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Advertise in the “Official Meeting Planner’s Guide”

August 16, 2011 By Brian Hilemon Leave a Comment

We bring business to you! Each year, ConVis invests market intelligence, sales resources and advertising dollars across the country with the singular goal of bringing new group business to San Diego. Whether you are a hotel, event venue, restaurant or professional service provider, everyone benefits from those investments and the Official Meeting Planner’s Guide is the tool ConVis uses to showcase your products to qualified buyers.In 2011-2012 we will support your business by:

  • Booking 1,100+ events resulting in more than 700,000 definite room nights.
  • Investing more than $600,000 advertising dollars in target markets to grow San Diego meetings.
  • Generating more than 2,411 leads (a 13% increase since 2010).
  • Performing more than 900 site inspections and property tours with key decision makers.

The Official Meeting Planner’s Guide puts you in front of key group meeting buyers. Here’s how:

  • Traffic to the digital guide has grown beyond 44,000 impressions per year.
  • Utilization of the electronic medium by meeting planners has increased by 32% in less than 12 months.
  • The digital guide has a hyperlink on each page in the Meeting Professionals section of sandiego.org. It can be downloaded, viewed live or accessed on mobile devices including the iPad and Android operating systems. The digital guide is also accessible in iLead.
  • ConVis has created a Strategic Research team charged with identifying more than 1,500 potential new clients each month. The Official Meeting Planner’s Guide is sent to all qualified prospects.
  • ConVis’ group meetings ad spend drives more than 2.4 million impressions to sandiego.org and the digital guide.


Important Information and Dates for Participating

Download Rates and Specs (pdf)

Contract Deadline: September 23
Materials Deadline: September 30
Publication Date: January, 2012

Partner with us to sell San DiegoTo learn more contact the Membership Team today:
Nancy Bjork | Account Executive| (619) 557-2807 | nbjork@sdcvb.org
Carol Hian | Account Executive | (619) 557-2887 | chian@sdcvb.org
Brian Hilemon | Membership Manager | (619) 557-2867 | bhilemon@sdcvb.org
Laura Wicks | Membership Coordinator | (619) 557-2823 | lwicks@sdcvb.org

 

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