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Destination DC
DC Committee to Promote Washington
1212 New York Avenue, NW, Suite 200
Washington, DC 20005
Destination DC serves as the lead organization to successfully manage and market Washington, DC as a premier global convention, tourism and special events destination, with a special emphasis on the arts, cultural and historical communities. By developing and executing centralized and cohesive sales and marketing strategies, Destination DC generates economic development for the city through tourism and meetings. In 2006, visitor spending exceeded $5.2 billion, representing $564 million in new tax dollars for the District of Columbia.
Destination DC is a private, non-profit corporation with a membership of more than 1,000 businesses and organizations that support the DC travel and tourism sector. A contracting arm of the Washington Convention Center Authority, the organization is funded by a percentage of DC’s hotel occupancy tax, along with membership dues and co-operative marketing fees.
Formerly known as the Washington, DC Convention & Tourism Corporation (WCTC), the organization was re-named in 2008 to reflect the organization’s increased emphasis on the city’s unique assets. The organization was established by business and community leaders in April 2001 by merging the Washington, DC Convention and Visitors Association and the DC Committee to Promote Washington. The Washington, DC Convention and Visitors Association was founded in 1931 to promote convention and leisure travel to the nation’s capital.
Destination DC is a not-for-profit organization charged with representing Washington DC and helping the long-term development of Washington DC communities through a travel and tourism strategy. Destination DC is an unbiased resource, and serves as a broker and official point of contact for convention and meeting planners, tour operators and visitors. Destination DC will assist planners with meeting preparation and encourage business travelers and visitors alike to visit local historic, cultural and recreational sites.
Destination DC makes planning and implementing a meeting less time-consuming and more streamlined. They give meeting planners access to a range of services, packages and value-added extras. Before a meeting begins, sales professionals from Destination DC can help locate meeting space, check hotel availability, and arrange for site inspections. Destination DC can also link planners with the suppliers, from motor coach companies and caterers to off-site entertainment venues, that can help meet the prerequisites of any event.
No matter the size of the meeting being organized, from 50 to 50,000, all planners are encouraged to use Destination DC.
1212 New York Avenue, NW, Suite 200
Washington, DC 20005
Destination DC serves as the lead organization to successfully manage and market Washington, DC as a premier global convention, tourism and special events destination, with a special emphasis on the arts, cultural and historical communities. By developing and executing centralized and cohesive sales and marketing strategies, Destination DC generates economic development for the city through tourism and meetings. In 2006, visitor spending exceeded $5.2 billion, representing $564 million in new tax dollars for the District of Columbia.
Destination DC is a private, non-profit corporation with a membership of more than 1,000 businesses and organizations that support the DC travel and tourism sector. A contracting arm of the Washington Convention Center Authority, the organization is funded by a percentage of DC’s hotel occupancy tax, along with membership dues and co-operative marketing fees.
Formerly known as the Washington, DC Convention & Tourism Corporation (WCTC), the organization was re-named in 2008 to reflect the organization’s increased emphasis on the city’s unique assets. The organization was established by business and community leaders in April 2001 by merging the Washington, DC Convention and Visitors Association and the DC Committee to Promote Washington. The Washington, DC Convention and Visitors Association was founded in 1931 to promote convention and leisure travel to the nation’s capital.
Destination DC is a not-for-profit organization charged with representing Washington DC and helping the long-term development of Washington DC communities through a travel and tourism strategy. Destination DC is an unbiased resource, and serves as a broker and official point of contact for convention and meeting planners, tour operators and visitors. Destination DC will assist planners with meeting preparation and encourage business travelers and visitors alike to visit local historic, cultural and recreational sites.
Destination DC makes planning and implementing a meeting less time-consuming and more streamlined. They give meeting planners access to a range of services, packages and value-added extras. Before a meeting begins, sales professionals from Destination DC can help locate meeting space, check hotel availability, and arrange for site inspections. Destination DC can also link planners with the suppliers, from motor coach companies and caterers to off-site entertainment venues, that can help meet the prerequisites of any event.
No matter the size of the meeting being organized, from 50 to 50,000, all planners are encouraged to use Destination DC.
