CVB Services

CVB Sales & Service Team

As local experts with extensive in-market relationships, we can provide you with a comprehensive view of Asheville. We are the best first point of contact to help you 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 planners

• Distribute leads and coordinate hotel responses
• Coordinate site visits
• Provide information to support presentations to selection committees
• Qualify hotel options and services based on meetings' needs

Additional services are available to planners who originate their RFP with the CVB.

Send your RFP to us and get additional exclusive services.

Exclusive services include

• Amenity gifts for VIPs
• Attraction Value Cards for all attendees
• Staff member can travel prior year to promote destination to your attendees
• Gift Card to incentivize early registration & build attendance
• Press release sent to local media on your behalf
• Qualifying meetings are eligible for CVB's Meetings Incentive Funds
• Custom micro website providing visitor information for attendees
• Delivery of visitor information to meeting site
• Staffed information table (based on availability)
• Mention of your event in CVB partner newsletter with information on opportunities to participate

More convention services

Attendance Building & Meeting Marketing Services

• Asheville Travel Guides and giveaways to promote a future meeting in Asheville
• Promotional text
• Asheville images and videos
• Promotional brochure focusing on attracting potential meeting attendees

Planning Assistance

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

Visitor information & Giveaways for Attendees

• Travel guides, maps, plastic bags and giveaways