The Official Pensacola Bay Area Tourism Partner E-Newsletter

Group Sales
(contact Lori Coppels)

Lori recently attended the BankTravel Conference in Little Rock where she met with more than 50 bank loyalty program directors. BankTravel serves 3,000 banks and financial institutions nationwide. The annual conference provides opportunities for program directors to meet with travel companies, destinations and suppliers. She’ll be forwarding more information to partners this week.

Packages Needed
More group tour operators are looking for travel packages for their clients. Please contact Lori if you are interested in developing packages to help promote our area to this niche group.

Corporate & Convention Sales
(contact Roberta Ramsey)

For the past four weeks, Roberta has met with various partners to learn more about the meetings amenities in the Pensacola Bay Area. If you have not met with Roberta yet, please call or e-mail her to set up an appointment.

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Hot off the Press
(contact Laura Lee)

King Of Spain Visit A Success
To date, more than 400 clips have been generated in the media about Pensacola’s 450th anniversary. Articles were published in California, Massachusetts, South Florida, Louisiana, Tennessee, New Mexico, Alabama, and internationally in England and Spain as well as such media outlets as Fox News and USA Today. The coverage, worth millions, helped attract visitors from across the country to our area for the event. During the month of the royal visit, we experienced more traffic on our Web site and 500 more tourists to our Visitor Information Center than February of 2008.

News Releases/Articles

• What’s New in the Pensacola Bay Area 2009

Travel Writer Visit

A journalist with a north Alabama lifestyle magazine will be visiting the Pensacola Bay Area March 10-12. If you are interested in hosting her or providing a media rate in exchange for being mentioned in the article, please contact Laura by Wednesday, March 3. The article will be published later this month.

Survey

We hope you all benefited from the royal visit during Mardi Gras week. To help us gauge the impact of the visit on your business, please answer this short survey.

Take our Royal Visit / Mardi Gras Survey

New Year’s Eve Survey results

Thank you to the partners who participated in our New Year’s Eve survey. Three out of five partners answered that the Downtown Countdown did improve their business. One hotel booked more than 100 rooms thanks to the event.

 

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HRT Notice
(contact Barbara Williams)

The Hospitality Roundtable will be held Tuesday, March 17 at 11:30 a.m. at the Pensacola Civic Center. A representative from the City of Pensacola’s Community Redevelopment Agency (CRA) will discuss downtown events. The cost of the luncheon is $12 for HRT members, $20 for non-members. Payment should be made at the door with checks made payable to Pensacola Bay Area Chamber of Commerce. No invoicing will be permitted. Since we must guarantee reservations, if you RSVP and do not attend, you will be billed for the cost of your lunch. Please RSVP by e-mailing Barbara Williams or by calling 434-1234 by 3 p.m. on March 13.

Tourism Administration and Convention Committee (TACC) Meeting
All partners are welcome to attend the upcoming TACC meeting at 9 a.m. on Wednesday, March 18 at City Hall. Tourism issues are discussed bi-monthly with tourism industry stakeholders and public officials.

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