This growing menu of benefits and marketing programs allows members to customize their marketing programs. Contact Membership Services at 831-657-6420 to join!
Your business listing in the softcover version of MCCVB's primary marketing publication allows you to reach 120,000 pre-qualified visitors and meeting planners. This document is sent out in press kits and handed out in all visitor centers.
Your listing in the hardcover guide gives you exposure in 10,000 hotel rooms. (Hardcover guide excludes Accommodations and Conference & Group services.)
Members can also enhance exposure to visitors or convention groups by placing a paid advertisement in the magazine to highlight their business.
Free "Vendor Storefront" page on our website. We will build this full-page advertisement for you with information you supply to us: 250-word description of your business, a photo or logo, and your URL so that visitors can link to your website.
This resource provides meeting dates, where they are holding their meeting, and group names so that you can market your business to the convention and group markets that meet in Monterey County. It is available on our exclusive member-access website (updated as we receive changes).
This directory is sent to meeting planners and tour operators each year. Target your business to specific groups or list your business (a description of the tour your business offers) in the directory for increased exposure. It is available in both hard copy (updated quarterly) and on our exclusive member-access website (updated as we receive changes).
Display your printed materials, brochures or menus at the MCCVB’s Visitor Information Centers located at Lake El Estero and at the Maritime Museum. Our Visitor Information Centers combined welcome approximately 200,000 visitors per year.
This monthly e-newsletter keeps you informed about opportunities for members, regular meetings and happenings within the MCCVB.
Upon request, the MCCVB will provide you with membership mailing lists and media lists. These mailing lists provide you with contact names to market your business.
The MCCVB offers its members a $25 discount off their membership dues for each member they refer who joins the MCCVB.
The MCCVB provides member referrals to leisure and group travel planners each year. Our full-time Group Services Department works with meeting planners in selecting and booking MCCVB member facilities and businesses for their group or conference needs and Accompanying Persons Program.
Monterey County stories and images are regularly promoted and provided to national and international media, including travel writers and travel websites, through our Communications Department.
The MCCVB maintains a large collection of photos and slides, which members can use freely for their brochures and promotions.
Many members of the travel media come to the area to do research for travel-related stories. The MCCVB contacts members to assist at various levels including finding accommodations, arranging full itineraries and providing materials. If you are interested in working with media, in many cases providing complimentary services, please contact our Marketing Department.
The MCCVB participates in trade shows targeting domestic and international travel journalists, tour operators, international groups and the leisure market. Members are represented through their membership, however, in many instances additional exposure can be obtained through sponsorships.
Throughout the year the MCCVB coordinates a variety of cooperative advertising opportunities for our members. In most cases, we will sponsor a full page in a newspaper or magazine, allowing members to buy sections for their own messages. This is a great way to stretch your marketing budget with a much stronger impact. If you are interested, please contact our Marketing Department.
Monterey County Convention & Visitors Bureau P.O. Box 1770, Monterey, CA 93942 1-877-MONTEREY [email protected]
In partnership with Monterey County and the cities of Carmel-by-the-Sea, Del Rey Oaks, Marina, Monterey, Pacific Grove, Salinas,
Sand City, Seaside, Soledad, Pebble Beach, Moss Landing, Carmel Valley, Big Sur, and Salinas Valley.
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