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Marketing

The marketing committee focuses on the development of the Association’s brand and collateral materials while keeping all the niche markets in mind. The niche markets include but are not limited to sports, group travel,  and meetings.

The marketing committee meets the 3rd Tuesday of every month at 2 PM. Reach out to Chelsea Lerud if you are interested in joining the committee.

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iTIP is excited to again be promoting Iowa to a national audience to recruit the niche markets of groups, sports, and meetings. iTIP plans to attend 4 tradeshows while sponsoring a handful of others.

Thank you to Travel Iowa for partnering on this effort.

 

FY25 Trade Shows:

MEETINGS

  • Destination Midwest (sponsorship)
    Location: Wichita, KS
    Dates: August 5 – 7, 2024
  • Meeting Planners International WEC
    Location: St. Louis, MO
    Dates: June 17 – 20, 2025

SPORTS

  • TEAMS Conference & Event Expo
    Location: Anaheim, CA
    Dates: September 24 – 26, 2024
  • Sports ETA (sponsorship)
    Location: Tulsa, OK
    Dates: April 14 – 17, 2025

GROUP TOUR

  • American Bus Association Marketplace
    Location: Philadelphia, PA
    Dates: February 1 – 4, 2025
  • Heritage Clubs International
    Location: Sioux City, IA
    Dates: February 24 – 28, 2025
  • Midwest Marketplace
    Location: Dubuque, IA
    Dates: April 6 – 8, 2025

SEEKING PHOTOS

iTIP is seeking a supply of print quality images to use in different marketing and promotional pieces to promote travel in Iowa. Please upload your favorite images of your community or attraction to the Google Drive for use by iTIP. Please save the files as “City Name_Location Name”.