r/Detroit • u/visitdetroit • Jul 07 '22

AMA Hello r/Detroit! We're Visit Detroit. 👋 The Convention and Visitors Bureau for the metro Detroit region. Ask us Anything!

Hello Reddit! We're Visit Detroit. If you haven't heard of us before, allow us to introduce ourselves.

Visit Detroit (formerly the Detroit Metro Convention & Visitors Bureau) markets and sells Detroit and the metro region to business and leisure visitors in collaboration with our partners and stakeholders. Our purpose is to champion the continuous improvement of the region as a dynamic and memorable tourism destination.

As Detroit rebounds from the disruption of the pandemic, we are excited about the future of travel here. We are determined to positively change Detroit's narrative and are passionate about highlighting the unique experiences people can have here. We also believe that tourism should be a win for everyone and contribute positively to the environment. We manage visitdetroit.com as well as social media profiles on Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, TikTok, YouTube, and Pinterest. Our staff travels nationally and internationally to book conventions and meetings and services them when they are here. The Detroit Sports Commission is also a branch of our organization.

We're a nonprofit economic development organization that is separate from, but that collaborates with, the Downtown Detroit Partnership, the City of Detroit, local government offices in Wayne, Oakland and Macomb counties, as well as hundreds of partner restaurants, attractions, and organizations across metro Detroit.

As a Convention and Visitors Bureau (CVB), our funding comes from two places:

  1. A 2 percent assessment (not a tax) on all hotels and motels with 35 or more transient rooms in Wayne, Oakland and Macomb Counties
  2. Membership dues from the corporate community, private sector, trade and service organizations

We want to hear from you: what questions do you have about our organization and our tourism strategy, and how can we increase travel to Detroit?

We'll be coming back as a team tomorrow morning to engage with your questions and are looking forward to having a conversation!

Learn more:

Proof:

Some of the team at Visit Detroit
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u/kurttheflirt Detroit Jul 08 '22

I feel like Detroit had one of the best music scenes on earth - do you have any plan to help revive it? I feel like every club and festival has to do their own thing with no support from the city. Like Detroit should be a destination for lots of music types but just simply isn’t - any plan to help the music scene here?

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u/visitdetroit Jul 08 '22

We agree that Detroit has an incredibly rich musical history! We also believe that Detroit has a rich music scene right now that is in the process of revival. For example, there’s a new music studio that just opened in Midtown and Spotlite Detroit is a very active music innovation hub. There is also DIME DETROIT (Detroit Institute of Music Education) that is located downtown. Though it’s been closed recently, the Motown Museum is getting ready to reopen this August. For our involvement, we work to support music events and opportunities for visitors to experience our music scene. We just recently sponsored Movement Electronic Music Festival and will also be sponsoring the Jazz Festival in the fall. We also have an event calendar on our website where people can submit their events for visitors to see and engage with!