Industry Partners

From community stakeholders to industry leaders advocating on behalf of tourism to state and federal legislators, Visit Oxnard has cultivated invaluable partnerships across the travel and tourism space.

Local Partnerships - Why Partner with Visit Oxnard

Visit Oxnard actively markets and promotes Oxnard as a premiere destination for leisure and business travel. By partnering with Visit Oxnard and utilizing our extensive resources, your organization can engage in cooperative, broad-based marketing that gets results.

How to Partner with Visit Oxnard

• Participate in our annual Visitor Guide, with more than 55,000 print copies distributed in key markets across the U.S. – in airports, hotel rooms, restaurants, attractions and more. That’s on top of thousands of unique digital downloads each year.
• List your business at VisitOxnard.com, getting your business in front of hundreds of thousands of unique visitors looking for tips on where to eat, play and stay on their trip to Ventura County.
• Send us your news! We’ll amplify what’s new with your brand across our social channels; blogs and e-newsletters; in our PR efforts and more. Don’t forget to include relevant high-resolution photos. Sign up for our e-newsletter to see what’s new in Oxnard!
• Tag us in your social media posts! Most of our feed is crowd-sourced from local photographers and homegrown businesses. Our residents have talent, and we love to showcase what makes Oxnard one of the best Southern California beach cities.
• Drive attendance to festivals, concerts, grand openings, meetups and more. Submit your event to our event calendar. We’re known for our jam-packed schedule of year-round signature events!
• Show your local pride with Oxnard merch! Request Visit Oxnard stickers, magnets, hats, tote bags, magazines and other promotional items as giveaways AND for personal use.

Local Partner Resources

Add Us to Your Website

Do you have a product made in Oxnard, sell Oxnard real estate, or are you just a proud Oxnard business owner? Rep your city by placing our logo on your website with this call to action for customers:

Are you traveling to our business from out of town? Check out VisitOxnard.com for more information on hotels, restaurants and attractions.

Cooperative Assets

It takes time and investment to build a library of quality video and photography assets, and we take pride in avoiding stock photography and utilizing authentically Oxnard imagery. Visit Oxnard contracts ad campaign video shoots and photo shoots throughout the year to tell the story of our destination through our tourism partners. Already have high-quality photography? Share your existing assets with us so that we can share them to our channels and promote your business.

Marketing Strategy

Curious to know how we do it? Each year, we prepare a carefully curated, data-driven annual Marketing Plan to identify markers for success. Within the Marketing Plan, we detail the personas of our target audiences and define our strategy for leading them through the conversion funnel. That means more consumers coming to town with purchasing profiles in alignment with your business offerings.

Performance Metrics

Each year, we present the City of Oxnard with a recap on our performance. The Visit Oxnard Annual Report reviews how our multi-channel approach played out for the year, travel impact stats and projections for the coming year. Data, data and more data on how we’re driving visitation to the community and local businesses!

Crisis Communications

As destination leaders, we have to be prepared for the unthinkable – and in a crisis, be ready to step out of our traditional role. Prepared with guidance from “Playbook: Crisis Readiness and Response” by U.S. Travel Association, the Visit Oxnard Crisis Communications Plan is a living document created to guide our team through an emergency. Know that you can rely upon us to communicate with visitors (and residents) in an emergency – we’ve planned for it!

Additional Resources

Board of Directors: Review minutes from our Board of Directors meetings, attend in person or nominate a tourism partner to serve.

Contact List: Visit Oxnard has a vast network of contacts throughout the City and beyond. Our Board of Directors is made up of a diverse group of professionals with expertise from various sectors of the tourism and hospitality industries and government. Additionally, we hold seats with Oxnard West Ventura County Business Alliance (formerly known at Oxnard Chamber of Commerce); Oxnard Police Community Foundation; Ventura County Aviation Advisory Commission and are always out and about working with community groups. Need a city contact? We can probably make that connection.

Research: We utilize data from STR Reports, Economic Impact Studies, Lodging Forecasts and more to guide our decision making, all of which can be at your fingertips when needed.

Volunteer: Contact us for information on volunteer opportunities.

State, National and Global Partnerships – Amplifying the Tourism Message

The tourism industry is a broad matrix of hotels, transportation, restaurants and attractions; convention centers; theme parks; destination marketing organizations, convention and visitors bureaus, tourism boards and tourism authorities; advocacy groups, travel media and so much more. Read more on why travel matters here.

United in our goals, we do together what we cannot do by ourselves, aiming to bring economic vitality to our communities, sending messages of welcoming and inclusion to all.

Visit Oxnard is proud to hold membership and serve on boards of directors and various committees for the following prestigious organizations.

Awards & Accolades

USA Today 10Best - Best New Hotel in the U.S. 2024 - Zachari Dunes on Mandalay Beach
California Travel Association - Rising Star Award 2023
USA Today 10Best - No. 1 Best Beach on the West Coast - Oxnard Beach Park
The Telly Awards - Gold Telly Winner in People's Telly - Branded Content: "A Taco Story" 2023
The Telly Awards - Silver Telly Winner in Branded Content - Travel/Tourism: "A Taco Story" 2023
AVA Digital Awards - 2023 Platinum Award - "A Taco Story"
Smart Meetings - Smart Women in Meetings Award 2023 – Industry Leader
Forbes Top 10 Places to Live in California 2023 - Oxnard Ranked #7
Neighbor.com Most Neighborly Cities in America 2022 - Oxnard Ranked #4
West Ventura County Business Alliance - Visit Oxnard Wins Community Influencer of the Year 2022
MarCom Awards - 2021 MarCom Award - Media Kit
PRSA - 2021 Central California Image Awards - Media Kit
Pacific Coast Business Times – Central Coast Best Place to Work 2021
American Advertising Federation – American Advertising Award 2021 – PR Collateral
American Advertising Federation – American Advertising Award 2020 – Logo Design
Northstar Meetings Group – Stella Award 2020 –Best CVB/DMO (Regional) Far West Category
Oxnard Chamber of Commerce - Best Place to Work 2020
Pacific Coast Business Times – Central Coast Best Place to Work 2020
Smart Meetings – Smart Women in Meetings Award 2020 – Stellar Performer
International Association of Visitor Information Providers – Best Brochure International 2020 – Central Coast Visitors Map
Pacific Coast Business Times – Central Coast Best Place to Work 2019
Travel & Adventure Show - Best of Show - Booth - Domestic - 2019
Oxnard Chamber of Commerce - Oxnard Trophy 2018