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Texas Library Association Returns to Austin
The Texas Library Association’s (TLA) annual conference returns to Austin, April 5-8, with 7,000 attendees, a $9.6 million economic impact and full utilization of the Austin Convention Center.
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Spring Fever Sweeps the City
April begins with the annual three-day celebration for Jerry Jeff Walker’s Birthday. Walker headlines three shows, April 1-3, at the Broken Spoke, Paramount Theatre and Gruene Hall.
The annual Austin Fine Arts Festival, April 2-3 in Republic Square Park, gives art lovers the opportunity to view works from 210 local artists. Spamarama in Waterloo Park on April 2 features a Spam cook-off and the Spam Olympics.
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Austin Hosts National
Food & Wine Media
More than 50 regional and national media, including representatives from PBS, New York Times, L.A. Magazine and USA Today, are attending the 20th annual Saveur Texas Hill Country Wine & Food Festival, April 7-10. The journalists participate in a number of events, including the Home on the Range event at the TDS Exotic Game Ranch, Stars Across Texas Grand Tasting at the Hilton and the new Village at the Shores festival-within-a-festival at Auditorium Shores. The Austin CVB hosts a tour on Friday of some of Austin’s most popular Tex-Mex restaurants, including Guero’s and Matt’s Famous El Rancho. The Four Seasons, Driskill, Hilton Austin, Radisson and Omni hotels, as well as Lake Austin Spa Resort, are providing accommodations for some of the journalists.
New Museum Opens
The Austin Fire Department Historical Society opens a new Austin Fire Museum on April 23 from 10 a.m.-4 p.m.
Located at Fire Station #1, 401 E. Fifth St., next to the O’Henry Museum, the museum’s collection includes a 19th-century lantern used on a horse-driven fire truck and old leather helmets dating back to the turn of the 20th century. The museum also exhibits a crumbled marble plaque from Fire Station #3, which was burned by an arsonist in 1879.
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New Visitor Guides Available
The new Spring/Summer edition of the Austin Official Visitor Guide is available this month at the Austin Visitor Center. With 100,000 copies printed every six months, this publication serves at the primary resource for planning trips to Austin. A completely new design adds to the ease of using this guide. This issue also includes an expanded Hill Country section- just in time for the busy wildflower season. The Austin CVB is currently working on the 2006 Austin Meeting Planner & Destination Guide and Fall/Winter 2005-2006 Official Austin Visitor Guide. For information on advertising in the guides, contact Amy Rogers with Weaver Publications at 312-0044.
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Noteworthy Read More
 Hotel Occupancy Rates Up
Heritage Society Honors Baker
Tauck Tours Austin
New Non-Stop at ABIA
Austin Scores Basketball Team
Austin CVB Heads to Pow Wow
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City Escape: All-Hours
National Geographic Adventure
(March/April 2005)
“The downtown music scene may rule the night, but that doesn’t mean Austin isn’t just as exciting by the light of day. In the Greenbelt, a network of parks that rings the city, you can fly-fish, ride singletrack, climb a rock wall, or take a dip in a refreshing spring.”
The Motel Gets Its Groove Back
Budget Travel
(April 2005)
“The Austin Motel is proud of its flavor. SO CLOSE YET SO FAR OUT reads the flashing marquee outside the motel, which was built in 1938. Each room has a unique theme, from the kitschy (room 258’s Monet Honeymoon wall mural) to the beyond (the original ‘60s lime-green-and-blue wallpaper in room 145, Polka Dot Surprise. The website includes images of all 41 rooms; scope them all out and book the one that suits you best.”
Check ‘em out, movie buffs! The stars, the bars, the lines, the tabs
The Miami Herald
(January 30, 2005)
“South by Southwest, Austin, Texas: (March 11-20). The scene for a film festival is appealingly relaxed and loosey-goosey. You’ll see your share of celebrities and maybe even a couple of terrific movies, but you won’t get stressed out doing it.”
Austin is Music to Visitors’ Ears
Small Market Meetings
(February 2005)
“Austin is the state capital and is home to the University of Texas and Dell Computers, so naturally it is known for its politics, its campus life and computers. But Austin is known for much more including music, wildflowers and bats. In 1991, the Austin City Council made official the city’s reputation as a music mecca, proclaiming it as the Live Music Capital of the World. The city certainly lives up to the slogan.”
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One World Theatre
Nestled amid the hills west of Austin is One World Theatre, a renowned music hall that also doubles as a special events venue for meetings, seminars and receptions. The 8,300-square-foot Tuscan villa, located just 15 minutes form downtown, features a theatre that accommodates 300, a ballroom conducive to luncheons and black-tie events and the outdoor piazza with incredible hill country views.
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April 1-2
Texas Speech Language
Hearing Association
2005 TSHA Annual Convention
Austin Convention Center
www.txsha.org
Est. Attendance 2,600
April 1-2
Association of Texas
Professional Educators
2005 ATPE Annual State Convention
Austin Convention Center
www.atpe.org
Est. Attendance 1,400
April 6-8
Texas Library Association
Annual Convention
Austin Convention Center
www.txla.org
Est. Attendance 7,000
April 15-24
Junior Volleyball Association of Austin
2005 JVAA Lone Star Classic National Qualifier
Austin Convention Center
www.austinjuniors.com
Est. Attendance 6,000
April 20
Associated General
Contractors of Texas
2005 Austin Area Forecast Meeting
Palmer Events Center
www.agctx.org
Est. Attendance 1,200
April 24-April 27
Association for Compensatory
Educators of Texas
2005 Spring Conference
Renaissance Austin
www.acetx.org
Est. Attendance 1,000
May 2-May 4
Texas Commission
on Environmental Quality
2005 Environmental Trade Fair
and Conference
Austin Convention Center
www.tceq.state.tx.us
Est. Attendance 3,300
May 2-May 3
Texas Petroleum Marketers and Convenience Store Association
2005 Annual Convention
Austin Convention Center
www.tpca.org
Est. Attendance 2,600
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