Benefits

Marketing

Ofﬁcial Saint Paul Insider's Guide

Published annually, this guide to Saint Paul is the premier piece for anyone looking for info about the city. Distribution of 125,000 copies through online requests, visitor centers, information booths, national & international tradeshows, media inquiries, hotels and area businesses. A free listing is included with membership and members receive discounted pricing on enhanced listings. See the digital guide.

VisitSaintPaul.com

Visit Saint Paul’s website is marketed locally, regionally and nationally as the resource for information about what to see and do in Saint Paul. Member proﬁle pages include photos, a description and links to your website and social networking sites. The event calendar is one of the site’s most visited pages and members can list their public events for free.

Visitor Centers

Visit Saint Paul supplies member marketing materials to Visitor Info Centers at the Landmark Center, Union Depot and for Conventions/Events. Members can provide their rack cards/brochures to let guests know about restaurants, special events, attractions and exhibits during their stay in the city.

Media Relations

Travel writers and reporters work with Visit Saint Paul for editorial inclusion about the city in regional, national and international media. Members are given priority for media familiarization tours and site visits. Visit Saint Paul also has an extensive social media network and regularly features members in blog posts.

Visitor Maps

Nearly 90,000 Visit Saint Paul visitor maps are distributed at hotels, Visitor Centers and during downtown events and conventions. Membership puts you on the map! Opportunity is available to businesses within the map boundaries. Members receive discounted pricing for enhanced listings.

Visitor Deals

Bring visitors right to your door. Visit Saint Paul provides a collection of Saint Paul Insider Deals FREE to visitors. Member businesses are invited to offer visitors mobile coupons at no additional cost that are available free via an activation code.

Business Leads and Referrals

The Visit Saint Paul Sales Team is ready to connect you with event and meeting planners. Find out how by contacting us today!

Convention Calendar

Receive Member’s Only access to the Convention Calendar with valuable information about conventions, meetings and events booked for the Saint Paul area.

Leads & Referrals

Members are on the preferred list of vendors and venues for client meetings, site inspections and group tour sales missions. Leads are sent to member businesses via e-mail when a client is looking for unique experiences including dining, special events, venues and attractions. Visit Saint Paul promotes doing business with members through referrals and staﬀ are dedicated to using member businesses for our projects, meetings and gifts.

Wedding Referrals

I Do Saint Paul is Visit Saint Paul’s wedding planning resource and leads are collected at IDoSaintPaul.com and local tradeshows. The contact info for brides/grooms looking for reception and ceremony sites, ﬂorists, spas/salons, rehearsal dinner locations, bakeries, catering, DJs, photographers, invites, transportation, décor and gifts is sent directly to partners for the opportunity to follow-up and develop new business.

Networking & Information Sharing

Join the tourism community and connect your business with other organizations in Saint Paul.

Networking

Member events are held at member businesses and are an opportunity for members to make connections, share updates and receive the most up-to-date information about the sales and marketing eﬀorts of Visit Saint Paul. Learn more about member events.

Visitor Service Training

The Amplify program allows concierge and front-of-house staff to learn about attractions and get a grasp on where to send visitors. The STAR Tour (Service Training has Awesome Rewards) is a complimentary training oﬀered to members' frontline hospitality staﬀ providing an overview of all that Saint Paul has to oﬀer visitors, beginning with a review of resources provided by Visit Saint Paul and ending with a city tour. These programs help frontline staﬀ with the perfect answers to the question, “What is there to see and do in Saint Paul?” See upcoming event dates.

E-Newsletter & Convention Alerts

The Visit Saint Paul membership e-Newsletter is your source for what’s happening within our organization, the Saint Paul business community, and the travel and tourism industry. Convention alerts arrive in your inbox with information about meetings, conventions and trade shows in the upcoming month.

Community Involvement

Membership demonstrates your company’s commitment to the mission of generating economic growth for the city by marketing Saint Paul as a preferred convention and tourism destination.

Annual Meeting

Held during National Travel & Tourism Week, this event is a great opportunity to gather with peers as the staff and board of directors celebrate the successes of the previous year and share the goals for the future.

Taste of Saint Paul Holiday Reception

Join friends, colleagues, and the Visit Saint Paul staff at the annual Taste of Saint Paul Holiday Reception held the first Tuesday after Thanksgiving each year. Indulge in the tasty creations from some of the area's finest restaurants and caterers while connecting with colleagues from the hospitality and business community. Free to attend for members.