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Latest Member News

• Spotlight on PHLCVB Members in new Philadelphia Official Visitors Guide
• Philadelphia radio spot airs in Ireland
• PHLCVB partners with Student Youth Travel Association
• HCEA taps PHL Life Sciences executive director
• Don’t miss out on upcoming FAM opportunities
• Deadline extended for Visitors Guide ads
• Update Your Events and Deals on DiscoverPHL.com
• Update Your Venue Listing So Planners Can Find You
• Upcoming Conventions
• Featured Members of the Month: Mann Center for the Performing Arts and Chestnut Hill Business District

Spotlight on PHLCVB Members in new Philadelphia Official Visitors Guide

PHLCVB members are front and center in every edition of the Philadelphia Official Visitors Guide, which reached visitors from around the globe.

Be sure to keep your organization’s details up to date here so visitors have the latest and most accurate information when planning their time in our city.

Click to view the Philadelphia Official Visitors Guide.

Philadelphia radio spot airs in Ireland

The PHLCVB Global Tourism department recently partnered with Aer Lingus to promote the airline’s nonstop flights to Philadelphia on Irish radio. The promotional effort ran as a three-week, cross-station radio competition supported by Dublin’s top radio stations and Multitrip.com. Additionally, promotional support was provided across the properties’ respective digital media channels.

Further details of the promotion include:

• Philadelphia, the Wyndham Historic District and Aer Lingus brands were featured in all clips.
• Via radio, each partnering brand received a minimum of 200 brand mentions across the three-week period.
• Promotion received game play every hour of the day between 7 a.m. and 7 p.m. Therefore, it ran from the breakfast show through to the evening show.
• Promotion involved radio teaser clips, one week of 30-second pre-promotional clips, two weeks of on-air promotion every hour of the day and a grand finale.
• Online support included: a landing page on the radio station’s website and multitrip.com; the multitrip.com monthly customer newsletters and regular social media posts from multitrip.com and the radio stations.

Click on the Soundcloud link below to hear a recording of the promotion.

PHLCVB partners with Student Youth Travel Association

The PHLCVB and the Student Youth Travel Association’s (SYTA) Student Youth Foundation in early June joined to host a group of students from Houston who had been impacted by the flooding in that area during Hurricane Harvey.

Their Philadelphia experience will be highlighted at the next STYA Conference, which will take place Aug. 24-28 in Baltimore. For the first time, PHLCVB will have a booth space at the conference. At least four PHLCVB staff members will participate in the show.

HCEA taps PHL Life Sciences executive director

Bonnie Grant, executive director of PHL Life Sciences, has been nominated to the national board of the Healthcare Convention & Exhibitors Association (HCEA), serving under the incoming president, Gregg Lapin, CMP, Director of Meeting Services, American Association of Diabetes Educators.

Board members will vote on the slate of nominees during the annual HCEAConnect meeting, which will take place from Aug. 12-14 this year in Baltimore.

HCEA is dedicated to the advancement of the medical meetings and exhibition industries through education, services and networking. HCEAConnect will bring together medical meeting association and exhibit floor directors, as well as convention service providers for a series of programs and roundtables. To learn more or to become a member, visit hcea.org.

Don’t miss out on upcoming FAM opportunities

Overseas international trade and press familiarization tours, or FAMs, allow the PHLCVB to showcase Philadelphia to decision-makers and influencers who help us promote the city and increase visitation. Click to review the 12 FAM tours we have on the schedule through December, and let us know if you’re interested in being featured.

For more information on any of the opportunities below, please email Tourism Division Coordinator Julia Borgia.

2018 Remaining Trade FAMs

• Great Tour Experiences (Australia): Dates TBD, 1 participant
• Scandinavia Tour Operators (Denmark, Norway, Sweden, Finland): Aug. 18-21, 10 participants
• Barrhead Travel (UK): Sept. 8-11, 5 participants
• Germany Tour Operators (Germany): Sept. 10-13, 10 participants
• CANUSA (Germany): Sept. 18, 1 participant
• Sunway (Ireland): Sept. 27-29, 14 participants
• German VIP Tour Operators with American Airlines (Germany), Oct. 11-14, 8 participants
• Aer Lingus Visit USA Agents (Ireland): Oct. 22-24, 11 participants
• Irish Travel Agent Association (ITAA) Conference (Ireland): Nov. 28-Dec. 1, 120 participants

2018 Remaining Press FAMs

• Le Repaire des Motards (France): July 21-25, 2 participants
• Brand USA Media Group (Korea): Sept. 4-7, 6 participants
• Scandinavia Media Group with Icelandair (Denmark, Norway, Sweden, Finland, Iceland): Sept. 8-11, 8 participants

Update Your Venue Listing So Planners Can Find You

DiscoverPHL.com’s Venue Search Feature allows meeting and event planners to find the specific venues that match their needs.

Planners can find see all venues by clicking the button to “View All Venues,” or they can narrow things down by selecting a specific room setup and specific capacity range.

However, some members do not have specific room capacities uploaded for some room setups.

We encourage you to click now to review your listing information and update it if needed.

The capacity information can be found by looking at the “Account Information” blue bar at the top of your screen and clicking “View/Edit Details.” Find the line that says “Special Event Venues” and click “Edit.”

If you have individual venue spaces, you can view and update them separately, if needed.

If you have just one primary space, you can update the fields at the bottom for “Banquet Sit Down Capacity” and “Reception Stand Up Capacity.”

While you’re logged in, please take a few moments to update other aspects of your member listing, and add Events or Deals, if you have any.

If you have any questions, please contact the Membership Department.