PARTNER PORTAL

Click here to access the Partner Portal. This is a secure and convenient website through which you can manage your business information including updating your listings, photos, contacts, amenities, meeting space information, and more! Join us as we help you attract those nearly 11 million annual visitors to your business!

Questions about your partnership or the Partner Portal? Contact Destination Experience Manager, Joseph Sugalski:

PARTNER CONNECTION - BRIDGING THE GAP

Connect your business to the experience of visitors to the destination! Having a clear picture of industry trends, profiles, and data give us the foundation for understanding who our target markets are, what they want, and how to market to them. Shores & Islands Ohio is continuously conducting research and gathering information that helps us plan and develop campaigns and programs. We make this information available and encourage industry partners to do the same! Information below provides insightful blogs, presentations, marketing and co-op information, and other research.

Learn more about leveraging your business with social media, by reading this sponsored article written by Gold Gorilla Media, Justin Majeroni.

COMPASS LEARNING

A low-cost continuing education program, focusing on a variety of topics that benefit the Shores & Islands region and partners presented in conjunction with GSP and OCIC. 

Compass Learning Series - GENERATIONAL LEADERSHIP

The modern workforce is more generationally diverse than ever before, bringing together individuals from Baby Boomers, Generation X, Millennials and Generation Z. Join us for an engaging and interactive session with Dr. Michelle Brodke, Professor of Business Management at BGSU, to learn how to evaluate ever-changing workplace differences and obtain solutions for managing your team.

• Fri, Oct 24, 2025 8:30 AM - 10:30 AM
• The Emporium at West Market Street
  314 West Market St., Sandusky, OH 44870
• Price: $10.00 for general admission to the Compass Learning Series and light breakfast.

COMMUNITY CHATS

The Visitor Experience team will be making the rounds to each community in the Shores & Islands region soon! We’ll be sharing ongoing projects, business updates, and mingling with the community. Local merchants, business owners, and operators are invited to join us for a Shore & Islands update followed by Q&A and networking.

We’ll be hosting these Community Chats throughout the entire year and will be coming to a neighborhood near you soon!  We’ll see you soon!​

Check back often, events are added here frequently!