Benefits of East Regional Tourism Marketing Cooperative, Inc. Membership

  1. The group meets six times a year.  Meetings in different locations provide an opportunity to learn about a new attraction, hotel or area in the region. Speakers provide hints for marketing for value-conscious organizations.
  2. The East Regional Tourism Marketing Cooperative consists of 25 counties. Having members in 25 counties provides an opportunity to network and create personal contacts.
  3. Members have the opportunity to participate in marketing efforts.  Many of these are “pay to play” and costs are greatly reduced due to the number of participants.
  4. Each member has the opportunity to bring brochures for those in attendance to take back to their hotel, attraction or community. This provides a less expensive method of distributing your brochures to the region than direct mail.
  5. This group has a repution of successfully working together. Many projects include smaller communities that do not have an organized visitor’s bureau.
  6. East Regional Marketing Manager Kelleen Larkey works for Office of Tourism Development. Kelleen keeps the membership informed on other opportunities available through Tourism Development. Kelleen sells advertising for the Indiana Travel Guide, Festival Guide, Outdoor Recreation Guide, and www.visitindiana.com

Click here to download the 2011 Membership Application.

Membership Information: Maureen Lambert, CTIS Anderson/Madison County VCB 6335 S. Scatterfield Road Anderson, IN 46013 (765) 643-5633 ERTMC

  • Board of Directors President: Mike Kase, Hoosier Park Racing & Casino
  • Vice President: Gyneth Augsburger, Jay County
  • Secretary: Ashli Pershing, The Honeywell Center
  • Treasurer: Marvin McNew, Salamonie Interpretive Center
  • Marketing Chair: Dick Martin, Dekalb County CVB
  • Past President/Membership Chair: Maureen Lambert, Anderson/Madison County VCB
  • Web Chair: Jack Wilson, Solutions4ebiz

2011 Meetings (All Meetings Start at 10:30 am)

  • April 20 - Bear Creek Farms
  • June 15 - Franklin County
  • August 17 - Allen County
  • October 19 - Peru / Miami County
  • December 14 - Wabash County History Museum