Noteworthy

Beat the Heat with Cool Austin Water―Now you can take Austin with you―to the lake, on the trail, in the car-with a bottle of Austin water. Texas Personalized Water, along with the Austin CVB, has produced custom bottled water featuring the colorful artwork of local artist Linda Dumont. The water is currently available at the Austin Visitor Center on Sixth Street for $1.25 per bottle.

ACVB Tour Guide Honored―ACVB Heritage Marketing tour guide Ed Van de Vort was honored with the 2006 Katherine Drake History Preservation Award during ceremonies at the State Theatre commemorating National Preservation Month. Van de Vort leads free tours of downtown's historic districts from March through November and by special arrangement the remainder of the year. The ceremonies also marked the start of a six-month series of exhibits, lectures and programs on the history of Congress Avenue, presented by the Austin History Center. More information is available from the Austin History Center at 512-974-7499.

On the Move at the Bureau―The staff of the Austin Visitor Center provides the first point of contact for many Austin travelers. Some 10,000 visitors stop by the center every month. The staff recently underwent a reorganization with Cheri Winterrowd named director of retail and visitor services. In other changes, Suzanne Watson now serves as manager of operations; Harrison Eppright is manager of visitor services; and Cynthia Trenckmann is assistant manager.

In other department changes, Allison Cooksley moves to executive meetings manager for Austin CVB's convention sales department. Kristine Davison joins the staff as convention services coordinator and Lindsey Thomas is the new convention sales coordinator. Candi Diebel comes to Austin CVB as executive assistant to the president and CEO. Diebel offers a broad base of non-profit experience, having worked for four years at Goodwill Industries.

Barton Creek Voted a Conde Nast Reader Favorite―The readers of Conde Nast Traveler selected Barton Creek Resort & Spa at #39 in the magazine's 2006 list of the Top 100 Golf Resorts in the world. Subscribers were asked to evaluate resorts they had visited within the last three years from a list of 323 golf resorts in the Caribbean and the Atlantic, North and Central America, Ireland and Scotland. Barton Creek Resort & Spa received an overall score of 84.3 and was one of only five resorts in the world to receive "The Best in Course Design" honor with a score of 100 in that category.

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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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