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Second Annual Luncheon Highlights
National Tourism Week
In celebration of National Tourism Week, Austin CVB is hosting the 2nd annual industry luncheon on May 16, featuring keynote speaker Roger Dow, President and CEO of the Travel Industry Association. At the event, Austin CVB will also showcase the Bureau's new state-of-the-art website, AustinTexas.org, which offers users an unprecedented way to experience Texas' capital city.
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National Sales Missions Target
Up-and-Coming Planners
In order to connect with the next generation of meeting planners and association executives, Austin CVB hosted dynamic client events in Chicago and Washington, DC in March. These sales missions were designed to engage up-and-coming planners and encourage them to invest in Austin as a premier meetings destination. Attendees participated in "speed selling," which offered a quick and comprehensive understanding of the city, discovered Austin's eclectic character, discussed amenities with partner hotels and resorts, and experienced live music from local indie-rock buzz band The Black and White Years.
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Austin CVB Launches All New AustinTexas.org
In conjunction with National Tourism Week, May 12-16, Austin CVB launches an all new AustinTexas.org. The site, which offers users an unprecedented way to experience Texas' Capital City, reflects the Bureau's efforts to move the city into an increasingly internet-based world of travel and tourism.
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International Marketing Firm Selected to Represent Austin
Austin CVB has hired Global Hospitality Marketing Link (GHML) to promote the Texas capital as a leading leisure and group travel destination for visitors from across the globe. GHML is also representing San Antonio, allowing the firm to more comprehensively package Texas as a destination and capitalize on the record number of international visitors Texas has received in the past year. One of the nation's leading international representation companies, GHML is charged with developing strategies and partnerships to bolster relationships with key European travel partners and trade organizations, especially those based in the United Kingdom, Switzerland and Germany.
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Latino Music Month Showcases Diverse Musical Styles
Austin CVB has joined up once more with the Austin Latino Music Association (ALMA) to promote Latino Music Month (LMM), which runs May 1-31, and showcases the eclectic sounds of Austin's Latino artists. Now in its third year, LMM presents festivals and performances, coloring the musical landscape with rock en Espanol, conjunto, mariachi, salsa and Latin jazz. Last year, LMM included more than 300 shows in some 100 venues. These performances contributed to more than $616 million in economic impact generated by live music in 2007.
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Sports Commission Welcomes Tournaments and Events
The Austin Sports Commission has booked major events during April, May and June to bring more than $36 million in economic impact to the area. The USA Rugby Men's Divisional Playoffs return to Austin, May 17-18 at Zilker Park. Some 1,200 athletes composing 40 rugby teams compete to move on to the championship rounds to be played in Glendale, CO. The matches are slated to generate $1.5 million in economic impact for Austin.
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 New Faces at Austin CVB
PCMA Selects Austin for 2009 Leadership Conference
GPS Ranger Offers New, High-Tech Austin Tour
Austin CVB Entertains Film/Music VIPs During SXSW
Lake Austin Spa Resort Named #1 in Conde Nast Traveler Readers Poll
Heritage Marketing Celebrates Preservation Month at Pioneer Farms
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Deep in the Heart of Texas
Good Life Connoisseur
(Fall 2007)
"Boasts of being the 'Live Music Capital of the World®' are supported with establishments such as the Broken Spoke known as the last true Texas dance hall...The [Ann Richards Congress Avenue] Bridge also leads to the South Congress shopping area, home to an eclectic group of merchants, who attract both shoppers and people watchers alike."
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Welcome To Weirdsville
Chicago Sun-Times
(March 2008)
"'Keep Austin Weird' bumper stickers [were] printed. A couple fiercely independent local businesses seized on the slogan, too, and it wasn't long before the trio of words started popping up on T-shirts and coffee mugs throughout the Texas capital."
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It's blogger mentality at SXSW Interactive
Los Angeles Times - City Edition
(March 2008)
"[There is] a broader theme of South by Southwest Interactive, the portion of the festival here devoted to the neck-snappingly high-growth area of new media and online culture...in the halls of the Austin Convention Center, you couldn't take three steps without tripping over a blogger, 'vlogger,' podcaster or online TV show host of some kind."
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No-Hangover St. Patrick's Day
www.travelandleisure.com
(March 2008)
"The week before St. Patrick's Day just happens to coincide with South by Southwest (SXSW), the film, music, and interactive festival that is the epitome of Austin hipness."
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Austin's Other Club Scene
www.theglobeandmail.com
(March 2008)
"[Willie Nelson's Pedernales Golf] club's iconoclastic attitude is typical of a central Texas boomtown of 1.4 million that boasts a music scene rivaling that of Nashville and New Orleans, exuberantly celebrates all things unorthodox or avant-garde..."
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Austin CVB Mission Statement:
The Austin Convention & Visitors Bureau is charged with marketing Austin nationally and internationally as a premier business and leisure destination, thus enriching our community's overall quality of life.
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Austin Visitor Center
Texas hospitality begins with top-notch service and information from the Austin Visitor Center, located just a few blocks from the Austin Convention Center and downtown entertainment districts. Here, Austin CVB welcomes convention groups, leisure visitors and business travelers with information, services and souvenirs - a great roundup of what's available in Texas' Capital City.
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May 3
FamilyConnections
2008 Celebration of Families
Palmer Events Center
Est. Attendance 3,500
www.familyconnectionsonline.org
May 3-4
Junior Volleyball Association of Austin
2008 JVAA Lone Star Junior Regional Championships
Austin Convention Center
Est. Attendance 6,000
www.austinsportscenter.com
May 6
American Public Transportation Association
2008 APTA Bus and Paratransit Conference
Austin Convention Center
Est. Attendance 1,000
www.apta.com
May 14-17
API Fund for Payroll Education, Inc.
2008 APA Annual Congress
Austin Convention Center
Est. Attendance 3,000
www.americanpayroll.org
May 26-28
National Institute for Staff
& Organizational Development
2008 NISOD Annual Conference
Austin Convention Center
Est. Attendance 2,000
www.nisod.org
June 5-7
Texas Democratic Party
2008 TDP State Convention
Austin Convention Center
Est. Attendance 10,000
www.txdemocrats.org
June 10
Legal Digest
2008 Legal Digest Law Conference
Austin Convention Center
Est. Attendance 1,700
www.legaldigest.com
June 11-13
Texas Association of Secondary
School Principals
2008 TASSP Summer Workshop
Austin Convention Center
Est. Attendance 4,000
www.tassp.org
June 27-28
Christian Home Education
Association of Central Texas
Palmer Events Center
Est. Attendance 1,000
www.cheact.org
July 10-12
Association of Texas Professional Educators
Leader U
Austin Convention Center
Est. Attendance 800
www.atpe.org
July 16-19
Netroots Nation
Netroots Nation Convention
Austin Convention Center
Est. Attendance 3,000
www.netrootsnation.com
July 18-20
American Softball Association
ASA Regionals
Kreig Fields
Est. Attendance 3,000
www.asasoftball.com
July 24-30
American Association of Equine Professionals
2008 Focus/Practice
Management Session
Hilton Austin
Est. Attendance 400
www.aaep.org
July 24-27
Texas Parent Teachers Association
2008 Summer Leadership Conference
Kreig Fields
Est. Attendance 3,500
www.txpta.org
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