OUR TOURISM PARTNERS PAGE
This page serves as a support page for our partners.
Below, you will find our community large events calendar, along with lists of resources of interest such as our YouTube channel and tourism-related community organizations.
Large Events Calendar
Tourism Office-Hosted Videos
- Partnership Focused (From time to time, programs and presentations will be made available).
Below is a must-see for understanding of the recently launched Virtual Visitor Center, along with tourism updates. Videotaped May 10, 2023 during National Travel & Tourism Week.
Hospitality and Tourism Partnership Committee Meeting – May 10, 2023
- Consumer-Facing (Marketing and promotion YouTube Channel)
Business Promotion & Development
- Town of Christiansburg Small Business Solutions
- Montgomery County Chamber of Commerce
- Blacksburg Partnership
- Downtown Blacksburg. Inc,
- Downtown Christiansburg, Inc
- Main Street Connect [Blacksburg]
- New River Valley Small Business Development Center
- Virginia.org [Consumer]
- VATC.org [Industry]
Business and organizations should get listed and provide updates of happenings and events via www.Virginia.org for FREE.
Click here for more information on web marketing through VTC.
Google Business Profile Trainings: The tourism office hosted two free webinars in spring of 2024 on improving Google Business Profiles with Miles Partnership. Links to the webinar recordings can be found below:
Fundamentals of Google Business Profiles [Basic]
- Passcode: MontgomeryFundamentals123!
Google Business Profile Manager: Maximizing Exposure [Advanced]
- Passcode: MontgomeryMaximizing123!
Newsletters
Businesses and organizations are encouraged to subscribe to two FREE newsletters:
- Pulse of Virginia [monthly newsletter for Virginia tourism industry]
- Monthly Virginia Tourism email for consumers
OUTDOOR RECREATION AND SPORTS TOURISM ASSET INVENTORY
At the beginning of 2024, Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Montgomery County Regional Tourism partnered with Huddle Up Group to do an outdoor recreation and sports tourism asset inventory for the county. The study provided an overall destination score for sports tourism, as well as recommendations for next steps. Click here to read the report.
ARTS AND ECONOMIC PROSPERITY 6 (AEP6)
In 2023, Montgomery County participated in Americans for the Arts’ AEP6 study. For more details, please click here.
REGIONAL TOURISM PROGRAMS
- Promoting Virginia’s New River Valley [VisitNRV.com]
- Promoting Southwest Virginia
- Promoting the Blue Ridge Highlands
- Promoting the Blue Ridge Parkway
- Promoting the Crooked Road: Virginia’s Heritage Music Trail
STATEWIDE AND OTHER ORGANIZATIONS
- Virginia Association of Destination Marketing Organizations (VADMO)
- Virginia Restaurant, Lodging, and Travel Association (VRLTA)
- Southeast Tourism Society (STS)
- VA250
Not finding the information you are looking for? Please email us at [email protected] or call us at our offices at (540) 394-4470 with your questions; we’d love to assist!
