Marketing Opportunities

STS Domestic Showcase is Southeast Tourism Society’s annual marketplace. Group Tour Operators, Group Tour Leaders and southeastern Suppliers, connect one-on-one, and discuss bringing business to the Southeast for 2 days during this regional appointment-style marketplace event. A media marketplace is also offered for opportunity to connect with travel media. VTC provides Virginia registered delegates with […]

VTC and DMO representatives will visit tour operator and AAA offices to promote Virginia to their clients in destinations within close driving distance of Virginia. Dates for each team and destination varies. Contact Joni Johnson for information.

The Sports ETA Symposium is the annual meeting of the Sports Events & Tourism Association, the only non-profit 501(c)3 association for the sports events and tourism industry in the United States. Hundreds of sport tourism professionals and industry partners gather to exchange time, resources, strategies, solutions, and more. The Symposium features dozens of education sessions, […]

Student and Youth Travel Association is the leading student travel professional trade membership organization. Opportunity for one-on-one appointments with student tour operators that plan educational tours and performing (choral, band etc.) group travel. Educational and networking sessions. Contact Joni Johnson for lead report following this conference, also announced on The Pulse of Virginia.

Connect Sports brings together the most active planners, suppliers and experts across the sports events industry. Safety is our No. 1 priority and we know the game has changed since COVID-19 entered our lives. Attendees gain crucial experience in keeping their own attendees safe, how to advance their careers and business through professional development and […]

S.P.O.R.T.S. The Relationship Conference is an exclusive and space-limited event designed to bring together sports event owners and rights holders with host organizations and sports-industry suppliers. With a unique format and limited number of supplier participants inspire the development of warm friendships and lasting new relationships which is the most effective formula to ensure the […]

Presented by SportsTravel, TEAMS is the world’s leading conference and expo for the sports-event industry. Launched in 1998, TEAMS attracts more than 1,000 attendees including CEOs, executive directors and event managers from sports organizations as well as representatives from sports commissions and convention bureaus, corporate sponsors, event suppliers and other hospitality industry opinion leaders. For […]

Celebrating more than a decade of service to the sports event industry, The US Sports Congress, attracts top level decision-makers from the world of amateur sport and sports events. The attendees of this unique conference are senior level executives who represent sport Rights Holders and Olympic NGB's, the destinations who desire to host their events […]