New England Tourism Center was founded in 1991 and later incorporated in March 1995.We represent the six New England USA states of Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island & Vermont.

Our mandate is to represent state, and private sector, tourism bureaus for promotion of travel
to and within the six regions. Our marketing is mostly focused on the Northeast US and Canada.

Company founders, Manny Witt, director and Lisa Leiba, president have brought with them many years of tourism experience. Mr Witt, having worked with companies like Hilton Canada, Air Canada and is educated as a tour operator and travel agent saw a demand for this type of service.
Lisa Leiba, after completing a university degree specializing in tourism marketing, helped to
fulfil the demand for such a service and together they researched and founded this company.

Since1991, New England Tourism Center has operated in the St. Laurent region of Montreal
Quebec Canada. The company has seen a steady growth both in services offered and member participation, At present, the company employs 5 full time staff as well as some part time staff during our peak marketing seasons.

The company is an active member of the See America.ca organization and Travel Media Association of Canada. Subscribes and advertises in various travel trade publications such
as Canadian Travel Press,Travelweek Bulletin, Travel Courier,Tourisme Plus, Boston travel planner and other directories. In addition, we work with newspapers and radio to obtain the right target audience for our clients to help increase consumer awareness on New England.
Also, we have done several live television and radio spots featuring our New England region.

New England Tourism Center programs include;

• Brochure distribution at Travel events in Canada and USA (trade and Consumer).
• New England Sales Mission to Canada (marketplace in Canada).
• Mail Fulfillment Program (for USA clients having mail for Canada).
• Visit New England Road Show (PowerPoint seminar to travel industry in Canada).
• Familiarization trips to New England from Canada
• Fax message service (to travel industry in Canada).
• Inquiry fulfillment program ( fulfillment of our clients brochures to CDN industry)