Monterey Live
On the heels of three other recent website launches, we are pleased to have taken the Monterey County Convention & Visitors Bureau website live. Take note of the flash features like the promo area, the multimedia gallery, and my special favorite, the Insider Tip, which you will find on any of the sub pages under the main Flash promo area. It is just a subtle little addition that gives some personalized information related to the areas you are interested in and want to visit.
Visitors can take advantage of some other very useful features like being able to create a profile, build out their own itinerary, and conduct searches based on locations, categories, and events. Stakeholders have their own user interface that allows them to create and edit their own pages; and Monterey controls it all with their own content management system.
The site also features an interactive map, the ability to book online, and the option to sign up for newsletters. I should also mention that the site is tag-based, which organizes content in a very clean and searchable fashion.
There is a lot going on behind the scenes that makes this site work well. Kudos to our web designers and web developers for bringing it all together in a user-friendly and functional manner. Next step - a little dash of search engine optimization to help Monterey attract new visitors and meeting planners to an unquestionably beautiful area of California.
