May 2025 Partner Newsletter
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In This Issue:
- The Destination Summit
- Frontline Orientation
- Tourism Cares Clean Up Day
- Partner of the Month
- International Market Itinerary Feature
- Industry News + Events
- Featured B2B Partner
- New Partners
The Destination Summit
Thank you to all who attended our annual meeting, The Destination Summit, at the USM Portland Campus.
You can find photos, videos, and presentations from the day on The Destination Summit website.
Frontline Orientation
We hosted our Frontline Orientation event on May 20 at Ocean Gateway to kick off the Summer/Fall season. Frontline is a day of training, prizes, and tours for our frontline staff.
Tourism Cares Clean Up Day
We kicked-off National Travel and Tourism Week by partnering with the Portland Parks Conservancy to clean-up Riverton Trolley Park—we had over 20 community members and local businesses join us in sprucing-up our neighborhood park. Together, we collected over 11 bags of trash. Thank you to those who participated!
View our Partner of the Month
Partner of the Month is back. Our Partner of the Month Program seeks to highlight Visit Portland Partners who have shown extraordinary efforts in assisting our mission.
Click hereto see who we are honoring this month.
International Market Itinerary Feature
terested in reaching the International Market? Participating partners can receive a featured listing in one or more sample itinerary blogs that will be used during 1 on 1 appointments at IPW next month. Click hereto view previous itineraries from last year. These spots go quickly – if you are interested, please contact our CBO, Kate McDonough.
Industry News + Events
- The next virtual session of the I.D.E.A.S. series is Hire to Inspire: Racial Equity from Recruitment to Retention, which will be held on June 10 at 9:00 AM. This discussion will be led by Adilah Muhammed, Founder & Executive Director of The Third Place, and David Pease, Senior VP at Bangor Savings Bank. Register here.
- Longwoods International completed a case study on Canadian Travel Sentiment Towards the U.S. and found that 60% of Canadians claim that current U.S policies, trade practices and political statements make them less likely to travel to the U.S. in the next twelve months. Read more.
- President & CEO of Visit Portland Lynn Tillotson recently went on the Delightful Destinations podcast based out of Baltimore. Listen to the episode here.
Featured B2B Partner
Words@Work delivers fractional CMO-level guidance by aligning the day to day marketing efforts with your strategic plan, bringing targeted expertise to level up your marketing, and providing the extra hands to get the work done.