The Detroit Metro Convention & Visitors Bureau is a private, not-for-profit organization whose mission is to market and sell the metropolitan Detroit area on a worldwide basis as a destination for leisure and business travel including conventions, trade shows, corporate meetings, tours and incentive travel to maximize additional visitors, visitor expenditures, state and local tax revenues, and job opportunities.
More than 700 businesses are represented in the DMCVBs membership. The DMCVB was founded in 1896 as the worlds first convention and visitors bureau. visitdetroit.com
Detroit is in the midst of a major revitalization with the opening of new hotels, restaurants, retail, transportation options and a 50-block entertainment district.
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1. Detroit on the comeback
2. Detroit as a luxury destination - 3 new boutique hotels opening in 2018 in rehabbed buildings
3. Family Friendly Detroit - Affordability and tons of family friendly attractions
4. Detroit Sports - Home to the Detroit Tigers, Detroit Red Wings, Detroit Pistons and Detroit Lions - The District Detroit represents the greatest density of professional sports teams in one downtown core in the country.
5. Detroit's rising dining scene