Tourism Marketing Leverage Fund
The deadline to apply for the current round of funding from Visit Loudoun’s Tourism Marketing Leverage Fund is September 30, 2010. The program is deigned to further extend the marketing efforts of Loudoun’s tourism industry, attract visitors, and increase visitor spending through partnerships and leveraged funds. A competitive application process enables Visit Loudoun to provide funding for those projects and programs that will have the greatest return on investment in terms of visitor spending. Click here for more information.
Open Position: Director of Public and Industry Relations
Visit Loudoun is seeking a Director of Public and Industry Relations to develop and implement Visit Loudoun’s overall strategic public relations program, and create and execute a national media relations program with the goal of generating earned media for Loudoun as a travel destination. Click here for more information.
Help Visit Loudoun Update the Strategic Plan
The next round in the development of Visit Loudoun's Strategic Plan will be held at the Executive Conference and Training Center on Thursday, April 8th. Industry partners are encouraged and welcome to attend any sessions that may be of interest to them and their business. During the sessions, we'll share what we heard during the workshops from the various sectors as it relates to each target market segment and get your feedback on priorities. Click here for more information.
Advertising available in Touring Guide to Loudoun, Virginia: DC’s Wine Country®
Visit Loudoun is selling advertising for the third edition of the culinary guide. The publication is designed to entice potential visitors to come to Loudoun and experience our food and wine. It will highlight wineries, destination restaurants, food and wine events, farmers markets, cooking classes, and more. Numerous advertising opportunities are available, including display and formatted ads. Deadline for participation is Friday, March 5, 2010. Click here for more information and here for the advertising sales kit. Questions? Contact Wendy Ferrigno by email or at 703-669-4434.
Social Media "How To" Seminar
Visit Loudoun presented an “Introduction to Social Media” seminar on Wednesday, January 20th for Loudoun tourism industry professionals. The seminar gave an overview of the marketing benefits of popular social media platforms including Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, and Flickr, and an introduction on promoting your business using those sites. The presentation was conducted by Jeremy Harvey, Director of Marketing, and Stacey Sheetz, Marketing Communications Manager. Click here to download the presentation.
LCVA becomes VISIT LOUDOUN
December 18, 2009: The Loudoun Convention & Visitors Association has unveiled a new corporate look. Our incorporated name, the Loudoun Convention & Visitors Association, will not change, but we have branded ourselves as Visit Loudoun and have changed our logo. We will use Visit Loudoun and the new logo in all of our future communication with you and with our customers – in our emails, letters, reports, phone messages, websites, etc. Read more!
LCVA Wins National Destiny Award
The LCVA won the National Council of Destination Organizations Destiny Award for a single, targeted promotion, in recognition of the 2008 DC’s Wine Country® Washington Redskins Promotion. Read more!
User-Generated Reviews on VisitLoudoun.org
What are User-Generated Reviews? How do they affect my business? Where can I find out more about these? The answers to these questions and more about this new feature on VisitLoudoun.org can be found here.
2009 Annual Report
Click here to view the LCVA 2009 Annual Report.
