Pre-booking services include: proposal gathering; site visit with planners, prop- erties, venues and attractions; tours and activities; and promotional materials for organizers to help promote the event and build attendance. After booking, other services are available, including: information tables; name badges; press release distribution; welcome signs; VIP gift baskets; Erie Ambassadors and more.
For group tours and planners looking to take part in a FAM trip, VisitErie is happy to put together fun and interesting options for learning more about the area. A recent meeting planner FAM that VisitErie organized included a welcome dinner reception followed by tours of Erie’s top sites, such as Presque Isle State Park, Erie Maritime Museum and the U.S. Brig Niagara, along with local wineries and breweries, Presque Isle Downs and Casino, and other attractions. Among the popular Erie meeting facilities visited during the FAM were the Bayfront Convention Center and also the Ambassador Conference Center.
In addition, VisitErie can assist planners with arranging meals and travel for these tours and, if a planner cannot make an organized FAM, they will accommodate individual site visits.
In central Pennsylvania, Amy Sites, meet- ing sales manager for Destination Gettysburg, talks about what her bureau can do to assist groups coming to the Gettysburg area and how they can help make such visits memorable.
“Destination Gettysburg’s mission is to promote and facilitate a positive tourism experience,” says Sites. “Our meeting and conference specialist is here to assist in RFP distribution, media relations, promo- tional materials, destination images, visi- tor services and welcome bags. Destination Gettysburg has the expertise to assist in creating a single day or a mul- tiday site visit for your planning team.”
For group and other events, Destination Gettysburg will work with each group individually to customize outings for
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