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Noteworthy:
Capital City Leads State in Film―The Texas Film Commission announced that Austin leads all Texas cities in film and television total production budgets for the sixth consecutive year with approximately $78 million in television and feature film production budgets, accounting for 56 percent of total film budgets in the state in 2005. Twenty film and television projects wrapped in Austin last year, including the feature films How to Eat Fried Worms, Infamous, The Return and The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Origin and the television series Austin City Limits, Real World Austin and Roller Girls.
Sales Team Travels to PCMA―Austin CVB Senior Vice President Roy Benear, Director of Sales Mary Kay Hackley and Sales Manager Laurie Hartz head to Philadelphia for the Professional Convention Management Association's (PCMA) 50th annual meeting, January 8-11. PCMA is the premier gathering of meeting industry professionals.
Austin CVB Attends MPI―Sales Manager Shannon Cannon, along with representatives from Barton Creek Resort & Spa and Hilton Austin, attend Meeting Professional International's (MPI) 2005 Professional Education Conference-North America (PEC-NA), January 22-24, in Charlotte. The event focuses on business networking opportunities and career development for meeting planners.
Southwest Showcase Returns to Austin―The Austin CVB joins the Hilton Austin and Radisson Hotel & Suites Austin in exhibiting at Southwest Showcase, an education conference and tradeshow for regional meeting industry professionals, at the Austin Convention Center on February 2.
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Head for these Hills
National Geographic
(February 2006)
"Day 1: Those who say Hill Country ain't as wild as it used to be have obviously never waited out the summer tubing crowd and waded into the clear, cold Guadalupe River, one of the eco-minded Trout unlimited's top 100 U.S. trout streams...Stay at Gruene Mansion Inn and two-step next door to Gruene Hall, the oldest dance hall in Texas."
Big Easy's Musicians Move Their Acts to Austin
The Washington Post
(November 30, 2005)
"The self-proclaimed Live Music Capital of the World, the place that gave rock-and-roll superstar Janis Joplin her start in the 1960s, is sounding a little funkier these days. The chili, as one of the famed Neville Brothers sings in his new regular gig, has met the gumbo..."
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Sales & Marketing Management
Sales Meeting Hot Spots
(November 2005)
"Activities: If golf is important to your group, you're likely aware of the top golf resorts named by Golf Digest, Conde Nast Traveler, and others. In addition, we'd suggest that you look at ways some golf resorts draw nongolfers into golf-centered activities. For example, Barton Creek Resort & Spa, in Austin, Texas, does a mixture of a cocktail hour and shootout. With a beverage cart and a gallery of nongolfing cheerers, contestants try for the best score on the first hole."
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Long Center for the
Performing Arts
Built as a monument to the space age, the Palmer Auditorium sat on the south banks of Town Lake since 1959. Over the years, the auditorium housed many of Austin's biggest events, including performances from Elvis Presley and Bob Dylan. Then in May 1999, a $20 million donation from Joe R. and Teresa Lozano Long allowed for the renovation of the outdated auditorium into a world-class performing arts center.
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January 7-8
Texas Weddings, LTD
2006 Bridal Extravaganza
Palmer Events Center
www.austinweddings.com
Est. Attendance 5,000
January 7-8
Junior Volleyball Association of Austin
2006 JVAA Tour of Texas
Austin Convention Center
www.austinsportscenter.com
Est. Attendance 6,000
January 12-15
Town Lake Productions, Inc.
Austin Boat Show
Austin Convention Center
www.austinboatshow.com
Est. Attendance 16,000
January 20-22
Sundown Promotions
2006 Custom Car & Hot Rod Show
Palmer Events Center
www.austincarshow.com
Est. Attendance 5,000
January 24
Professional Photographers
of America, Inc.
2006 PPA Annual Imaging
USA Convention & Trade Show
Austin Convention Center
www.ppa.com
Est. Attendance 5,000
January 29
Goodman Media Events, LLC
2006 Log Home and Timber
Frame Expo
Palmer Events Center
www.logexpo.com
Est. Attendance 2,000
January 30-31
Government Technology Conference
2006 GTC Southwest
Austin Convention Center
www.govtech.net
Est. Attendance 11,000
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