How to Manage Your Listings on VisitMaryland.org

An online presentation held on  Wednesday, March 19, 2025 about using our self-entry database tool to manage all your listings on VisitMaryland.org.

LISTEN TO:

• FULL RECORDING
• TUTORIAL  - MANAGING YOUR LISTINGS
• Q&A SECTION

The full recording provides an overview of how the Maryland Office of Tourism promotes Maryland and drives potential visitors to VisitMaryland.org where they find your business listing, events and deals/packages. The tutorial shows screen by screen the information needed to build and manage your listings.

An online presentation to industry stakeholders. For more information, contact Lisa Hansen Terhune

The Maryland Office of Tourism’s promotional campaigns run with interactive advertisements, broadcast and social media to drive multi-night leisure hotel stays and expand awareness of Maryland as a compelling destination with many things to do each season.

• WorldPride 2025 - promotions will run this spring to encourage travelers to “come early and stay late in Maryland” for WorldPride in Washington D.C., which runs from May 17 to June 8, 2025. Maryland tourism industry businesses are encouraged to create incentives, deals, and multi-night accommodation packages before, during and after to be featured on VisitMaryland.org.

Tourism-related businesses are invited to offer packages, deals, discounts, incentives and specials. Download info/tips flyer here. 

To upload your deals, log in to our SELF-ENTRY PORTAL. 

OTD’s website attracts almost three million visitors annually. To ensure your business, event and/or deal is accessible to these travel decision-makers, claim or update your listings through the website’s self- entry portal. Please check your listing often to ensure that it capitalizes on thematic promotions and other OTD marketing activities.

SIGN IN DIRECTLY HERE to Submit / Edit Your listings Now

Download Instructions and Tips Flyer

There are many ways to partner with the Maryland Office of Tourism in order to market your destination/attraction and to get the word out about your events and initiatives. Here are a few suggestions and contact information for our staff members who can help you.

An online presentation to industry stakeholders held on June 28, 2024. 

LISTEN TO THE FULL RECORDING OF THE VIRTUAL VISIT
(60 min presentation and 30 min Q&A)
VIEW THE VIRTUAL VISIT POWERPOINT SLIDES (pdf) 
READ THE VIRTUAL VISIT Q&A SUMMARY 

• Hear about who we are, what and how we do what we do to entice travelers to visit Maryland 
• Listen to highlights of our seasonal and themed advertising and social media campaigns along with our key and emerging initiatives (2024-2027). 
• Learn about tools to promote your destination/attraction/business and ways to promote your events, package and initiatives.

NEED MORE INFO? 
Contact Lisa Hansen Terhune at (410) 699-3711. 

The Maryland Office of Tourism’s Great Chesapeake Bay Loop promotions and content utilized research findings about visitor interests, motivations and impact to build new and updated feature trip ideas and inspirations to attract travelers to the Bay.