WASHINGTON— ASAE has announced that Visit Tampa Bay has signed on as a new strategic partner in ASAE’s Alliance Partnership Program, as of Oct. 1.
The Alliance Partnership Program was developed to provide the industry partner community with opportunities to align itself with ASAE and the association sector through customized marketing platforms. It also offers partners the chance to help build and maintain year-round relationships with ASAE members and nonprofit communities worldwide.
Visit Tampa Bay is the official destination marketing organization responsible for promoting year-round leisure, business, meetings and conventions, international and sports travel to Tampa and Hillsborough County. Visit Tampa Bay works closely with hundreds of industry partners across the region to drive nearly $7 billion a year in economic development to the Tampa region.
“Visit Tampa Bay has a long history of welcoming tourists and meeting delegates to Florida’s Gulf Coast, and ASAE is thrilled to welcome them into the Alliance Partnership Program family,” said ASAE President and CEO Michelle Mason, FASAE, CAE. “Visit Tampa Bay does an amazing job of showcasing the many attractions and amenities that make the Tampa area appealing as both a leisure and business travel destination, as well as working with meeting planners to ensure successful, memorable events.”
“We are honored to be joining forces with ASAE and their prestigious Strategic Alliance Partnership,” says Santiago C. Corrada, president and CEO of Visit Tampa Bay. “With Visit Tampa Bay’s new product offerings and sustained growth, the timing couldn’t be better for this partnership. As our industry moves into a new era, I am looking forward to further developing key connections between our team and industry leaders and collaborating for the benefit of all.”
For more information about the ASAE Alliance Partnership Program, please visit ASAE or contact Dan Melesurgo at dmelesurgo@asaecenter.org.
MEDIA CONTACT: Chris Vest, CAE, 202-626-2798, cvest@asaecenter.org
About Visit Tampa Bay
The heart of Florida’s West Coast beats in Tampa Bay. Visit Tampa Bay encourages adventurous travelers to unlock sun, fun, and culture in Florida’s most diverse travel destination. As a not-for-profit corporation certified by Destinations International’s Destination Marketing Accreditation Program (DMAP), we work with hundreds of partners to tell the world the story of Tampa Bay.
About ASAE
ASAE is a membership organization of more than 48,000 association executives and industry partners representing 7,400 organizations. Since it was established 100 years ago, its members have and continue to lead, manage, and work in or partner with organizations in more than a dozen association management disciplines, from executive management to finance to technology. With the support of the ASAE Research 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. Visit ASAE at asaecenter.org.