History & Purpose

The Anchorage Convention & Visitors Bureau promotes Anchorage as a destination by:

Providing a vehicle for the merging of public and private resources
Securing and maintaining social, cultural and economic visitor benefits for Anchorage residents on a year-round basis
Promoting the Municipality of Anchorage, including all facilities, attractions, activities and services from Portage Glacier to the village of Eklutna, including downtown, Chugach State Park and portions of Chugach National Forest
Promoting all major attractions, activities, and member facilities and services within a day's outing from downtown. Relating to this purpose, ACVB is also a vehicle for the promotion of all of Alaska as a visitor destination.

History

The Municipality of Anchorage established ACVB in 1975 in response to voters and the visitor industry to stimulate tourism growth and to diversify the economy.

Since 1975 ACVB has changed to meet opportunities and challenges. Services have been added, sales efforts enhanced, and communications options expanded. As a result, we have met or exceeded sales goals for Conventions Sold and Tourism Sales, and experienced many record-breaking bed tax collection years, including 2004 with a bed-tax collection of $11.5 million dollars.

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