Partnership Benefits

We Value Our Partners!

Explore Altoona is a partnership-based 501-c(6) non-profit organization designated by the Blair County Board of Commissioners to serve as the County’s official Destination Marketing Organization.

Our Mission

The mission of Explore Altoona is to market Greater Blair County as a premier visitor destination offering a positive experience and fostering economic development.

Our Vision

The organization’s vision for Greater Blair County is a community where people come to visit and to experience a multitude of cultural, historical, and recreational opportunities in a clean, safe, and affordable environment.

Partnership Benefits

Marketing

  • Unique, individualized web page on our website with photo, map, and direct links to your website and social media.
  • Listing in the official Visitors Guide to Blair County
  • Promotion of your events through Calendar of Events on website
  • Co-op marketing opportunities
  • Opportunities for representation in seasonal & niche marketing campaigns

Public Relations & Social Media

  • Promotion on Explore Altoona's social media platforms
  • Representation at selected consumer shows & expos
  • Representation to travel writers
  • Promotion to group & meeting planners
  • Opportunities for networking
  • Educational seminars related to tourism & travel marketing

Referral to Visitors via Visitor Requests

  • Mailing fulfillment of your brochure/rack card
  • Distribution of your brochure/rack card at our brochure rack locations throughout Blair County

Brochure Rack Locations

Various hotels, restaurants, attractions throughout Blair County.

Visitor Fulfilment

Website, call-to-action based on targeted marketing placements - digital and print, and telephone.

PA on Display

14 PA Welcome Centers - located at key interstate gateways into PA. Various PA Turnpike Service Plazas

Getaways on Display

Targeted travel consumer areas: Northern VA and MD, South Central, Northern, Eastern and Western PA.

AAA Offices

Located throughout PA and NJ.

For more information and specific inquiries, and to schedule an individual discussion, please contact:

Patrick Schurr

Director of Partnership Development
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