CVB Services

From site selection to planning the details, the Explore Asheville Sales & Service team offers valuable support and services to meeting and convention planners.

Explore Asheville Sales & Service Team

As local experts with extensive in-market relationships, we can provide meeting and conference planners with a comprehensive view of Asheville.

We are the best first point of contact to help planners find the right fit for any size meeting. Our completely complimentary services save you time, effort and help you make the smartest decisions.

We help meeting planners

Distribute your meeting's RFP to hotels that meet your criteria and coordinate the hotel responses
Qualify hotel options and services based on your meeting's needs
Coordinate your site visits
Provide information to support presentations to selection committees
As a part of our Exclusive Services package for RFPs originated through the CVB, qualified meetings are eligible for the CVB's Have More Fun on Us incentive program

Exclusive Services

Additional Exclusive Services are available to planners who originate their RFP with the CVB. Send your meeting's RFP to us to qualify for these additional services.

Welcome Bags for VIPs of your choice (number of bags based on contracted hotel rooms)
Gift Card to incentivize early registration & build attendance
Custom micro website providing visitor information for attendees
Delivery of visitor information to meeting site
Staffed information table available to meetings with 300 or more attendees
Registration staff assistance available to meetings with 150 rooms on peak
Upon request, we will conduct an Event Impact Calculation for your meeting or sports event, providing the impact it had on the local community

More Convention Services

The CVB Convention Service Manager can also assist with these helpful planning services:

Attendance Building & Meeting Marketing Services

Asheville Travel Guides and giveaways to promote a future meeting in Asheville
Asheville images, videos, and promotional text for use in your marketing materials
Promotional brochure focusing on attracting potential meeting attendees

Planning Assistance

Group activity ideas and contacts
Resources and ideas for offsite event spaces, group restaurants, local speakers & entertainers, service project ideas, etc.
Local media list, tips for contacting media and news release & media advisory templates

Visitor Information & Giveaways for Attendees

Travel guides, maps, and giveaways

Contact Us

sales & group services

Get planner news and promotions

First Name*:

Last Name*:

Organization*:

Email*:

Zip*:

* Indicates a required field.

Industry Recognition

2022 Prevue Visionary Award Silver Winner: Best U.S. Destination for Meetings & Conventions, Small
2021 Stella Awards Silver Winner: Best CVB Southeast Region
2020 Prevue Visionary Award Silver Winner: Best U.S. Destination for Meetings & Conventions, Small
2020 Smart Meetings Platinum Choice Award
2020 ConventionSouth Readers’ Choice Award
2019 Smart Meetings Platinum Choice Award
2019 ConventionSouth Readers’ Choice Award
2018 Smart Meetings Platinum Choice Award
2017 Stella Awards Finalist: Best CVB Southeast Region
2016 Prevue Visionary Award Gold Winner: Best Planner Support from CVB, Southeast
2016 Smart Meetings Platinum Choice Award
2015 M&C Gold Service Award

“We chose Asheville for our conference not only for the beauty of the setting, but for its rich and diverse culture and support of the arts. As a very walkable city, Asheville provided our attendees a background of entertainment, amazing food, and creative drinks while learning about how to make a living in the field of jewelry and metals. The large amount of galleries in the downtown are provided for a rich exhibition crawl filled with unique and varied exhibitions.

Gwynne Rukenbrod Smith
Executive Director
Society of North American Goldsmiths

CVB Services

Explore Asheville Sales & Service Team

We help meeting planners

Exclusive Services

More Convention Services

Attendance Building & Meeting Marketing Services

Planning Assistance

Visitor Information & Giveaways for Attendees

Contact Us

Michael Kryzanek, CHME

Connie Nuckolls Holliday, CMP, HCMM

Tina Porter

Shawn Boone

Kathryn Dewey

Beth McKinney

Carli Adams

Emily Crosby

Khal Khoury

John Dawson

Get planner news and promotions

Industry Recognition