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Summer Leisure Travel Expected to Rise
According to the Travel Industry Association of America (TIA), Americans will take 328 million leisure trips during June, July and August, an increase of 2.3 percent over last summer. Business and convention travel is also expected to increase this summer, showing a 3.6 percent jump as it outpaces leisure travel in growth.
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Local History Preserved
Descendents of John Bremond attended dedication ceremonies of a historical marker at the former site of the John Bremond Company Store, 115 E. Sixth St. on May 11. Mayor Will Wynn unveiled the marker as part of the 2005 National Preservation Month celebration. Bremond built the store in 1847 and it remained on the site for 120 years.
Sales Staff Undergoes Changes
The Convention Sales Department of the Austin CVB recently added two new sales managers and reassigned markets for current sales team employees.
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Discount Packages Available for Austin City Limits Festival
For the third consecutive year the Austin CVB offers discount packages for the Austin City Limits Music Festival, a signature event that draws crowds from across the country.
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Austin CVB Celebrates
National Tourism
As part of See America Week (formerly National Tourism Week), Dexter Koehl, vice president of public relations and communications of the Travel Industry Association of America, spoke to the Austin Tourism Council at the Bob Bullock Texas State History Museum. Koehl is shown here with Adriana McWilliams, director of Tourism at Austin CVB (second from right), Bob Lander, president and CEO of the Austin CVB (far left) and Lynn Denton, director of The Bob Bullock Texas State History Museum.
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 Blanton Closes Temporarily
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Best Trails—Town Lake Trail
Inside Triathlon
(May 2005)
“Austin, TX. If there’s one part of Texas that feels cultural, athletic and just plain fit, it’s the triathlon portal of Austin. (For comparison, Texas has five cities in the Top 15 fattest cities in the country – including Houston as numero uno – while Austin ranks an amazing 19th on the fittest list.) Full of triathletes who yearn for competition, great music and even better food, we love to visit Lance Armstrong’s hometown for a little R&R on the trails. One of the best in a spiderweb of trails throughout the city is the Town Lake trail.”
Austin City
Women’s Wear Daily
(April 7, 2005)
“Deep in the heart of Texas, Austin thrives on fashion. Thanks to local retail, music and college scenes, the capital lives off a seemingly endless supply of style and energy. Everywhere in the Texas Capital, T-shirts, posters and bumper stickers repeat the mantra “Keep Austin Weird.” But rather than being a den of the bizarre, the city is simply cut from a different cloth than the state’s other major hubs, Dallas and Houston. Most Austinites consider their city to be more liberal and laid-back, fueled by the huge live music scene (insiders say it outpaces those of New York and Los Angeles) and the University of Texas at Austin’s diverse student body. Likewise, the local fashion scene reflects this same ideology.”
All the Rage in Texas
Financial Times of London
(April 30, 2005)
“As Kunz [John T. Kunz, owner of Waterloo Records] puts it: ‘Austin almost feels like an oasis in a desert, and people like to head to the water.’”
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Cedar Door
Generally speaking bars, especially the buildings that bars inhabit, are not migratory. Of course the exception lies in Austin, where the venerable Cedar Door bar has moved not one, two or three times—but five. Expired leases forced owners to relocate the quaint landmark over its 30-year history, most recently landing at the corner of Second and Brazos in late 2002.
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June 2-5
Junior Volleyball Association of Austin
Third Coast Classic
Austin Convention Center
www.austinjuniors.com
Est. Attendance 5,000
June 7
Legal Digest
2005 TASSP-Legal Digest
Law Conference
Austin Convention Center
www.legaldigest.com
Est. Attendance 1,900
June 8-10
Texas Association of Secondary
School Principals
2005 Summer Workshop
Palmer Events Center
www.tassp.org
Est. Attendance 1,800
June 17-19
American Poolplayers
Association of Austin
2005 8 & 9 Ball City Tournament
Austin Convention Center
www.apaaustin.com
Est. Attendance 1,000
June 19-21
National Alliance for the Mentally Ill
‘05 National Alliance for the Mentally Ill
Austin Convention Center
www.nami.org
Est. Attendance 2,500
June 20-24
Texas Educational Support
Staff Association
2005 TESA Summer Work Conference
Austin Convention Center
www.tesatexas.org
Est. Attendance 1,700
June 24-25
Christian Home Education
Association of Central Texas
2005 Home Educators Conference
Palmer Events Center
www.cheact.org
Est. Attendance 1,000
June 27-30
Avid Center
2005 AVID Summer Institute
Austin Convention Center
www.avidonline.org
Est. Attendance 1,500
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