Partner Connection

May 2024

Events
Partner Kudos
Marketing Tips and Tricks
Partner Opportunities
New & Renewing Partners

Events

ACE Your Team’s Customer Service Skills and Knowledge of Albuquerque

Visit Albuquerque’s Albuquerque Community Experience (ACE) training program is designed to brush up your employees’ customer service skills and strengthen their knowledge about the city. Graduates of the program can answer guests’ questions about things to do and places to visit. The program also provides training on topics such as first impressions, effective communication and handling conflict. Graduates will receive a commemorative lapel pin and a certificate recognizing their completion of the program.

Don’t miss your chance to attend an upcoming class:

June 12, 2024
9 a.m. to 12 p.m.
Kelly Jo Designs by Wine
6829 4th St. NW, Los Ranchos de Albuquerque, 87107

The cost is $25 per person for Partner businesses and $40 per person for non-Partners. Snacks will be provided along with water and coffee. To register, call Trish Hathoot at 505-908-8178 or send an email to TKHTrainingABQ@gmail.com.

Graduates will be recognized as Albuquerque Community Experience professionals and will receive a complimentary Community Experience pass that allows each of them and one guest to visit attractions throughout the Albuquerque area. The value of each ACE experience pass is more than $500!

Seating is limited, so register your employees now!

Refresh Your Knowledge of Partner Benefits at Partner Orientation

Refresh your knowledge about all the opportunities you have as a Visit Albuquerque Partner at Partner Orientation. Partners are welcome to learn how to make the most of your benefits. Partner Orientations occur every third Wednesday of the month.

When: Wednesday, June 26, from 9 to 11 a.m.
Where: Virtual

To reserve your spot, register here.

Partner Kudos

Snapdragon Tea Celebrates a Year in Business

Snapdragon Tea, a colorful and relaxing tea house in Nob Hill, is celebrating its first birthday. Congrats on the milestone!

Visit Albuquerque Partners Collaborate

Lost Cultures Tea Bar is teaming up with Scalo Chef David Ruiz to create a dining experience called “The Lost Supper.” We love to see our Partners work together!

People & Planet Refill Turns Two

On Earth Day, People & Planet Refill celebrated two years in business. Way to go!

Land of Enchantment Gallery Celebrates Eight Years

Land of Enchantment Photography Art Gallery recently celebrated eight years in business, and three years at its current location in Old Town. Kudos!

Home2 Suites by Hilton Albuquerque Airport Grand Opening

Home2 Suites by Hilton Albuquerque Airport hosted a grand opening in late April and is now open for business. Congrats!

Many people stand in front of the Home2Suites Airport hotel behind a red ribbon to celebrate its grand opening.

MARKETING TIPS AND TRICKS

The Best Time to Post on Social Media

Every social media platform has a different time when users are most likely to be online ready to engage with your post. Use this chart to consider when you should be posting on different platforms.

Best Social Media Practices for Different Hotel Segments

Depending on whether your hotel is a small bed and breakfast or a full-service hotel, your social media strategy should change to reflect that. Learn more about the best social media practices for different hotel segments, and what all hotels should be doing on social media.

Partner Opportunities

Visit Albuquerque Tourism Grant Program’s Applications Are Open

Applications for the 2024 Tourism Grant Program are open. The Tourism Grant Program is funded by the Albuquerque Tourism Marketing District. The overarching goal of the program is to spark innovative ideas that contribute to Albuquerque’s vibrancy and build new, creative visitor and resident experiences that grow a more diverse and thriving tourism economy. For more information and how to apply, click here. Applications close May 24.

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. We also promote these specials and coupons during special events, meetings and conventions being hosted in Albuquerque.

Click here to submit your current coupons and specials.

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.

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.

Sign Up to Participate in Tourism Exchange USA

Your hospitality business can be a part of a new partnership between New Mexico True and Tourism Exchange USA that is designed to help grow your online bookings and international visitation.

Tourism Exchange USA is a B2B digital marketplace that connects inventory and availability from tourism businesses like yours with a diverse marketplace of OTAs, travel distributors and international buyers. The goal of this program is to help businesses increase their distribution and online visibility, including helping offline businesses with making inventory bookable online for the first time.

If you’re interested in being an early adopter to get connected to the Tourism Exchange, you can learn more and start the application process at tourismexchangeusa.com.

New & Renewing Partners

Thanks To Our New & Renewing Partners

Visit Albuquerque’s Partners help support our mission to market the city as a top-choice destination for leisure travel, meetings and sporting events. Our thanks to the following Partners that recently joined or renewed their partnership with Visit Albuquerque. We appreciate your commitment to making Albuquerque a great place to visit and to live!

New Partners

Renewing Partners