This Just In: Austin Press Releases

Austin and the Hill Country are full of fun resorts, cool vintage shopping, live music and homegrown culinary tradition. So why not save time and money, and take your vacation close to home this summer? For a limited time the Austin Convention & Visitors Bureau now provides area residents with coupons and discounts at local hotels, resorts and attractions via a special promotion available exclusively at www.AustinTexas.org/local.  (more)

Indie band Spoon visits the Live Music Capital of the World® July 9-11, performing three shows at Stubb’s Bar-B-Q, each with a different opening act. The Austin Convention & Visitors Bureau offers exclusive access to discounted concert tickets, goodies from Stubb’s and hotel accommodations through a Spoon travel package available only at www.austintexas.org/visitors/special_offers.  (more)

Pearl Jam. Dave Matthews Band. Beastie Boys. Lily Allen. Ben Harper and Relentless7. The B-52s. These are just a few of the big-name acts headlining the eighth annual Austin City Limits (ACL) Music Festival, which takes place October 2-4 at Zilker Park in Austin, TX. The Austin Convention & Visitors Bureau offers exclusive access to discounted (and otherwise sold out) three-day passes and hotel accommodations through an ACL travel package available only at www.austintexas.org/visitors/special_offers.  (more)

The Austin Convention & Visitors Bureau is partnering with Advanced Reservation Systems, Inc. (ARES), a travel booking and packaging program that offers a one-stop shopping experience for travelers. A number of convention and visitors bureaus, including San Diego, Phoenix and Baltimore, are turning to ARES and thus benefiting travel decision makers. The new feature on AustinTexas.org allows visitors to plan and book a trip all in one place, from the hotel to the airfare and car rental, making the reservation process more convenient.  (more)

In light of a downturned national economy, many travelers are looking to save. Now it’s never been easier, or cheaper, to experience Austin. The Austin Convention & Visitors Bureau has created alluring packages such as the Girlfriends Getaway—Austin Style; Live and Local: The Austin Music Package and more, available exclusively at www.AustinTexas.org.  (more)

The Austin Convention & Visitors Bureau recently launched new travel packages offering discounts on Austin Restaurant Week accommodations, Fun Fun Fun Fest tickets and Advantage rental cars. Packages are available exclusively at www.AustinTexas.org  (more)

It’s never been easier – or cheaper – to take a “one tank trip” to Austin, the Capital of Texas and Live Music Capital of the World®. Through August 24, Austin CVB invites residents of the Lone Star State to visit AustinTexas.org to enter to win one of eight “uniquely Austin” vacation packages.  (more)

Individual three-day passes are sold out, but it’s not too late to rock with Bob Dylan, Robert Earl Keen, The White Stripes, Joss Stone and more at the sixth annual Austin City Limits (ACL) Music Festival, September 14-16. Austin Convention & Visitors Bureau (CVB) offers exclusive access to three-day passes through an ACL travel package available only at www.austintexas.org.  (more)

Calling all closet rock stars! The Austin Convention & Visitors Bureau (ACVB) has launched a new travel package exclusively available online at www.austintexas.org.   (more)

The Austin Convention & Visitors Bureau (ACVB) is offering two new travel packages, only available online at www.austintexas.org. The packages include discounted tickets to two of the city's most popular cultural festivals and discounted hotel rates.  (more)