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Chicago’s single most influential visitor media company

We reach more visitors, more often, more effectively than any other Chicago visitor media channel.

  • The most visible and trusted visitor brand
  • Must-read travel guides
  • The CCTB is consistently ranked among the nation’s top five Bureaus for exceptional service by readers of Meetings & Conventions magazine (we’ve received this award for the last 12 years)

Chicago’s visitor market represents millions

And the CCTB gives you access to the most engaged visitors.

  • Access to more than 44 million visitors annually
  • These visitors represent more than $10 billion in spending annually
  • Spending doesn’t stop with the convention

The Chicago convention visitor: One of a kind

Our visitor audience is the largest, most active group of consumers in Chicago.

  • Educated, affluent—and ready to spend.
  • Tech-savvy. The visitor demographic is internet-dependent.
  • A viral marketing powerhouse. Visitors are responsive to advertising and recommend vendors, brands, and services to each other.

Choosechicago.com and meetinchicago.com get makeovers

Engaging websites designed to maximize efficiency and effectiveness for both our audiences and advertisers.

  • Clean, directory driven advertising. Contextual, targeted, value-driven.
  • Graphic ad, text ad and email advertising opportunities
  • Custom trip planning tools
  • Tools focused on exhibitors, attendees and planners
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Randolph Street Market Festival  |  8/30/2008 - 8/31/2008
1350 Block of West Randolph Street
1350 Block of West Randolph Street
Chicago, IL 60605
Chicago Jazz Festival  |  8/28/2008 - 8/31/2008
Jackson Blvd. and Columbus Dr.
Chicago, IL 60602
VIVA! Chicago Latin Music Festival  |  8/23/2008 - 8/24/2008
Grant Park, Jackson Blvd. and Columbus Dr.
Grant Park, Jackson Blvd. and Columbus Dr.
Chicago, IL 60616
Scenes from the Big Picture  |  8/28/2008 - 9/5/2008
Storefront Theater, 66 E. Randolph Street
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Cirque du Soleil presents Kooza  |  7/26/2008 - 8/24/2008
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