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How Go Fish Tourism + Business Events Leads the Way in Meetings & Conventions Marketing
Published: August 01, 2025
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B2B isn’t a side hustle. It’s the whole strategy. Group business isn’t seasonal or surface-level. It’s strategic, consultative, and high-stakes. And that’s exactly what Go Fish Tourism + Business Events was built on. For over a decade, our team has been dedicated to helping destinations grow group business through meetings, conventions, sports, and strategic sales alignment.
While other agencies may dabble in the meetings space or assign a single team member to cover B2B, our team was first created to help CVBs drive measurable results with planners and business event professionals. It’s our DNA.

Leading the Meetings Marketing Strategy for Atlanta
Take our work with the Atlanta Convention & Visitors Bureau (ACVB) as a prime example. As the meetings agency of record for ACVB since 2017, we’ve led the strategy, messaging, and direction for all marketing that touches the meetings and conventions audience. While ACVB works with several strong partner agencies, it’s our team that:
- Leads the all-agency meetings for strategic alignment
- Oversees all work targeting meeting planners
- Sets the strategic direction for the destination’s group business marketing
We serve as the B2B backbone of the Atlanta marketing team, and we’re proud to help shape a program designed to deliver:
- Increased awareness for Atlanta as a top-tier meetings destination
- Progress toward the CVB’s citywide booking goal
- A platform for showcasing Atlanta’s leadership in Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
- Strategic positioning around the city’s sustainability initiatives
- Effective use of MarTech tools for automation, personalization, and list growth

An Extension of the Sales Team, Not Just an Agency
We combine creative and media expertise with deep meetings marketing strategy, partnering directly with destination sales teams to:
- Guide messaging with real planner insights
- Build campaigns that drive inquiries, not just impressions
- Help integrate tech tools like CRM, CMS, email automation, and AI into planner engagement strategies
- Host quarterly in-market strategy sessions to realign content, measure performance, and refine outreach
We lead. We execute. We adjust in real time—because group business success isn’t seasonal or surface-level. It’s strategic, consultative, and high-stakes.
Real B2B Expertise for Destinations
We’ve seen many full-service destination agencies assign one or two team members to “cover meetings.” Our entire Jacksonville office understands the B2B decision cycle and what moves meeting planners from interest to inquiry. That’s why destinations like Atlanta, Chicago, San Francisco, Los Angeles, and Park City trust us to lead strategy, even when other agencies are already in the room. Because no one else brings the same depth, specialization, or results when it comes to meeting the meetings market where it actually is.
Want to See the Go Fish Tourism + Business Events Difference?
If your destination is looking for more than just collateral or media buying—if you need a true strategic partner that knows how to market to planners, support sales, and elevate your meetings brand—we’d love to show you how we work. We’ve been doing this longer than anyone else. And we’re just getting started.
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