Telluride Tourism Board Launch New Web Site

by: Jim
on: 05.May.09

Telluride, CO, May1, 2009 – The historic Colorado mining town catapulted its tourism marketing into the future this week with the unveiling of its new website, www.VisitTelluride.com, Custom built by Squamish based web development and online marketing company VentureWeb in conjunction with design partners Whistler’s Origin Design + Communications. After a rigorous RFP process the hardwork began four months ago. The result is an information and revenue focused website for a modern resort community.

Says Sandy Chio, Director of Marketing and Communications for Telluride Tourism Board, “We are so pleased with this site—it is both beautiful and highly functional. We are very impressed at how the team worked to integrate the site planning, design and development in order to deliver a solution that meets all our objectives. Plus, the site is so easy to update."

VisitTelluride.com includes a streamlined user interface, a totally customized Drupal content management system, CRM, highly integrated social media, targeted search engine optimal content and reservations engine. The comprehensive design is capable of handling Telluride’s diverse offering of year-round activities and amenities including online bookings. The sites focus on social media allow VisitTelluride.com visitors to get the latest updates and share with outdoor enthusiasts through Twitter, FaceBook, a new blog (http://www.visittelluride.com/blog) and photo/video (http://www.visitetelluride.com/discover-telluride/photos) sharing capabilities.

VentureWeb’s James Morris says, “This has been an awesome project for us to fully integrate the many components of modern web, design, development, social and online marketing in one big project”.

Specializing in adventure travel and tourism and mountain resort marketing, Ventureweb’s clients include Bella Coola Heli Sports, Tourism Squamish, Tourism Telluride, Genuine Guide Gear and Backcountry Snowcats. VentureWeb is at the forefront of industry trends and leverages extensive experience for each new project.