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2008 Membership Benefits
MEMBERSHIP MATTERS!

Contact Tourism Victoria’s Member Services Department
and start accessing your membership benefits today!

Account Managers Brenda Knapik or Heidi Mount (250) 414-6999

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  • Online Featured Packages & Promotions page
  • Online Member Image Gallery
  • Custom Member Postcard programs

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Visitor Information & Services
  • Receive a brochure rack at Canada’s busiest Visitor Centre, with over 800,000 annual visitors. Please Note: Brochures must be a standard 4"x9" format and can not include any non-member advertising.
  • Members have the exclusive option to participate in our Online Accommodation Reservation System and Ticket Centre. Please Note: commission fees and some restrictions apply.
  • Membership gives you the exclusive opportunity to highlight your business through Visitor Centre plasma screen, posters and backlit advertising.
  • You have the opportunity to market your business through our Direct Mail Program to more than 40,000 leisure visitors who contact our Visitor Centre each year.
Publications & Promotional Materials
  • Tourism Victoria distributes 250,000 copies of your business listing in Tourism Victoria’s Vacation Guide, if applicable, to domestic, US and overseas markets through the Visitor Centre, 812 Wharf Street, Vancouver and Victoria International Airports, Tourism BC, Washington State Ferries and all Canadian consulates.
  • As a restaurant member, be included in our What’s Cooking? flyer. This flyer highlights your cuisine, location and price range and is readily available at the counter in the Visitor Centre for visitors wondering where to eat.
  • Hundreds of images are available from our Image Bank for your use in brochures and promotional materials. Looped videos are available for your use at travel trade and consumer shows.
  • Receive a complimentary website listing (complimentary 65 word description) with an image of your business on
    www.tourismvictoria.com
    . Please Note: Image to be supplied by member. Web links are available at an additional cost. You have an option to place a "Book Online" button on your complimentary member listing.
  • Receive access to a number of marketing support tools, including our Official Vacation Guide and Flat Map.
  • Advertising Opportunities in Tourism Victoria's member exclusive Meeting Planner's Guide (2,000 copies distributed) and Tour & Travel Planner (7,500 copies distributed)
Specialty Trade Services
  • Members receive trade show lead lists from the Travel Trade Department upon request. Members also have the opportunity to host operators while they are in Victoria on site inspections.
  • As a member of Tourism Victoria, you are given representation in Victoria’s lucrative conference market through our Meetings and Incentive Travel Department. Members have access to Tourism Victoria's Convention Calendar via the Member ExtraNet.
  • Tourism Victoria’s Travel Media Relations Department promotes members by developing and generating editorial in magazines, newspapers and guidebooks as well as on radio and television. Contact the Travel Media Relations Department for more information.
  • As a member of Tourism Victoria, receive exposure through the Victoria Conference Centre when conferences request Tourism Victoria’s concierge services. (Tourism Victoria is the official provider of visitor services to delegates.)
  • You have the opportunity to host key travel influences: travel writers, tour wholesalers, travel agents and meeting and incentive planners.


Industry Support
  • We keep you informed with regular industry updates, contacts and information in our Membership Matters E-Newsletter a weekly newsletter.
  • Join a member committee and be a part of making policy recommendations to the Board of Directors on behalf of your fellow members. Committees include Membership, Finance, Governance, Destination Marketing Commission and Strategic Issues.
  • Attend membership seminars offered on effective marketing and promotion and other topics that enhance the professional development of the tourism industry.
  • Receive valuable research information from Tourism Victoria’s quarterly exit survey reports and other research documents.
Business Assistance
  • Tourism Victoria is pleased to offer members special discounted rates through Teldon Print Media. Teldon's Partners Program offers you the best price and service level for rack cards and brochures anywhere in North America.
  • Participate and/or take advantage of special rates and discounts through Tourism Victoria’s Member-to-Member Discount program. The program offers a great way to get to know your fellow member products!
  • Networking is valuable! Meet and talk business with fellow members at Tourism Victoria’s monthly business mixers and other membership events, including our annual Golf Tournament, Travel Auction and Christmas Luncheon. Member businesses have the opportunity to host these events at their locations.
  • You and your staff have access to a competitive health and benefits plan, including extended health, dental, life and disability insurance, and group RSPs.
  • Your membership saves you money on SuperHost customer service seminars, including Fundamentals, Japanese Service Expectations, Service Across Cultures, Customers with Disabilities Service in Health Care, Frontline Management Solutions, Solving Problems through Service and Sales Powered by Service.
  • Tourism Victoria is pleased to offer members special discounted merchant service rates for MasterCard, VISA & Interac through Paymentech Merchant Services. Take advantage of preferred credit cards offered to members and get low Merchant Discount Rates. For questions or to sign up contact Paymentech at 1-877-552-5533.

Our Membership Benefits are constantly evolving to serve our Members better!

See our 2008 Membership Rates.



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