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Take Advantage of Year Round, High Impact Visibility &
Business Building Resources
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- As a CCTB member, your business appears in a number of high-impact, audience-specific publications and websites. Simply by joining the CCTB, your business has the potential to reach millions of people per year. Read on for details about some of the most comprehensive and highly sought-after guides to Chicago – from the professionals who know it best.
Publications
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Chicago Official Visitors Guide (COVG)
Audience: Individual business or leisure travelers planning or considering a Chicago trip.
Distribution: 1 million Only Chicago guide sent to those requesting information through Chicago’s official tourism call center (1-877-CHICAGO) and website, or the CCTB.
- Only visitor guide distributed at McCormick Place.
- Also distributed in regional tourism centers around the state, Chicago Visitor
- Information Centers, Chicago airports, and many hotels.
Frequency: 3x per year
Deadline to be included: Dec, March and August
Members listed: Things to see and do, dining and nightlife, shopping, transportation, and accommodations.
Meeting Professionals Guide (MPG)
Audience: Convention/trade show organizers or meeting planners coordinating or considering to hold an event in Chicago.
Distribution: 20,000
- Considered the meeting planners’ “ultimate guide” to organizing a Chicago event; no other guide like it.
- Goes to important Chicago customers and prospects through an annual mailing, fulfillment, trade shows and sales calls.
- Sent to members of important industry associations.
Frequency: Annual
Deadline to be included: July
Members listed: Exhibit facilities, hotel meeting facilities and accommodations, additional facilities and special event venues, transportation, convention services and suppliers, dining and nightlife, things to see and do.
Travel Professionals Guide (TPG)
Audience: Domestic and international group tour operators, destination management companies, wholesalers and group travel professionals.
Distribution:
15,000
Goes to important Chicago customers and prospects through an annual mailing, fulfillment, trade shows and sales calls. Sent to members of important industry associations.
Frequency: Annual
Deadline to be included: October
Members listed: Transportation and destination management companies, accommodations, things to see and do, dining, banquet facilities, nightlife, shopping, and other pertinent resources like translators/interpreters, concierges, hotel reservation and visitor information services.
Note: We have also created a number of value-added marketing or advertising buy-ins that allow you to increase your exposure in our core marketing products. See additional sheet titled “Additional Membership Upgrades and Special Marketing Buy-ins.”
Websites
www.choosechicago.com
Description: CCTB’s main website with most comprehensive amount of information for general use.
Traffic: 1.9 million user sessions in last year
Deadline to be included: None. Member listings are linked to membership database. Any additions or changes are live within 48 hours of updates (pending receipt of payment, if applicable).
Members listed: All
Special exposure: Attractions/sightseeing, dining, hotels, shopping, and transportation on downtown interactive map; All special event venues in searchable database; Hotels participating in special promotions, packages or any-time reservations; Restaurants participating in online reservations programs.
Key Facts: Promoted by CCTB to convention and trade show organizers, meeting planners, travel trade professionals, members, or anyone seeking general information about Chicago’s convention and tourism industry or the CCTB. Traffic continues to grow – doubled since two years ago.
- www.meetinchicago.com
Description: Targeted for those planning or considering to attend a Chicago
convention, trade show or meeting. Includes exhibitors and general attendees.
Traffic: 300,000 user sessions in last year
Deadline to be included: None. Member listings are linked to membership database. Any additions or changes are live within 48 hours (pending receipt of payment, if applicable).
Members listed: Things to do and see, dining, nightlife, car rentals, translators/interpreters, and currency exchanges.
Special exposure: Anyone participating in "Chicago’s We’re Glad You’re Here!®" special offer program; Attractions/sightseeing, dining, hotels, shopping, and transportation on interactive downtown map; All Special event venues in searchable database; Restaurants participating in online reservations programs.
Key Facts: Heavily promoted by the CCTB to those planning Chicago meetings as a way for them in turn to promote their Chicago event and encourage attendance. Traffic has increased dramatically since mid-’02 introduction – 62% increase over last year and more than doubled since two years ago.
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**New**
All CCTB memberships include a direct link from your company listing on all appropriate websites to your designated company website. This service was previously offered as a special web enhancement, but has been added to the general membership due to popular demand.
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- Note: We have also created a number of value-added marketing or advertising buy-ins that allow you to increase your exposure in our core marketing products. See additional sheet titled “Additional Membership Upgrades and Special Marketing Buy-ins.”
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- To request an application, find out the cost of membership or just hear more about the benefits, please e-mail us at: membershipinfo@choosechicago.com.
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