Virginia Tourism Corporation
The Virginia Tourism Authority, doing business as the Virginia Tourism Corporation (VTC) is an organization of more than 70 professionals working in the Richmond office and at 11 Welcome Centers throughout the Commonwealth of Virginia.
The overriding goal of all of VTC’s activities is to “serve the broader interests of the economy of Virginia by supporting, maintaining and expanding the Commonwealth’s domestic and international inbound tourism and motion picture production industries in order to increase visitor expenditures, tax revenues and employment.”
Or, stated another way, our goal is “more people, staying longer, spending more money.”
News
- Advertise in the 2010 Virginia is for Lovers Travel Guide
Get on board now to reserve your advertising space in the 2010 Virginia Travel Guide. The guide will be published in December and have a circulation of 700,000 printed copies plus electronic versions. Ad sales close September 11, 2009! Get the details here.
- VA-1!
Save the date for the 2009 VA-1 Travel and Tourism Conference. The conference, The Power of Travel, will be held September 28 and 29 at the Alexandria Hilton Old Town in Alexandria. Room rate is $130. Registration is now open!
- Calling All Restaurants
The Virginia Green Restaurant Certification application can now be accessed through the Virginia.org Administration Tool. For restaurants already certified, you may access and make changes to your profile through the Admin Tool as well. DEQ reviews all applications. Click for Details
- Minds Wide Open: Virginia Celebrates Women in the Arts
Art and culture events that honor women happening between March and June 2010 are eligible to be included on the Minds Wide Open website. Events should be submitted through the Administration Tool and will in turn be fed to the MWO site. See the Instructions and Details for Minds Wide Open
- What's New in Virginia in 2010?
Got a new travel product to promote? Now is your opportunity to tell 6 million unique visitors, travel media, hundreds of tour operators and meeting and sports event planners about your new, renovated or expanded attraction, hotel, meeting site, sports venue or industry related services.
Give us all the details in the What's New Form by July 17, 2009.
Be sure your new information is posted on Virginia.org as well. Get details on how to post your information on Virginia.org here.
- Update Your Meeting Facilities:
We are in the process of updating our meetings section of Virginia.org. Subcategories under Meeting Facilities have changed. Please log in to the Administration Tool to update your Meeting Facility information.
- Two Great Markets with One Easy Buy - Group Tour and Meeting Planners Guides!
Leisure Publishing is now offering opportunities to market your travel destination, travel products and services for the 2010 & 2011 Virginia Group Tour Itinerary Planners and the 2010-2011 Virginia Meeting Planners Directory.
Contact:
Mountains and Central: Jo Diedrich, 540-580-8767
Tidewater, Eastern Shore and Chesapeake Bay: Nell Wichmann, 757-565-0288
Northern VA and Richmond: Becca Mayberry, 804-269-0725
- The Virginia is for Lovers online wholesale store is open for business
Please visit our new wholesale website to view the official collection of Virginia is for Lovers merchandise. All products featured are available for immediate shipment and come pre-labeled with UPC bar codes. New product is being added daily. Create a wholesale account at the secure online store and start generating revenues for your business today!
- Virginia Green Travel Site
www.VirginiaGreenTravel.org, a new Web site dedicated to environmentally friendly travel in Virginia was recently launched. The new travel site supports Virginia Green, a partnership between the Virginia Tourism Corporation and the Virginia Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) that promotes environmentally friendly practices in Virginia’s tourism industry. Join Virginia Green
- FY2007 Virginia Visitor Profile – detailing trips taken between July 2006 and June 2007 – is now available to Virginia’s travel industry. The 17 pages worth of information includes: purpose of travel, travel party characteristics, destinations visited, activities engaged in, visitor origins, trip satisfaction, and much more. Customized visitor profiles are also available for larger regions and segments. To learn more please go to http://www.vatc.org/research/visitation.asp