Las Vegas, NV
April 4-6, 2007
Phoenix, AZ
Ausgust 15-18, 2007
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BLUEPRINT
TO DISCOVER AMERICA UNVEILED
At TIA's State of the Travel Industry Luncheon, Jay Rasulo,
TIA National Chair and Chairman, Walt Disney Parks and Resorts,
introduced a three-point plan to strengthen security and improve
U.S. policies and procedures to send a more welcoming message
from America to travelers around the world. "The Blueprint for
Change," created under the direction of the Discover America
Partnership over the past several months, offers concrete proposals
to repair our visa policy, improve entry procedures and take
action that can alter negative perceptions of the U.S. in other
countries.
To view the text of Rasulo's speech, click
here.
To download a copy of A Blueprint to Discover America,
click
here.
Click
here to view photos from State of the Travel Industry Luncheon.
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TIA
AWARDED $3.9 MILLION GRANT BY COMMERCE
The Department of Commerce announced their decision to award
a $3.9 million grant to TIA this week. The grant, awarded over
two years will be used to develop the official travel website
for the U.S. to promote America as a premier destination to
international travelers. TIA, with the assistance of leading
travel industry partners, including several of the State Tourism
Offices and Convention and Visitors Bureaus, American Express,
Travelocity, Yahoo! and Fodor's, will build, market and maintain
a set of websites created in multiple languages aimed at markets
that account for roughly 75 percent of the international inbound
travel market. For further information, click
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ESTO
2007 DATE & LOCATION ANNOUNCED
The 2007 Educational
Seminar for Tourism Organizations (ESTO), the premiere
learning and knowledge sharing forum for U.S. destination marketing
professionals, will be held at the Phoenician Resort August
15 - 18 in Phoenix, Arizona. ESTO always features cutting edge
programming in an inspired, energized, interactive format. The
Education Committee, co-chaired by Diane Shober, Director of
the Wyoming State Office of Travel & Tourism, and Paul Mayer,
Executive Director, Central (CT) Regional Tourism District,
is hard at work developing the ESTO 2007 program and will have
some exciting announcements soon. State tourism offices and
destination marketing organizations should bookmark www.tia.org/esto
to stay on top of the latest ESTO information. |
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TIA
PARTNERS ON EXPANDED TRAVEL TRADE BAROMETER
TIA and Travel
Market Insights (TMI), which specializes in providing tangible
and insightful marketing-focused research on international travel
to the U.S., have just announced a market research partnership.
The program will provide the best early indicator of British,
German, and Mexican bookings to the U.S. and an accurate short-term
forecast of arrivals from these key markets. This new partnership
will better serve U.S. destinations and companies invested in
the international travel market. For more information on the
partnership and the most recent travel trade barometer, click
here. |
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MEMBER
OPPORTUNITIES
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TRAVELCOM
2007 PACKED FULL OF SURPRISES
The Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority will be adding
excitement to the 2007 TravelCom Exhibitor Hall with drawings
every half hour for prizes such as tech toys and show tickets.
Also on the floor, Vegas.com will be providing a concierge service
to help delegates add some local flavor to their trip. Register
now and save $500 off on-site registration. |
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SAVE
MONEY ON ADVERTISING AT POW WOW: GO DIGITAL
The new International Pow Wow 2007 CD Show Directory,
produced by CDshowGuides™, will put your digital catalog as
well as any other sales and marketing materials in the hands
of every buyer and journalist at International Pow Wow for less
than 15 cents each. Save money on production costs and get 100
percent distribution. Prices start at $100. For more information
and to order, click
here. |
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