Industry Events
Networking and ongoing education are important tools for building your business.
Attending a Discover Lancaster event is a great opportunity to network with fellow industry professionals, learn about tourism industry trends, and have a great time!
Unless otherwise noted, Discover Lancaster events are for Partners only. If you're interested in becoming a Partner, please contact Kzimmerman@DiscoverLancaster.com for more details.
Discover Lancaster's 2023 Annual Dinner
September 18, 2023
Magic and Wonder Dinner Theater
3065 Lincoln State Rte., Paradise, PA 17562
Join us for a celebration of Lancaster County's tourism and hospitality industry at Discover Lancaster's Annual Dinner at Magic and Wonder Dinner Theater.
Tourism requires constant innovation to thrive and to attract new & repeat visitors alike. This year, Discover Lancaster wants to celebrate the new thinking and risk-taking that has propelled us forward in the past few years, both individually and collectively.
The Annual Dinner is an opportunity to network with fellow industry and community members. We hope you'll join us to hear an inspiring message from a local business owner who has overcome challenges and found success through innovation, perseverance, and creativity.
Guests can expect spectacular entertainment, a delicious plated meal & drinks, a gift bag, and more. This is one event you won't want to miss!
Connect with our Supporting Partners!
- Americana Souvenirs and Gifts
Specializing in custom merchandise from the Civil and Revolutionary Wars and the states of Pennsylvania, Virginia, West Virginia, Ohio and Indiana, and the cities of Philadelphia and Valley Forge. Americana Souvenirs and Gifts offers ceramics, cloth, resin, dolls and hex signs Pennsylvania Amish Country, and also features items such as pencil sharpeners and horses.
Contact: jshultz@americanasouvenirs.com - Amish Country News
7-issue magazine produced in Bird-in-Hand, PA serving visitors & locals focused on the Amish to include local businesses like dining, shopping & lodging.
Contact: ed@amishcountrynews.com - Cimarron Investments LLC
Cimarron Investments, LLC is a commercial/residential real estate firm specializing in development, renovation, and leasing in Columbia, Lancaster.
Contact: Don@cimarroninvestments.com - CTM Media Group
CTM Media Group is an industry leader in connecting visitors with experiences all over North America and delivering tangible results for their hospitality and tourism clients.
Contact: cburkarth@ctmmedia.com - Discover Columbia
Whether you are a Columbia, PA local or visiting from out of town, Discover Columbia is the online hub for everything you need to know about this river side city. Check out the history of Columbia, the best spots to eat, and up-to-date events in the area.
Contact: hello@launchkits.com
- Discover Lancaster Channel by VATv
A well produced video will educate your audience, inspire and help them to take the next step in working with your business. VATv has over 30 years of experience doing just that for hundreds of large and small companies all of the US.
Contact: VATv@vatv.net - Eventive Productions, Inc.
A full service meeting and event planning company ready to create a customized event to meet your needs, goals and budget.
Contact: debbie@eventiveproductions.com
- Fig Industries
Meaningful and strategic brand design, and marketing that elevates ideas, changes perceptions, and inspires action. We create positive change for our clients and our communities. It's our mission of design for good.
Contact: deborah@figindustries.com - Friendly Transportation/Hertz Car Rental
Friendly Transportation is the right choice for all your transportation needs from people to packages. Our Charter Division has a fleet of car, vans, buses, and private town cars. Serving all major airports, weddings, shopping, proms, sight-seeing tours, and so much more.
Contact: charter@friendlytransportation.com - Getaways on Display, Inc.
Getaways On Display provides tourism brochure distribution services reaching consumers throughout the Mid-Atlantic with exclusive displays in hundreds of travel agencies, AAA offices, lodgings and other locations. We are also Pennsylvania On Display – serving Welcome Centers, Interstate Rest Areas and Turnpike Service Plazas. And, we design and manufacture brochure displays.
Contact: cirwin@getawaysondisplay.com - Lancaster City Alliance
Lancaster City Alliance is a non-profit that cultivates partnership with business, local communities, the arts, education, non-profits, and government to ensure Lancaster is a clean, safe, and vibrant City for all.
Contact: info@teamlanc.org - Lancaster County Convention Center
Attendees will find themselves in a walkable historic city rich in attractions, restaurants, unique shops, art galleries and entertainment. Lancaster's central location to such major cities as Philadelphia, Baltimore and New York make the Lancaster County Convention Center an ideal meeting place.
Contact: josh.nowak@interstatehotels.com - Lancaster County Convention Center Authority
Contributing to the economic vitality of Lancaster by providing an inviting, world-class business and event destination for guests.
Contact: krmolloy@lccca.com - Lancaster General Health
Penn Medicine Lancaster General Health is a not-for-profit health system with a comprehensive network of care, including more than 300 primary-care and specialty physicians; outpatient and Urgent Care services; and four hospitals with a total of 786 licensed beds: Lancaster General Hospital, Women & Babies Hospital, Lancaster Rehabilitation Hospital, and Lancaster Behavioral Health Hospital.
Contact: Michele.geib@pennmedicine.upenn.edu - LancasterPA.com
LancasterPA.com is Lancaster County online, presenting the history, culture, and resources that make our area unique. Through this website, we attempt to tell the story of Lancaster and the Pennsylvania Dutch Country.
Contact: gordy@lancasterpa.com - Lancaster Parking Authority
With 8 parking garages/lots available throughout the city you can feel confident knowing we have the parking space you need. Locate the facility that is closest to your destination. There are also 1,052 metered parking spaces located throughout the city of Lancaster. The meters have a 2-hour limit from 8:00 AM to 6:00 PM Monday through Saturday.
Contact: info@lancasterparkingauthority.com - Lighthouse Vocational Services
Lighthouse provides a safe environment in which adults with disabilities can learn important work and life skills, grow in independence and confidence, develop supportive connections, and know the fulfillment of accomplishment, purpose and giving back to their community.
Contact: CrystalSmeltzer@LighthouseVoc.org - North Group Consultants
Through sustained relationships, North Group supports the development of leaders and organizations toward their highest potential. We are an organizational health and leadership development firm. We help organizations grow and guide them through various kinds of transitions, including generational. We do this through leadership and team development, organizational assessment, succession planning, hiring, and mergers and acquisitions.
Contact: cshloneger@northgroupconsultants.com - M&T Bank
M&T is investing in the growth and sustainability of the businesses and communities we serve, attracting and retaining diverse clients and colleagues across our organization so we can truly reflect our multicultural communities.
Contact: hstrauss@mtb.com - Scheffey Marketing & Communications
Marketing Strategists Since 1996. We are a small group of big thinkers who are passionate about helping clients succeed. We value long-term strategic goals over short-term gains. This thinking continues to drive the strategies and services Scheffey offers today. In an industry where flash and dazzle can mask shaky strategy, Scheffey doggedly pursues the best paths for advancing clients' business goals.
Contact: lisa@scheffey.com - Smilebuilderz Urgent Dental Care
Smilebuilderz offers all the quality care, convenience, comfort, and stress-reducing pampering you could wish for—along with all the comprehensive services you might ever need—under one roof.
Contact: rrivera@smilebuilderz.com - Spooky Nook Sports
Located just outside of Lancaster, Spooky Nook Sports is the largest indoor sports complex in the United State, providing regulation courts and playing fields for more than a dozen sports under one roof. In addition to the 700,000-square-foot indoor facility, The Nook offers an outdoor field hockey pitch and a climate-controlled dome used for field hockey, soccer, football and more. The Nook is the premier destination for clubs, tournaments and competitions.
Contact: mackenzieb@nooksports.com - Theodore Burr Covered Bridge Society
The purpose of the Theodore Burr Covered Bridge Society of Pennsylvania is to promote interest and active participation in the preservation and restoration of the remaining historic covered bridges in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
Contact: kuether@verizon.net - Travel Champs
Travel Champs is Hershey's number one tournament and hotel provider. Our team is dedicated to the very best tournament experience, with a focus on providing hotels to incoming traveling teams.
Contact: joe@travelchamps.com - Weaver Construction & Roofing
Built on a foundation of “Promises Kept” Weaver Companies has been serving the local community for almost 50 years, offering maintenance and construction solutions for facilities that serve the unique needs of those who live in, visit and work from them every day! Also offering roofing and construction services that range from short-term and emergency services to long-term planning and building, you can count on us to help reduce stress by using creative and effective solutions to catch issues before they arise!
Contact: guyg@weaverco.com - Where & When - Pennsylvania's Travel Guide
Since 1965 Where & When Pennsylvania has been the answer to the age old complaint, there's nothing to do. Each seasonal issue brings you hundreds of events, attractions and destinations to discover throughout Pennsylvania. We focus on all the things that make Pennsylvania great - history, outdoor recreation, world class museums, entertainment, family-friendly destinations and our quaint towns and large cities.
Contact: jhemperly@engleonline.com - Wilmington Blue Rocks
The Wilmington Blue Rocks are a Minor League Baseball team of the South Atlantic League and the High-A affiliate of the Washington Nationals. They are located in Wilmington, Delaware, and play their home games at Daniel S. Frawley Stadium. Advertising at the Blue Rocks' games is available at a discounted price through a co-op with Discover Lancaster.
Contact: klinton@bluerocks.com - Venture Lititz
From adding more public art to breathing new life into existing structures, our list of goals is long. Some improvements come quickly and annually, like when we light up cold winter nights by hanging Edison bulbs on the trees downtown. Some take time, like our goals to improve public parking and add more public restrooms.The thread that connects them all? Each initiative enhances Lititz, by adding to its charm, by improving the quality of life for residents, or by improving the experience of our visitors.
Contact: venturelititz@lititzborough.org