Industry Services

Please see below for a list of services the Newport News Tourism Division can provide to businesses in Newport News: 

Provide copies of our publications, which include the annual Visitor Guide, attractions map, Toast the Coast pocket guide, restaurant brochure, calendar of events flyer, Art & Sculpture brochure, history brochures, etc., for the following:

• • Tourism-related businesses that travelers visit (attractions, hotels, restaurants, etc.).
  • Residents and their visiting friends/family.
  • Visitors to our State Welcome Centers (FEE paid to display brochures).
  • Visitors to neighboring Visitor Centers (No fee paid to display brochures).
  • Corporations (for recruitment and/or relocation purposes).
  • Groups that stay or are interested in Newport News.

Employees of State Welcome Centers and Visitor Information Centers are provided customer service training twice a year.

A familiarization tour of Newport News is given each spring and fall for industry frontline personnel and city employees who deal with the public.

We host a group-planning seminar to assist residents in planning group events, conventions, reunions, etc., which helps our tourism industry as well as meeting planners.

We provide email addresses and/or street addresses of our industry partners for your business’ promotions and emails.

Through our website, photographs of Newport News are available for unpaid media promotions.

We provide a location at our state-certified Visitor Center at Newport News Park to place publications that include Newport News, regional, and state tourism/relocation information. Space is limited. Contact Janie Tross, Visitor Center Manager, for details at trossjm@nnva.gov.  

Other Suggestions:

• • Join the Newport News Hospitality Association, an organization representing retail and service establishments, attractions, restaurants, and lodging in Newport News (annual membership fee required).
  • Include your email to receive press releases from the city (free).
  • Join the Chamber of Commerce and use their services to deploy emails (fee required).
  • Add your email to “This Week in Newport News” to receive weekly event information from tourism (free).
  • Add your email to Newport News Now to receive a daily newsletter about the city https://www.nnva.gov/2121/Newport-News-Now (free).
  • Visit newportnewstourism.org for industry information and statistics (free).
  • Visit newport-news.org for blogs, media releases, and information about our attractions restaurants, shopping, day trips, parks, festivals/events, etc. (free).
  • Follow various city Facebook/Instagram accounts to stay up-to-date on all things Newport News (free).
  • Create your own Facebook and Instagram accounts to build fans and followers interested in your advertising services (free).
  • Build a database of informational websites and contacts. Constant Contact is one recommendation (fee).
  • Advertise on Facebook to build followers (fee).