Membership

April Notables

See what the Tacoma Regional Convention + Visitor Bureau team has been up to!

View photos of where we've been!

Sales
  • Hosted two sales consultations
  • Sent sales eBlast to 750 opt-in meeting planners 
  • Attended Collaborate Marketplace in Las Vegas with nearly 300 meeting planners, where the sales team had 25 appointments with planners to generate future business 
  • Attended POW WOW in Los Angeles to promote Pierce County and Washington State to international tour operators in partnership with Washington Tourism Alliance, Yakima Valley CVB, Olympia-Tumwater-Lacey CVB and Squaxin Island Tribe
  • Attended Reunion Friendly Network’s ConFAM conference for military reunion planners which has already generated two leads [and more are coming]
Conference Services
  • Provided onsite information for two groups
  • Distributed 110 Tacoma + Pierce County Visitor Guides to meeting attendees
  • Began servicing nine groups
  • Continued work with 31 groups
Marketing + Communications
  • Advertised in Collaborate Magazine [8,500 circulation]
  • Advertised in the Washington State Visitors’ Guide [375,000 circulation]
  • Advertised on TripAdvisor.com, featuring Pierce County agritourism with a prize package giveaway [253,334 impressions]
  • Sent Visitor eBlast to more than 1,805 opt-in leisure consumers
  • Created new Agritourism brochure
  • Social Media: 1,367 Facebook likes and 2,448 Twitter followers
Media Relations
  • Exhibited at the Travel + Words Conference in Port Townsend which was attended by approximately 60 regional travel writers and tourism organizations
  • Earned media coverage in: Business Examiner, Pierce County TV, Exit 133, Ride Tacoma, Tacoma Weekly, Northwest Guardian, Bellingham Herald, The News Tribune, Association News, South Sound Magazine, Northwest Meetings + Events Magazine, Meetings Focus
  • Supported stories under development and responded to requests by: Meetings Focus West, Clipper Magazine, NW Dive News, Westworld Saskatchewan, Northwest Travel Magazine
Visitor Services
  • Assisted 643 visitors in the Visitor Information Center [VIC] and 1,130 visitors at onsite events
  • Volunteers contributed 212 hours [$4,620 in-kind value]
  • Sold $224 in VIC merchandise
  • Volunteer of the Month: Mark Hardie
  • Assisted and provided onsite services for four regional events: Northwest Motor Scooter Poker Run, Dive + Travel Expo, Ruston Way 5K and American Massage Therapy Association
Business Development
  • Welcomed two new members
  • Renewed four members
Out + About
  • Attended the DuPont Tourism Board meeting
  • Attended Greater Western Chapter of Travel + Tourism Research Association conference
  • Attended Artrageous, a dinner and auction for School of the Arts at Hotel Murano
  • Attended Society of Government Meeting Planners board meeting and general membership luncheon
  • Attended the Lakewood Chamber Table Top Trade Show
  • Hosted a Volunteer Appreciation Event at the Landmark Convention Center
  • Went on familiarization tours of Lakewold Gardens and the Sumner VIC/Old Cannery

      Scorecard

      Check out our scorecard to see the progress we've made toward our goals. The scorecard is an at-a-glance report that shows the current month and year-to-date totals for the Tacoma Regional CVB's goals. View scorecard.

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