Tacoma Regional Convention & Visitor Bureau

Mission
To execute initiatives that deliver tourism to Pierce County.

The TRCVB increases visitor expenditures and overnight stays through strategic sales, marketing and services to our customers, members and communities. We promote and package our destination to attract and meet the needs of meetings and conventions, group tours, special interest groups and the leisure traveler.

Vision
To be the recognized regional leader in effective destination marketing.

Core Values
Regionalism
Leadership
Accountability
Description

Description:
The TRCVB is the catalyst in community and tourism activities developing local and state partnerships, delivering effective sales and marketing programs, and facilitating product development and enhancements. Our value results in increased resources for destination marketing.

Volunteering at a Visitor Information Center will give you an opportunity to work with conventioneers, leisure travelers, local residents and many others who will need your help to explore the area. The CVB depends on your professional attitude, knowledge about the area and its attractions, enthusiasm about the CVB and a thorough understanding of our mission.

History:
The Tacoma Regional Convention & Visitor Bureau was founded in 1989. It is a private, non-profit corporation funded through private membership and city and county partners .

The Tacoma Regional Convention & Visitor Bureau was founded in 1989. It is a private, non-profit corporation funded through private membership and city and county partners. Any person, partnership, company, firm association, corporation, institution or business entity interested in the goals and programs of the Corporation may apply for membership in this Corporation.

A convention and visitor bureau is a not-for-profit organization supported by transient room tax, government budget allocations, private membership or a combination of any or all three. The bureau in each city, county or region has three prime responsibilities:
• To encourage groups to hold meetings, conventions and tradeshows in the city or area it represents
• To assist those groups with meeting preparations and while their meeting is in progress; and
• To encourage tourists to visit and enjoy the historic, cultural and recreational opportunities the destination offers.
A CVB does not actually organize meetings and conventions. It does, however, help meeting planners and visitors learn about the destination and area attractions and make the best possible use of all the services and facilities the destination has to offer.
The roots of present-day CVBs stretch back to 1895 when a group of businessmen in Detroit put a full-time salesman on the road to invite conventions to their city. Today, CVBs operate throughout the world.
At first, convention bureaus existed primarily to sell and service conventions. As the years passed, more and more bureaus became involved in the promotion of tourism. Many added the words "and visitor" to their names to reflect this expanded role.

Contact person: Tami Music, General Manager, (phone), (email)

Office fax number: 253/627-8783

Address:

1119 Pacific Avenue, Suite 500 Tacoma, WA 98402 (See a map)

Web Site: http://www.traveltacoma.com

Last updated on May 22, 2009