ASAE Welcomes Visit Tampa Bay as New Event Partner

ASAE has announced that Visit Tampa Bay has signed on as a new event partner in ASAE’s Alliance Partnership Program. 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.”