CRUSA Partners
Making CRUSA Work for You
In addition to our Sales & Marketing Opportunities, there are numerous ways for destinations and attractions in the Capital Region to increase your reach with CRUSA’s international audiences:
- Get emails about overseas marketing opportunities
- View past issues of CRUSA’s industry newsletters
- September 2020: Receptive Operator Training
- June 2020: Video Updates
- May 2020: International Market Update
- March 30, 2020: Industry Update
- March 13, 2020: COVID-19 Update
- February 2020: Spotlight on France
- January 2020: Tour Operator Co-Ops and 2020 Holiday Guide
- October 2019: Fall Update
- August 2019: UK Market Trends
- June 2019: Spotlight on China
- April 2019: Spotlight on Germany
- March 2019: Spotlight on France
- Download CRUSA’s Market Profiles for guidance on crafting your international marketing messages
- Submit your free deal to appear on the CRUSA website
- Submit your video to appear on the CRUSA website
- Feature your signature events on our calendar
- Tag your social posts with #CapitalRegionUSA
Overseas Tourism is Big Business for the USA
Overseas visitors stay longer and spend more money in the Capital Region than visitors from the USA. In 2019, 2.40 million overseas travelers visited the Capital Region, stayed an average of 9.4 nights and spent nearly $5.2 billion on hotels, meals, shopping, attractions, and other goods and services across Washington, DC, Maryland and Virginia.
Affiliate and Allied Memberships
CRUSA's new Allied and Affiliate Memberships bundle our most popular programs and opportunities. The Allied Membership includes a seat on CRUSA's new advisory committee giving partners a chance to share input with CRUSA's board.
DMOs, hotels, attractions, or other tourism entities can take advantage of the full slate of CRUSA programming-Miles' print and digital advertising, sales and media missions, Brand USA opportunities, tour operator co-ops, reports and analytics, social media, PR, and the chance to give input on how we're doing and where we go next.
Learn more about CRUSA's Allied and Affiliate Memberships.
International Representatives
CRUSA’s PR and Sales Representatives are in constant contact with journalists, tour operators, travel agents and consumers. Keep them up-to-date on your new products and services.
Public Relations Representatives
| United Kingdom | |
 | Kylie Bawden The Brighter Group, Finn Partners Unit B, The Cube Building, 12-21 Wenlock Road London, N1 7GT United Kingdom Tel: +44 20 7326 9880 |
| France | |
 | Olivier Barthez Rep & Co. 2, square Trudaine 75009 Paris France Tel. +33(0)1 70 23 06 00 Cell. +33(0)6 69 13 12 09 |
| Germany | |
 | Maria Greiner Claasen Communication Hindenburgstrasse 2 D-64665 Alsbach Germany Tel: +49 (0) 6257 68781 |
| China | |
 | Susana Sun BrandStory No. 9 Guanghualu Street, Guanghualu SOHO2 3Q, Chaoyang District, Beijing, China 100022 PR China Tel. + 86 (21) 63558033 |
Sales Representatives
| United Kingdom | ||
 | Lisa Chamberlain Capital Region USA, Inc. Link House, 140 The Broadway Tolworth, Surrey KT6 7JE United Kingdom Tel. 020 8339 6048 | |
| Germany | ||
| Maria Greiner Claasen Communication Hindenburgstrasse 2 D-64665 Alsbach Germany Tel: +49 (0) 6257 68781 | |
France | ||
| Olivier Barthez Rep & Co. 2, square Trudaine 75009 Paris France Tel. +33(0)1 70 23 06 00 Cell. +33(0)6 69 13 12 09 | |
China | ||
 | Justine Qiu BrandStory Room 208, Zhuying Star City, 354 Xinggang Zhong Road, Haizhu District, Guangzhou, China 510220 Tel. +8620 2886-3410 | China: Market Profile |