Welcome to the Charlotte region. Our quality of life is second to none, our cost of doing business is one of the lowest in the country, and we’re consistently ranked by national magazines as one of the best places to live, work, and play in the Southeast. The Queen City and the surrounding area have quite a story to tell, and we want to make sure the world hears it.

So whether you’re a hotel, a restaurant, an entertainment venue, or any business that needs tourism and convention dollars to thrive, we’ve got some good news: our sole business is to help you grow yours. Through networking opportunities, targeted advertising, promotional events, and industry research we deliver maximum exposure to Charlotte’s burgeoning crowds of visitors.

As the sales and marketing division of the Charlotte Regional Visitors Authority (CRVA), Visit Charlotte is committed to promoting the Charlotte region to visitors, meeting planners, and group tour operators and provides its partners with valuable benefits and services. The CRVA works closely with government, businesses and communities to enhance the economy and maintain the Charlotte region’s position as one of the Southeast’s centers of commerce, culture and innovation. Our mission is threefold:

• Market. Bring visitors and events to the Charlotte region and CRVA facilities.

• Manage. Make the visitors’ experiences positive and the events successful.

• Maximize. Market and manage in a way that brings visitors and events back and maximizes the economic impact to our region.

• Personalized consulting benefits designed to deliver a customized plug-in for our partners and meet all their individual needs.

• Professional assistance with packaging development.

• Visit Charlotte staff referrals and room night leads.

• Easy access to critical information, including reports on hospitality industry statistics and travel trends, and access to the password protected partnership directory and confidential convention and tradeshow calendar. 

• Partner listing on charlottesgotalot.com (over 1 million website visits annually). Featured listing opportunities available to enhance visibility, providing top placement for all returns regardless of  search criteria.

• Partner listing in the Official Visitors Guide (350,000 annual printed copies).

• Promotion of services through the Visitor Info Center, which assists visitors requesting information about the Charlotte region through call center inquiries, walk-in traffic, advertising inquiries and Official Visitors Guide request fulfillment.

• The opportunity to showcase your business during Visit Charlotte meetings and hosted events. Hosting opportunities available as part of Partners in Tourism and Visit Charlotte Connection networking events.

• New partner orientation that provides an introduction to key Visit Charlotte staff, helps you learn how to successfully leverage your partnership and maximize its benefits.

• The chance to serve as an ambassador at Visit Charlotte events or to volunteer for a committee or task force.