The Alabama Tourism Department’s Welcome Center Retreat allows the Alabama Tourism Industry the opportunity to showcase our communities to the devoted staff of the Alabama Welcome Centers. Each Center closes, so all employees participate in this educational and enlightening Retreat. Additionally, the Tourism Partner Trade Show gives the Welcome Center staff members the knowledge that each tourism industry partner shares with them during the trade show. The staff members then share this information with the on-the-road travelers who stop at each Center.

In 2022, the eight Welcome Centers hosted over one million travelers stopping for in-state travel advice! Hopefully, we will give them enough to share and entice their visitors to stop, see, and stay a little longer!

The Registration Fee is $175 for all industry partners, with or without participation in the Trade Show. This fee includes the Tourism Partner Trade Show and functions through Tuesday lunch. Each additional partner pays $175 as well. There will be no shared registration or badges. This fee goes up to $225 on October 1. There will be NO refunds after October 8, as we will have given all guarantees to our sponsors and the hotel by then.

Please mail your CHECK for $175 per person payment to Alabama Travel Council, 2022 Vaughn Court, Montgomery, AL  36106. Sorry, we CANNOT ACCEPT CREDIT CARDS  for your registration. Price goes up to $225 on October 1.