Help Shape Our Partner Education Sessions
The Visit Albuquerque team is planning this year’s Partner education sessions, and we want your input! Let us know which topics interest you by completing this quick survey. Your feedback will help us develop sessions that best support your needs.
Last Chance to Showcase Your Restaurant During Albuquerque Restaurant Week
The New Mexico Restaurant Association is launching Albuquerque Restaurant Week April 4-13. Restaurants can sign up now to be part of the event. Restaurants will get lots of exposure and promotion, bringing in new diners. Hotels can submit “Stay and Eat” deals with their on-site restaurants to encourage guests to dine and stay overnight. The deadline to sign up is March 14.
Apply for a New Mexico Tourism Department Grant
Grant programs through the New Mexico Tourism Department are opening soon. There are three main grants available:
- Clean and Beautiful Grant Program: The Tourism Department partners with communities to Keep New Mexico True by providing funding and technical assistance to municipalities, counties, Tribal Governments, and units of government on litter eradication, waste reduction and community beautification initiatives.
- Applications now open until April 4, 2025
- Destination Forward Grant Program: The purpose of the Destination Forward Grant Program is to support the development and implementation of tourism infrastructure projects throughout New Mexico.
- Applications now open until April 8, 2025
- Tourism Event Growth & Sustainability Program: The Tourism Event Growth & Sustainability (TEGS) program provides technical assistance, marketing, and sponsorship to qualified tourism events within New Mexico to support their growth and sustainability.
- Applications open March 19-April 17, 2025
Become a Visit Albuquerque Volunteer
Do you love Albuquerque and sharing the good news of the community with others? Visit Albuquerque is seeking individuals to volunteer at its two visitor centers located in Historic Old Town Albuquerque and the Sunport. Volunteers will work 3.5-hour shifts once a week or on weekends. This commitment requires customer service training and knowledge of Albuquerque and the state of New Mexico. Visit Albuquerque provides customer service training and training on Albuquerque through Albuquerque Community Experience classes. Volunteers will also have the opportunity to volunteer at sporting events and conferences. Being an ambassador for your city and state is a fun and exciting experience that will allow you to meet people visiting from around the world! To find out more, please contact Stephanie Montoya at Montoya@VisitABQ.org or 505-222-4304.
Advertise on Visit Albuquerque’s Website with DTN
It’s easy to get more exposure for your business on Visit Albuquerque’s website. In partnership with DTN, Visit Albuquerque offers seamless ads that integrate with our VisitABQ.org website’s content to make your ad feel natural. With a variety of paid advertising opportunities throughout our website, we have options fit for businesses of every size, scope and scale to capitalize on the fantastic visitor traffic that Visit Albuquerque is bringing to our market.
If you’re interested, contact DTN at Advertising@DTNads.com or 855-801-5905. For more information, click here.
Submit Your Events to the ABQ365 Events Calendar
Visit Albuquerque’s ABQ365 Events Calendar offers a great opportunity to promote your events! The one-stop, all-ABQ encompassing calendar features primarily arts, entertainment and culture-focused events, appealing to both locals and visitors.
Event listings offer a great opportunity for additional exposure and promotion, and can help keep your business top-of-mind – for free!
Click here to get started.
Submit Your Current Coupons
Coupons can be a great way to drive traffic to your business. If you have a current coupon or special running, please submit it to us so we can list it on our highly visited and shared Specials & Coupons page and on our digital savings pass. We also promote these specials and coupons during special events, meetings and conventions that are hosted in Albuquerque.
Click here to submit your current coupons and specials.
Tell Us What’s New
We want to help you share your new initiatives. If you are offering a new type of service or concept, a new product, or have anything else exciting or new going on, we want to hear about it! Send anything and everything to Media@VisitABQ.org.
Photo Credit: Sergio Salvador
