading provider of rental furniture with a global network of affiliates in more than 60 countries. CORT, a Berkshire Hathaway company, serves more than 80 percent of the Fortune 500 companies with the nation’s most comprehensive range of destination services, including online apartment search services at www.ApartmentSearch.com. For more information, please visit www.cort.com

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