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Please use our media library for downloadable images and usage rights.Happy Balloon Fiesta Week! We hope you are enjoying this busy season, and that business is strong. Thank you for all you're doing to make visitors feel welcome in Albuquerque. You may spot Visit Albuquerque's "Red or Green?" balloon floating through the skies this week during Balloon Fiesta. It debuted last year, and brings together two beloved Albuquerque treasures – chile and ballooning. Check out this mini documentary that details the design of the balloon and why it's representative of this city we call home.
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 will occur every third Wednesday of the month. Light refreshments will be provided. Don’t forget to bring your laptop with you for a live Partner Plaza demonstration!
When: Wednesday, Oct. 18, 2023, from 9 to 11 a.m.
Where: Visit Albuquerque Office (20 First Plaza NW, Suite 601, Albuquerque, NM 87102)
To reserve your spot, register here.
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.
Don’t miss your chance to attend an upcoming class:
Wednesday, Oct. 25, 2023
2 p.m. to 5 p.m.
The Historic Lobo Theater
3013 Central Ave. NE
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!
The Albuquerque Isotopes welcomed 521,521 fans to a home game this season. That’s the highest total attendance in the Pacific Coast League and fifth highest in all of minor league baseball. Way to go!
Two Visit Albuquerque Partner restaurants recently won 2023 Hospitality Industry Awards from the New Mexico Restaurant Association. Mark Herman, CEO of Dion’s and Tula’s Kitchen, was recognized as the 2023 Restaurateur of the Year. M’Tucci’s restaurants were recognized with a community service award. Congratulations!
Marble Brewery won a silver medal at the 2023 Great American Beer Festival competition. “Thunder from Dortmunder” won the silver in the Dortmunder or German-Style Oktoberfest beer-style category. Kudos!
What size should you make a video for TikTok? What if you want to cross-post it on Instagram? Every social media platform has different ideal video sizes to maximize your posts. Use this guide to find what specs to use for a video on each social media platform.
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.
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.
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.
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!
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.
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 live and to visit!
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