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NAMM Brings Encore
Performance to Austin
NAMM, the International Music Products Association, returns to the Austin Convention Center for the second year in a row, July 27-29. Summer NAMM showcases the latest and greatest of the music products industry and brings 15,000 attendees from more than 40 countries to Austin. Attendees gather to participate in tradeshows and seminars, as well as take in the city's famed live music scene, resulting in an estimated $20 million impact on the Austin economy. Pictured: Daisy Rock exhibits at 2006 Summer Namm.
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Sales Staff Markets Austin Cross Country
The Austin CVB sales team heads to Denver and Washington D.C. this month to market the Texas capital city among meeting planners and association executives.
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Tourism Impact and Travel Trends Highlight Luncheon
Some 300 members of the local community attended Austin CVB's inaugural luncheon to salute tourism's cultural and economic impact on the city. Highlights of the event, which capped National Tourism Week, included presentations by ACVB Board Chair Glenn West and President and CEO Bob Lander, who delivered the results of a new tourism study by Global Insight. The research revealed that Austin now welcomes 19 million annual visitors who generate an economic impact of $2.84 billion on the local economy. Industry expert Peter Yesawich spoke on travel trends, many of which remain crucial to Austin's continued success as a premier travel destination. Pictured from left to right: Luncheon speakers Glenn West, Peter Yesawich and Bob Lander.
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Film and Sports Incentives Encourage Business
The Texas Legislature recently approved legislation to provide financial incentives for sports organizations and film production crews to increase the Lone Star State's appeal among large-scale events and major film projects.
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Media Missions Place Austin in National Spotlight
Austin CVB takes the Hill Country to the Big Apple on Monday when the communications department teams up with one of New York's newest restaurants, Hill Country Barbecue Market, for a media event. Some 100 members of the media from major national outlets are scheduled to attend, including representatives from Travel + Leisure, Conde Nast Traveler, Arthur Frommer's Budget Travel and Successful Meetings. Hill Country Barbecue Market opens this week and serves all the best food and drink Central Texas has to offer. Attendees will sample Texas barbecue, beers and wines, and even Blue Bell Ice Cream, while dancing to live music from Austin favorite Heybale.
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 Austin Ranks Among America's Top Cities
On the Move at the CVB
ABIA Flies Above the Rest
AeroMexico Increases Nonstop Service to Mexico City
June Heats Up with Sports
Educational Conferences Exchange Ideas
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One of a Kind Weekend: Good Times in Offbeat Austin
Arthur Frommer's Budget Travel
(March 2007)
"If Texas' cities were a family, then Austin would undoubtedly be everyone's favorite uncle: slightly eccentric, yes, but also smart, creative, and community-minded, with a great sense of humor and an even greater sense of fun."
SXSW, Austin
Links Magazine
(March 1,2007)
"[Austin] is Texas, but not Texas: a green city, shaped and defined by rivers and lakes. A high-tech place of dive bars and honky-tonks, old diners and vintage neon. A music city. Live bands abound, from boot-heel blues and cowboy country to Latino, metal and punk."
Wild Ride
Corporate Meetings & Incentives
(May 2007)
"The Austin-Bergstrom International Airport has helped, not hindered, the city to attract meetings...ranking among the best airports in the country by J.D. Power and Associates. With a projected increase of 7.6 percent in seat miles, the airport is one of the five biggest movers for 2007." Read Article
Texas Escapes
D Magazine
(March 2007)
"You've probably seen the t-shirts, coffee mugs and bumper stickers asking the world to 'keep Austin weird,'...but no matter how chic and gentrified Austin becomes, it will always remain the coolest city in Texas."
Hill Country Headliner
Meetings South
(June 2007)
"If 'positive praise via word of mouth' was a superlative among the many Austin annually garners—it is often found at the top of 'best places to live, work and play' lists—it most certainly would rule." Read Article
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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Lamberts Downtown Barbecue
Lamberts Downtown Barbecue, located in the historic Schneider Store at 401 West 2nd Street, puts a fancy "twist" on the oldest of Texas' culinary traditions. This new staple of the 2nd Street District serves lunch and dinner, as well as offers event space for groups.
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June 8-10
Junior Volleyball Association of Austin
2007 Mizuno 3rd Coast
Volleyball Championships
Austin Convention Center
Est. Attendance 6,000
www.austinsportscenter.com
June 12
Legal Digest
2007 Legal Digest Law Conference
Austin Convention Center
Est. Attendance 1,700
www.legaldigest.com
June 13-15
Texas Association of
Secondary School Principals
Summer Work Conference
Austin Convention Center
Est. Attendance 2,400
www.tassp.org
June 13-15
Texas Elementary Principals
and Supervisors Association
Summer Conference
Renaissance Austin Hotel
Est. Attendance 2,300
www.tepsa.org
June 22-23
Christian Home Education Association
20th Annual Home Educators Conference & Book Fair
Palmer Events Center
Est. Attendance 1,500
www.cheact.org
July 7
Texas State Board
of Public Accountancy
2007 TSBPA Swearing in Ceremony
Palmer Events Center
Est. Attendance 1,500
www.tsbpa.state.tx.us
July 10-13
Texas Girls Coaches Association
2007 TGCA Annual Convention
Austin Convention Center
Est. Attendance 2,000
www.austintgca.com
July 15-17
Sheriff's Association of Texas
2007 SAT Annual Convention
Austin Convention Center
Est. Attendance 1,500
www.txsheriffs.org
July 20-22
Texas PTA
2007 Texas PTA
Summer Leadership Seminar
Austin Convention Center
Est. Attendance 3,500
www.txpta.org
July 27-29
NAMM, The International Music Products Association
2007 Summer NAMM
Austin Convention Center
Est. Attendance 15,000
www.namm.com
July 28-August 12
National Instruments
2007 Sales Conference & NI Weekend
Austin Convention Center
Est. Attendance 2,500
www.ni.com/niweek
July 29-August 2
Institute of Electrical
and Electronic Engineers
International Engineers
Management Conference
Hyatt Lost Pines
Est. Attendance 500
www.iemc07.org
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