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Austin CVB Partners with Hyland Group
The Austin Convention and Visitors Bureau (ACVB) recently announced a partnership with the Hyland Group, a sales and marketing firm that represents key convention destination cities and hotels.
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Austin Shines as Starting Line
for Solar Race
The longest solar car race in the world and the first to cross an international border starts from the Bob Bullock Texas State History Museum on July 17. The North American Solar Challenge (NASC) features solar-powered cars designed, built and raced by students on a 2,500-mile voyage from Austin that ends in Calgary, Alberta on July 27.
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Visitor Center Staff Undergoes Changes
The Austin Visitor Center recently hired a new retail operations manager and visitor center manager.
Saundra Turner has been promoted to visitor center manger. Turner began working at the center as a volunteer in 2003 and was hired as a full-time employee in 2004. A native of California, she graduated from Sacramento State College.
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New York Goes Texan
The Austin CVB joined seven other Texas cities last month to host a “Taste of Texas” mini-state fair for media at the Hudson Hotel in New York City. More than 60 journalists, including representatives from Outdoor Life Network, Arthur Frommer’s Budget Travel, Good Housekeeping, Fodor’s travel publications, Food & Wine and Latina magazine, attended the event. Pictured: Bill Rives of Fall Creek Vineyards, which provided wine for the event, and ACVB Communications Director Cynthia Maddox.
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 New Hours at Austin Visitor Center
ACVB Management Team attends IACVB
Insurance Planner Conference Association in Austin
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America’s Best New Chefs ‘05
Food & Wine
(July 2005)
“Tyson Cole, Uchi, Austin, TX: Why: Because he’s managed the seemingly impossible task of combining a traditional Japanese sensibility with thoroughly American audacity. The result: food that’s utterly delicious and wildly inventive.”
Andy Roddick: Making A Racket
American Way
(May 15, 2005)
“I just love the vibe there. You have everything: It’s one of the most active cities in the U.S. in terms of outdoor activities, it has a great live-music scene, and it doesn’t have the ‘scene-y-ness’ of New York or L.A. You have a bunch of hole-in-the-wall bars where you can just blend in. It’s fun.”
Why Everyone Loves Austin
Financial Times (U.S. Edition)
(May 7, 2005)
“Then there’s Austin’s live music scene. Visitors arriving at the airport are greeted by signs saying ‘Welcome to the Live Music Capital of the World.’ The city hosts two important music festivals each year—South by Southwest and Austin City Limits—as wells as a constant stream of live acts in its downtown clubs. The city council listens to a live band during its session breaks, and Will Wynn, the mayor who keeps a guitar in his office, says he wants music to be the city’s selling point.”
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