Steve Hayes, President & CEO of Visit St. Pete/Clearwater, led the work team of the destination's tourism promotion office that participated in IPW 2023 in San Antonio. Together with Andrea Gabel, sales manager and José Ramírez, Representative of St. Pete/Clearwater Sales, catered to international travel buyers and the press with all the updates on what they offer.

The participation of St. Pete/Clearwater had as a prominent presence a series of hotels that are a great option when visiting and looking for accommodation in the destination.

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The largest travel trade show in the US, the US Travel Association's IPW, had more than 5,000 attendees, including nearly 1,400 international travel buyers and media.

After their appointments and the success in serving buyers and journalists, in the last minutes of the fair they celebrated and toasted happily at the prominent booth.

St. Pete/Clearwater is a beach destination that is ranked #1 in the US every year by tourism specialists.
For this reason and thinking of the domestic market, they believe that Americans do not have to leave their country to find paradisiacal beaches with white sand and crystal clear water.

"Those who visit us, fall in love and come back," says Jóse Ramírez. St. Pete/Clearwater is on the west coast of Florida, very close to Tampa, 1 hour and 30 minutes by car (car) from Orlando, and 3 hours and 45 minutes from Miami.”

Late last year, Steve Hayes, President & CEO of Visit St. Pete/Clearwater, had told us that "St. Pete/Clearwater is known the world over for our beaches. There are 35 miles of white sand beaches along along the Gulf of Mexico that have been recognized by everyone from TripAdvisor to Dr. Beach, plus a host of different entities that have highlighted how fun they are, how wonderful they are, and how relaxing they are.So that's our attractive #1".

Regarding the international promotion strategy, St. Pete/Clearwater seeks to reposition itself in the Latin American market with a strong action in the search for international travelers in Argentina, Colombia, Mexico and Brazil, for example.