Celebrate Tourism Summit

333 Community Boulevard,Wytheville VA 24382

01 August, 2023

Description

The 4th annual Celebrate Tourism Summit featuring the Southwest Virginia Tourism Awards Luncheon returns to the Wytheville Meeting Center on Tuesday, August 1, 2023, 8am - 4pm. Visit Wytheville, Virginia Tourism Corporation, and Friends of Southwest Virginia are thrilled to once again present this day of education, inspiration and networking. This event is open to all SWVA Region DMOs and Tourism & Hospitality partners and is presented FREE. Registration also includes the awards luncheon. "A wonderful opportunity to enrich your program with fresh ideas and excellent networking with industry peers." - Rita McClenny, President & CEO, Virginia Tourism Corporation This year's educational agenda includes: 8am - Registration 9am - Mr. Berkley Young, Young Strategies - Keynote Speaker 10am - VTC Help Desk Deep Dive 11am - Laurie & Dan Rowe, Laurie Rowe & Co. - The Long Game of Public Relations 12pm - SWVA Tourism Awards Luncheon - presented by Friends of Southwest Virginia 2pm - Advance Travel & Tourism - How to find, create, and measure content for your social channels 3pm - How to grow your tourism program (advocacy panel w/ Q&A) NEW THIS YEAR: Attendees last year asked for a separate networking event and we listened! This year we are happy to introduce a pre summit social on the evening of Monday, July 31st. The social will be held at Seven Sisters Brewery in Downtown Wytheville, 5pm-8pm. We hope you will join us the evening before the summit for a casual evening of networking, socializing, and catching up with colleagues from throughout the region. More information at https://celebrateswvatourism.com