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January 23, 2023 - Mexico Sales & Media Mission Spurs Game in Mexico City December 14- 18, 2022  Staff coordinated a sales and media mission to Mexico City in conjunction with the Spurs/Miami Heat game. In collaboration with the U.S. Travel Association and the U.S. Department of Commerce, we coordinated a breakfast that focused on attendance building for the […] Read More

January 23, 2023 - Member events this quarter focused on providing networking and opportunities to meet for members.   Visit San Antonio is tracking and ramping up efforts to engage underrepresented businesses in our community. To improve our membership program, the team continues outreach to ensure our membership base reflects the diversity of our city. In October, the team unveiled […] Read More

January 23, 2023 - Q1 River Walk Summary (October 1 – December 31, 2022)  Read More

January 23, 2023 - Destination Experience Team provided support to 35 meeting/convention groups convening in San Antonio who represented over 80,215 attendees and over 114,640 total room nights. The estimated economic impact of these groups was $84 million. The Destination Experience Managers coordinated and led 12 planning site visits during Q1 for groups who will meet in San Antonio […] Read More

January 23, 2023 - Tasting Texas Wine + Food Festival   Thanks to San Antonio’s unique and diverse culinary offerings, Visit San Antonio and Culinaria San Antonio were able to join efforts and connect with the iconic James Beard Foundation to create the first-ever statewide culinary festival of its kind – the Tasting Texas Wine + Food Festival. With an […] Read More

January 23, 2023 - Government Relations  During the 1st Quarter, the Government Relations Team continued to monitor the activity of the federal, state, and local levels of government for any impact on the travel and tourism industry.   The team worked with our federal, state, and local elected officials and their staff, state and national advocacy organizations, Visit San Antonio […] Read More

January 18, 2023 - The first quarter of FY23 was filled with fantastic coverage, bountiful media coverage and non-stop pitching and meetings. The start of the quarter was hopefully a harbinger of the great year ahead. Just in October, Visit San Antonio hosted 33 media and secured more than $3.8 million in earned media coverage. A big driver was […] Read More

January 18, 2023 - The Communications Department recorded $6,302,858 in outer market earned media value from 286 outer market media placements logged in FY23 Q1, with the values and quantity still affected by the pandemic changes in media and travel. Key coverage recorded for the quarter included Fox News, MSN News, Forbes, INSIDER, USA Today, Conde Nast Traveler, Travel […] Read More

August 26, 2022 - The Communications Department recorded $827,627 in outer market earned media value from 32 outer market media placements logged in July, with the values and quantity still affected by the pandemic changes in media and travel. Coverage recorded for the month included Food & Wine, Travel + Leisure, Conde Nast Traveler, AFAR, Love Exploring, Hotels Above […] Read More

August 26, 2022 - July was a good month for large, national media stories on San Antonio. The Alamo City was featured in stories from Food & Wine, Travel + Leisure, Conde Nast Traveler and AFAR covering our city’s best chefs, restaurants, cultural icons and hotels.   The peak summer month also featured the tickets on-sale for Tasting Texas Wine […] Read More