WASHINGTON—Visit Orlando has joined ASAE’s Alliance Partnership Program as a Corporate Partner. This program provides the industry partner community with opportunities to align itself with ASAE and the association industry through customized marketing platforms.

"We are delighted to have Visit Orlando as a Corporate partner,” said ASAE President and CEO John H. Graham IV, FASAE, CAE. “Orlando is a top destination in the United States for conventions and businesses. This new partnership will provide Visit Orlando with a great opportunity to continue their involvement in the association community and educate our members about the variety of locations where they can host their next event."

ASAE is hosting its 2015 Great Ideas Conference, March 8-10, at the Hyatt Regency Orlando.

"The team at Visit Orlando is looking forward to joining ASAE as a Corporate Partner in 2015. This new partnership gives us a greater opportunity to raise awareness with association professionals about the many new and evolving developments taking place in one of the top destinations in the country for meetings and conventions," says George Aguel, president & CEO of Visit Orlando. 

The Alliance Partnership Program offers industry partners the opportunity to help build and maintain year-round relationships with ASAE members and the association community across the nation.

For more information about the ASAE Alliance Partnership Program, please visit ASAE or contact Dan Melesurgo at dmelesurgo@asaecenter.org.

MEDIA CONTACT: Sabrina Kidwai, APR, CAE, skidwai@aaecenter.org, 202-326-9505, or 
Jennifer Juergens, Manager of Global Convention Communications Visit Orlando, jennifer.juergens@visitorlando.com, 407-354-5540.

About Visit Orlando
Visit Orlando is the official tourism association for the most visited destination in the United States, with representation in more than a dozen countries around the world. Visit Orlando, together with its 1,200 member companies, represent the area's leading industry. The destination is home to the Orange County Convention Center, which in addition to being the second largest convention center in the United States is also consistently recognized among the best for its service.

About ASAE: The Center for Association Leadership
ASAE is a membership organization of more than 21,000 association executives and industry partners representing 9,300 organizations. Its members manage leading trade associations, individual membership societies and voluntary organizations across the United States and in nearly 50 countries around the world. With support of the ASAE Foundation, a separate nonprofit entity, ASAE is the premier source of learning, knowledge and future-oriented research for the association and nonprofit profession, and provides resources, education, ideas and advocacy to enhance the power and performance of the association and nonprofit community. For more information about ASAE, visit asaecenter.org.