The Conventions Department markets Fairbanks and Interior Alaska as a meeting destination to meeting planners, association leaders and business professionals. Conventions promotes Fairbanks through participating at trade shows, conducting familiarization tours and proactively mailing the Fairbanks Meeting Planner Guide to potential meeting planners. The Tourism Department promotes Fairbanks and Interior Alaska as a visitor destination both domestically and internationally with the goal of increasing the number of independent and package tour visitors and increasing their length of stay. The department works closely with tour operators and travel agents worldwide. The department attends carefully-chosen international trade shows in countries such as Japan, Germany, Great Britain and Australia.
Tourism produces brochures about Fairbanks in Japanese and German.
Visitor Information Services is the consumer information source for visitors to Fairbanks and Interior Alaska. The visitors center log cabin in downtown Fairbanks serves over 100,000 visitors each year. The Membership Department acts as the liaison to bureau members, works to increase member support and involvement, and fosters relationships with member businesses. FCVB holds membership luncheons with speakers from the visitor industry along with an awards banquet each spring. FCVB has about 400 members, most of whom are involved some way in the visitor industry.