Visit Savannah

What Visit Savannah does

Visit Savannah is the official destination marketing organization (DMO) for Savannah, Georgia, and Tybee Island, owned and operated by the Savannah Area Chamber of Commerce, a Georgia public benefit corporation. The organization serves as a comprehensive tourism promotion and trip-planning resource, addressing leisure travelers, meeting and convention planners, group tour operators, international visitors, wedding parties, sports event organizers, and film productions. Its core product is the visitsavannah.com digital platform, which provides destination information, event listings, itineraries, and planning tools across 9 languages (English, German, Spanish, Portuguese, French, Italian, Chinese, Japanese, and Korean), supplemented by physical visitor centers and dedicated sales staff for meetings, sports, international, and travel trade segments.

The organization's technology infrastructure comprises a multi-language content website with cookie-based analytics (Google Analytics), active social media presence across Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, LinkedIn, and YouTube, and integration with Miles Partnership for digital operations and GDPR compliance. Product offerings extend across seven dedicated service verticals: leisure tourism, meetings and conventions (with RFP submission portal), group travel, international sales, weddings, sports (via Savannah Sports Council), and film production support. Key institutional partners include the Savannah Convention Center (recently expanded), the Westin Savannah Harbor Golf Resort & Spa, Enmarket Arena, Telfair Museums, the Savannah Bananas, and the Savannah Ghost Pirates.

Visit Savannah operates as a non-profit entity funded through the Savannah Area Chamber of Commerce, with revenue derived from membership fees, tourism-related business partnerships, and tourism development fees collected within Chatham County. Revenue is not publicly disclosed. The organization's GTM combines direct-to-consumer digital marketing (website, social media, email newsletters) with event-driven trade marketing through travel professionals, tour operators, and meeting planners. It maintains international reach through partnerships with Brand USA and targeted content localization across European and Asian markets.

Name

Visit Savannah

Legal name

Savannah Area Chamber of Commerce

Website

https://visitsavannah.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1733

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Visit Savannah is the official destination marketing organization for Savannah, Georgia, and Tybee Island, serving leisure travelers, meeting planners, group tour operators, international visitors, sports organizers, and film productions through its multi-language website, visitor centers, and dedicated sales teams. It is owned by the Savannah Area Chamber of Commerce.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Destination Marketing Services

NAICS

Convention and Visitors Bureaus (561591), Tour Operators (561520)

SIC

Services-Miscellaneous Amusement & Recreation (7990)

akta.pro primary industry

Permitting, Reservations & Visitor Information Services (Passes, Booking, Visitor Centers) (THAAAGAD)

akta.pro secondary industries

Adventure & Outdoor Local Operators (Trekking/Safari/Diving) (THAKAEAF), Guided Tours & Interpretive Services (Ranger-Led, Naturalist, Cultural Interpretation) (THAAAGAB)

Keywords

• Destination marketing services
• Convention planning services
• Group tour planning
• Destination wedding planning
• Sports event hosting

Headquarters

HQ city

Savannah

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Tourism Marketing Services: Visit Savannah operates as the tourism marketing arm of the Savannah Area Chamber of Commerce, funded through a combination of membership fees, tourism-related business partnerships, and potentially tourism development fees collected within Chatham County.

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Visit Savannah is the official destination marketing organization (DMO) for Savannah, Georgia and Tybee Island. It provides comprehensive trip planning content, multi-language visitor resources, and dedicated planning services for leisure travelers, meeting and convention planners, group tour operators, wedding parties, sports event organizers, travel trade professionals, and film productions. Core offerings are delivered through the visitsavannah.com website, social media, email newsletters, visitor centers, and dedicated sales teams handling RFPs, itineraries, housing coordination, and event support.

Product overview

Visit Savannah is a destination marketing platform operated by the Savannah Area Chamber of Commerce that provides a comprehensive suite of visitor services and tourism promotion for Savannah, Georgia and Tybee Island. The platform serves as the official guide for leisure travelers, meeting planners, group tour operators, wedding parties, sports event organizers, and film productions. Core offerings include the main tourism information website with trip planning tools, alongside specialized services for meetings and conventions, group travel, weddings, sports events, travel trade professionals, and film production support.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Visit Savannah Tourism Platform

Named customers8 records

Segments7 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

Seven partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Savannah Sports CouncilcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 1993Established in 1993, the Savannah Sports Council works in conjunction with Visit Savannah and the Savannah Area Chamber of Commerce to develop sport-related events that positively impact the community. The council supports events offering diverse opportunities to athletes of all ages across all sports.
• Savannah Area Chamber of CommercecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerVisit Savannah is owned and operated by the Savannah Area Chamber of Commerce, a Georgia public benefit corporation. Visit Savannah serves as the tourism marketing arm of the Chamber.
• Brand USAminorGTM or Marketing PartnerVisit Savannah partners with Brand USA, the United States' destination marketing organization, to promote Savannah internationally.
• Visit TybeecoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorVisit Tybee (visittybee.com) serves as Savannah's dedicated beach destination marketing partner, promoting Tybee Island as Savannah's beach destination.
• Savannah Regional Film CommissioncoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerThe Savannah Regional Film Commission works with Visit Savannah to provide film housing and hospitality assistance, working with lodging partners throughout the community for production companies filming in the Savannah area.
• Savannah Film AlliancecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership providing production support and hospitality services for film and television productions choosing Savannah as a filming destination.
• Miles Partnership, LLLPcoreTechnology or IntegrationMiles Partnership, LLLP is identified as a co-controller with Visit Savannah for GDPR compliance purposes, suggesting a technology/partnership relationship for website and digital marketing operations.

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Explore Charleston: The official destination marketing organization for Charleston, South Carolina. Direct peer operating in the same Southern historic-coastal destination segment with overlapping leisure, meeting, and group travel mandates.
• Choose Chicago: The official DMO for Chicago. Comparable mid-to-large U.S. city destination marketing organization with a similar multi-vertical service portfolio across leisure, meetings, sports, and international visitors.
• Visit Atlanta: The official DMO for Atlanta, Georgia. Comparable in role and function to Visit Savannah, promoting a Georgia destination to leisure, meetings, and international visitors across similar channels.
• Visit Tybee: The dedicated beach destination marketing partner for Tybee Island. Directly comparable as a sub-destination DMO collaborating with Visit Savannah to promote coastal leisure travel within the same Savannah area.
• Experience Asheville: The official destination marketing organization for Asheville, NC. Comparable Southern destination DMO competing for leisure travelers, group tours, and meeting planners with similar content-driven, multi-segment approach.

Broad incumbents

• Visit California: A state-level destination marketing organization. Comparable in DMO function and tourism promotion mandate, though operating at the broader California geography rather than a single city.
• Visit Orlando: A large, established U.S. destination DMO for Orlando. Comparable as a convention and visitors bureau with substantially larger scale, broader international reach, and deeper meetings infrastructure.
• Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority: The convention and visitors authority for Las Vegas. Comparable meetings/conventions-focused DMO with a large convention facility footprint (akin to Savannah Convention Center) and established group sales operations.
• NYC & Company: The official DMO for New York City. Comparable destination marketing organization structure and multi-segment (leisure, meetings, international, film) mandate, though at materially larger scale and budget.

Regional players

• Brand USA: The United States' national destination marketing organization. Comparable as Visit Savannah's international promotion partner and as a peer organization in the DMO ecosystem, though operating at country scope rather than city scope.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• YouTubeyoutube.com/user/SavannahEst1733
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/visit-savannah

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles5 records

Subsidiaries1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

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