Are you longing to meet (safely!) face-to-face with your tourism colleagues and friends? Yearning for the opportunity to share experiences, ideas and solutions? Hoping to meet and learn from DMO professionals and other tourism experts? Then join us, November 3-5, in person for the 2021 CenStates Travel and Tourism Research Conference!
- Connect with Midwest travel and tourism professionals in person
- Explore marketing, research and development trends, tactics and tools
- Meet and learn from DMO colleagues and other tourism experts
- Experience real-life examples and case studies of recovery and change
CenStates Travel & Tourism Research Association, the Stoney Creek Hotel and St. Joseph CVB are fully committed to conducting a successful, productive and safe conference for all. We will adhere to the most up-to-date CDC-recommended practices at the time of the conference to create a safe, secure and enjoyable event for all attendees.
Register for the conference today!
Thank you, Sponsors!
Wednesday, November 3
- 5:30- 7:00 pm: Welcome Reception Sponsored by Missouri Division of Tourism
Thursday, November 4
- 7:30 – 8:15 am: Exhibitor Set Up & Conference Registration
- 8:30 – 8:45 am: Welcome to CenStates TTRA
- 8:45 – 9:15 am: Welcome to Missouri & Missouri Tourism Case Study
- 9:15 – 10:30 am: Burning at Both Ends
- 10:30 – 10:45 am: Networking Break
- 10:45 – 11:45 am: What Research is Right for You?
- 11:45 am – 12:30 pm: Make Geolocation Information Work for You
- 12:30 – 1:30 pm: Annual Meeting Lunch
- 1:45 – 2:15 pm: Public Health Strategies in Tourism
- 2:15 – 3:15 pm: Delivering the Right Message, to the Right Visitor at the Right Time
- 3:15 – 3:30 pm: Networking Break
- 3:30 – 4:30 pm: Hot Topics
- 4:30 – 5:00 pm: Walk to Talk, Part 1: Pony Express Museum
- 5:15 pm: Bus Departs from Hotel Lobby
- 5:30 – 7:00 pm: Walk the Talk, part 2 & Reception
- 7:15 pm: Dine Around St. Joseph
Friday, November 5
- 8:15 – 8:30 am: Wake up with CenStates; Event Index Discussion
- 8:30 – 9:30 am: Diversity, Equity and Inclusion in Tourism
- 9:30 – 10:30 am: Data Aggregation: The Future of Actionable Data and Insights
- 10:30 – 10:45 am: Networking Break
- 10:45 – 11:30 am: Travel into Aging
- 11:30 – 11:45 am: Closing Remarks, Winners Announced
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The CenStates conference is known as the affordable, regional conference where attendees are open and willing to share with one another.
Discounts available for TTRA members but reasonable rates for all.
REGISTER NOW!
Stoney Creek Hotel & Conference Center
1201 N Woodbine Road
Saint Joseph, MO 64506
The Stoney Creek Hotel and Conference Center is 30 minutes from the Kansas City International Airport in historic St. Joseph, MO located just north of Kansas City.
Overnight accommodations are an affordable $99 plus tax per night.
Make your reservations at the link below by October 8 to receive the special CenStates TTRA rate. Or call 1-800-659-2220 by October 8 and ask for the CenStates TTRA block.
RESERVE YOUR HOTEL ROOM NOW!
Interested in Sponsorship?
CenStates TTRA works year‐around to engage travel professionals through informative newsletters, special projects, at the TTRA International Conference and at its popular CenStates Conference.
A sponsorship to the CenStates TTRA includes your company logo not only at the event and in the conference program, but year‐around in emails sent to 1,700 travel professionals and on the chapter’s web page.
Other benefits apply depending on what level and activity matches your market. Sponsorship opportunities are limited, so choose early! Here are the sponsorship opportunities and benefits.
2021 SPONSORSHIP OPPORTUNITIES
Please contact Cathi Wineland for more information about the conference and sponsorship opportunities.
Cathi Wineland
317-250-7846
[email protected].