e-Traveler - Register for Tourism Insider Meeting in Corning
July 10, 2024
Deadline: Register for the Next Tourism Insider Meeting by July 25
Join industry partners from all over the state at the next Tourism Insider Meeting in Corning on July 30-31! Discussion topics will include the role of volunteers in your community and farm to table attractions through sharing the story of Primrose. We’ll tour the Corning Opera House (the meeting venue) and the new Fire & Salt meat market, which aims to be a destination for Corning.
To those of you staying the night, rooms are available at the Corning Hotel. Please call to book and mention you are with the Travel Iowa meeting for a 5% discount (total room rate with tax is $122.36).
Please reach out to Stephanie Neppl (stephanie.neppl@iowaeda.com) with questions.
REGISTER
FY24 Wrap Up: Statewide Media Mentions
During FY24, Jessica O’Riley conducted 37 regular media interviews with a radio station in Marshalltown, two television stations in Cedar Rapids and one television station in Davenport. Nearly 100 events as well as various attractions and lodging properties were included in these earned media segments.
If you have a local radio or television station that would be interested in having Jessica talk about tourism in Iowa, send information to Jessica (jessica.oriley@iowaeda.com).
Visitation Data Now Available by Travel Area
Visitation data powered by Arrivalist is now available to all partners at no cost by travel area. Data includes visitation by month/season for the calendar year, percentage of overnight vs day trip travelers and top markets – all by travel area. The state is divided into five travel areas – Lakes & Land, Loess Hills & Beyond, Capital Country, Driftless Area and Storied & Scenic.
These reports are available by request only. Please reach out to Matt Kodis (matthew.kodis@iowaeda.com), Lora Friest (lora.friest@iowaeda.com) or Stephanie Neppl (stephanie.neppl@iowaeda.com) to receive these reports. On-demand city and county data is only available if you have purchased a sub-license to Arrivalist.
Registration Open for the 2024 CenStates TTRA Chapter Conference
Attend the 2024 CenStates TTRA Chapter Conference in Sioux City on October 9-11, 2024, to explore the future of travel. This year's conference is set to be an exciting gathering of industry leaders, researchers and enthusiasts and will offer opportunities to network, learn from engaging speakers and thought-provoking sessions and gain valuable insights to help you stay ahead of the curve.
REGISTER
Share Your Assets with the Iowa Tourism Office
Share your assets and attractions with us via Meta with CrowdRiff's Advanced Tracking tool. This helps us more easily discover partners' user-generated content and include for promotion in articles, social media posts and more, while also amplifying your reach and audience.
All you have to do is click this link to connect your Instagram and Facebook accounts to the Travel Iowa CrowdRiff account, which allows us to see and share (with your permission) your amazing Reels, stories, mentions and tagged content.
Helpful Tools to Organize Grant Opportunities
When natural disasters strike, it can be hard to believe that your community can recover. However, in addition to the immediate resources that are made available for emergency recovery, many federal grants for business development and community improvement award extra points to communities who have experienced natural disasters. Some state and federal funding also takes years to make it through the government pipeline, so keep an eye out to help your community recover.
Featured Grant: The Iowa Legislature has appropriated funding to the Community Forestry Grant Program specifically for planting trees in the 27 counties hit by the 2020 derecho. This funding may seem delayed, but most derecho communities have been engaged in helping families with housing, cleanup efforts and other issues. Now it's time to think forward and replace the thousands of destroyed trees that beautified your community for residents and visitors. Reimbursable grants of $500 to $10,000 are available to purchase and plant trees on public land. No match is required. Applications are due by 4:30 p.m. on Monday, August 26, 2024.
Here are the most important updates this week:
- Register for the next Tourism Insider Meeting in Corning by July 25.
- Learn how to share your assets with the Iowa Tourism Office for future promotion.
Deadline: Register for the Next Tourism Insider Meeting by July 25
Join industry partners from all over the state at the next Tourism Insider Meeting in Corning on July 30-31! Discussion topics will include the role of volunteers in your community and farm to table attractions through sharing the story of Primrose. We’ll tour the Corning Opera House (the meeting venue) and the new Fire & Salt meat market, which aims to be a destination for Corning.
To those of you staying the night, rooms are available at the Corning Hotel. Please call to book and mention you are with the Travel Iowa meeting for a 5% discount (total room rate with tax is $122.36).
Please reach out to Stephanie Neppl (stephanie.neppl@iowaeda.com) with questions.
REGISTER
FY24 Wrap Up: Statewide Media Mentions
During FY24, Jessica O’Riley conducted 37 regular media interviews with a radio station in Marshalltown, two television stations in Cedar Rapids and one television station in Davenport. Nearly 100 events as well as various attractions and lodging properties were included in these earned media segments.
If you have a local radio or television station that would be interested in having Jessica talk about tourism in Iowa, send information to Jessica (jessica.oriley@iowaeda.com).
Visitation Data Now Available by Travel Area
Visitation data powered by Arrivalist is now available to all partners at no cost by travel area. Data includes visitation by month/season for the calendar year, percentage of overnight vs day trip travelers and top markets – all by travel area. The state is divided into five travel areas – Lakes & Land, Loess Hills & Beyond, Capital Country, Driftless Area and Storied & Scenic.
These reports are available by request only. Please reach out to Matt Kodis (matthew.kodis@iowaeda.com), Lora Friest (lora.friest@iowaeda.com) or Stephanie Neppl (stephanie.neppl@iowaeda.com) to receive these reports. On-demand city and county data is only available if you have purchased a sub-license to Arrivalist.
Registration Open for the 2024 CenStates TTRA Chapter Conference
Attend the 2024 CenStates TTRA Chapter Conference in Sioux City on October 9-11, 2024, to explore the future of travel. This year's conference is set to be an exciting gathering of industry leaders, researchers and enthusiasts and will offer opportunities to network, learn from engaging speakers and thought-provoking sessions and gain valuable insights to help you stay ahead of the curve.
REGISTER
Share Your Assets with the Iowa Tourism Office
Share your assets and attractions with us via Meta with CrowdRiff's Advanced Tracking tool. This helps us more easily discover partners' user-generated content and include for promotion in articles, social media posts and more, while also amplifying your reach and audience.
All you have to do is click this link to connect your Instagram and Facebook accounts to the Travel Iowa CrowdRiff account, which allows us to see and share (with your permission) your amazing Reels, stories, mentions and tagged content.
Helpful Tools to Organize Grant Opportunities
When natural disasters strike, it can be hard to believe that your community can recover. However, in addition to the immediate resources that are made available for emergency recovery, many federal grants for business development and community improvement award extra points to communities who have experienced natural disasters. Some state and federal funding also takes years to make it through the government pipeline, so keep an eye out to help your community recover.
Featured Grant: The Iowa Legislature has appropriated funding to the Community Forestry Grant Program specifically for planting trees in the 27 counties hit by the 2020 derecho. This funding may seem delayed, but most derecho communities have been engaged in helping families with housing, cleanup efforts and other issues. Now it's time to think forward and replace the thousands of destroyed trees that beautified your community for residents and visitors. Reimbursable grants of $500 to $10,000 are available to purchase and plant trees on public land. No match is required. Applications are due by 4:30 p.m. on Monday, August 26, 2024.
- July 30-31, 2024 – Tourism Insider Meeting, Corning
- August 15, 2024 – Iowa Tourism Day at the Iowa State Fair, Des Moines