Southern West Virginia CVB

Who We Are

The mission of Southern West Virginia Convention & Visitors Bureau is to promote southern West Virginia as a visitor friendly travel destination.

The Southern West Virginia Convention & Visitors Bureau is a “destination marketing” organization. We are a not-for-profit organization that works independently under the auspices of a board of directors.

The Southern West Virginia Convention & Visitors Bureau is directly responsible for travel and tourism “product awareness” to visitors for the 9 county region that we are promote.

Funding

The primary funding source for the Southern West Virginia Convention & Visitors Bureau, as well as other bureaus like ours, is derived from a tax that is placed on lodging in the area in which we promote and contract to represent. We also offer a membership program to enhance revenue.

Marketing Initiatives

The Southern West Virginia Convention & Visitors Bureau marketing initiatives are achieved through the following: trade association marketplaces, travel shows, advertising, creation & distribution of promotional and collateral material, direct sales, hosting familiarization tours and other hospitality functions.

What We Do

The Southern West Virginia Convention & Visitors Bureau (SWVCVB) promotes 9 counties in Southern West Virginia. These 9 counties are: Raleigh, Mercer, Fayette, Greenbrier, Monroe, McDowell, Nicholas, Wyoming and Summers. The major cities in our region are Beckley, Hinton, Fayetteville, Summersville, Lewisburg, Pineville, Union, Princeton and Bluefield.

Southern West Virginia is an ideal place for individual leisure travel, conventions, meetings and group tours. The SWVCVB is the marketing arm for member businesses of the hospitality community. With this in mind, our Official Visitors Guide and Visitwv.com website is designed to be your authority on any and all tourism related information in southern West Virginia.

We enthusiastically encourage you to use this website and our official visitors guide as a valuable resource in planning your next visit, meeting or group tour to Southern West Virginia.

The SWVCVB, the official sales and marketing organization of Southern West Virginia, is proud of our region and cities and stand ready to ensure that your time here will be nothing less then outstanding.

Call us toll free at 1-800-847-4898 or locally at 304-252-2244.

Email us at:

Doug Maddy, President/CEO: doug@visitwv.com

Kay Bess, Sales & Marketing Director: kay@visitwv.com

Londa Justus, Office Manager: londa@visitwv.com

Molly Kiser, Group Tour and Membership: molly@visitwv.com

Lisa Strader, PR Director: lisa@visitwv.com

Jennifer Blankenship, Administrative Assistant: jennifer@visitwv.com

General Email: travel@visitwv.com