Sponsorships
Visibility at the conference means access to a community of freelance writers actively looking for story ideas related to the Northwest.

Sponsorships

The Pacific NW Travel Writers Conference provides a forum for freelance writers, staff writers, and journalists who want to explore and expand their markets in new ways in a changing world.

Sponsorship of this event offers your organization:

Alignment with the Pacific NW Travel Writers Conference team to provide attendees with tools and information needed to promote and publish articles and photography throughout 2010 related to Northwest properties, attractions, fourseason recreation, and niche tourism categories
A wider number and range of attendees by helping keep conference costs affordable and thus increasing interest and accessibility
Advertising via social networking sites, conference mailings, and conference web site, www.TravelandWords.com, will reach more than 5,000 prospective participants. With budget cuts occurring across agencies and organizations, the benefits to your organization include shared marketing and promotional efforts that help keep costs low and increase cost effectiveness through exposure to a highprofile audience of freelance writers, journalists, staff writers, and editors
Access to a community of freelance writers actively looking for story ideas related to the Northwest. The multiplier effect on your investment includes articles and readership that result from conference attendance as well as the opportunity to establish beneficial connections through individual conference participants and reaching new markets throughout 2010

Conference Features

Panels and Speakers by professional Northwest writers, magazine and newspaper editors, and specialists in travel trends as well as specialists in Northwest history, fourseason recreation, attractions, and niche tourism in the greater Pacific Northwest
Keynote speaker nationally known for his work in “Civic Tourism: The Poetry and Politics of Place”
Presentation of story and article ideas, meeting regional contacts, guidance on editorial positioning, and exploring major trends in writing and publishing in freelance markets in the Northwest and across the U.S. and abroad
Exploring current tools for effective technological positioning in the travel writing industry
Formal and informal networking with Northwest visitor information center and convention and visitors bureau representatives as well as Northwest hospitality industry planners, web designers and promoters, and other freelance writers
Trade show activities related to Northwest travel, tourism, and hospitality

Participation Levels

Major sponsor: $2,500 and above
(Provides exclusive “Major Sponsor” positioning by one organization or shared by two sister organizations)

Contributing sponsor: $1,500

Supporter: $1,000

Friend: $150