Why Use a Convention Visitors Bureau (CVB)
or Destination Marketing Organzation (DMO)?

CVB/DMOs make planning and implementing a meeting less time-consuming and more streamlined. They give meeting planners access to a range of services and packages. Before a meeting begins, CVB/DMO sales professionals can help locate meeting space, check hotel availability, and arrange for site inspections. CVB/DMOs can also link planners with the suppliers, from motorcoach companies and caterers to off-site entertainment venues, that can help meet the prerequisites of any event.

What are some of the specific services CVB/DMOs offer planners?

• CVB/DMOs can offer unbiased information about services and facilities in the destination.
• CVB/DMOs serve as a vast information database and a one-stop shop, thus saving planners time, energy and money in the development of a meeting.
• CVB/DMOs act as a liaison between the planner and the community. For example, CVB/DMOs are aware of community events with which your meeting may beneficially coincide (like festivals or sporting events). They can also work with city government to get special permits and to cut through red tape.
• CVB/DMOs can help meeting attendees maximize their free time through the creation of pre and post-conference activities, spouse tours, and hosting of special evening events.
• CVB/DMOs can provide hotel room counts and meeting space statistics, and will keep a convention/meetings/events calendar in order to help planners avoid conflicts and/or space shortages.
• CVB/DMOs can match properties to specific meeting requirements and budgets.

Other services provided to planners include:

• Collateral material
• Help with on-site logistics, including registration
• Housing bureaus
• Auxiliary services, such as production companies, catering, transportation
• Site inspections/familiarization tours and site selection
• Speakers and local educational opportunities
• Security
• Coordination of local transportation
• Access to special venues

The overall job of a CVB/DMO such at the Longview Convention and Visitors Bureau is to market and sell a destination. LCVB wants every single client to be happy. It is going to do everything it can to match every client with the perfect setting and services for its meetings. The bottom line — the LCVB is set to work for you.

So, make your life easier and let LCVB services work for you.