|
|
Austin Called "Best Little City in America"
The Austin CVB Communications Department works with members of the media to promote the city. November and December bring some great coverage of the Texas capital to the pages of national magazines.
Read More
Vote Online for New Carrier to ABIA
Austin is one of nearly 50 possible destinations being considered for Air Tran Airways' expanded service. Customers can influence the carrier's decision with the "Next Destination Promotion" by logging on to www.airtran.com/nextcity and casting their vote for the potential Air Tran destination of their choice. Read More
OC Choppers Ride into Austin
Paul, Jr., Paul, Sr. and Mikey of Orange County Choppers brought their popular Discovery Channel television show, American Chopper, to Austin last weekend. The Austin Sports Commission assisted with planning the event, which attracted more than 10,000 people to Auditorium Shores.
Austin Sports Commission Names New Account Director
The Austin Sports Commission announces the hiring of Matt Wilson as the new account director. In this position, Wilson will market the city to regional and national athletic organizations as a viable destination for their events.
Read More
Austin GuitarTown Takes Music to the Streets
Local music is a delight to the ears, and now Gibson Guitars has put together a project to entertain the eyes. Austin GuitarTown launches this month and features dozens of ten-foot-tall fiberglass guitars decorated by local artists. The sculptures will be placed in front of landmark buildings and businesses throughout the city.
Artists collaborated with renowned local and national musicians to design each guitar. The "Hill Country Blues" guitar features a design by Leah Maxwell in conjunction with Dwight Yoakam. Julie Ann McDonald and Norah Jones teamed up to create the "Flower Power" guitar, and Bob (Daddy-O) Wade and Ray Wylie Hubbard shared a vision for a guitar themed "Snake Farm." More information, including a full listing of guitars and featured musicians, is available online.
Pictured at left: Country music star Dwight Yoakam signs the Hill Country Blues guitar.
|
|
Read More
 On the Move at the Bureau
Tourism Marketing
Austin Visitor Center
Convention Sales
|
|
|
When It Comes to Live Music, Austin Has No Limit
Miami Herald
(September 10, 2006)
"When you plan a trip to Austin, you need to prepare yourself for a musical overdose... [Austin is] the capital of Texas but it calls itself the Live Music Capital of the World. And it isn't just one sort of music. Austin has blues, country, old-school rock, industrial/goth, a healthy group of cover bands playing up and down Sixth Street and even electronic DJs."
Austin: The Best Little City in America
National Geographic Traveler
(November/December 2006)
"Dancing arm in arm is an American cross-section: rednecks in cowboy hats, new-agers in Birkenstocks, tattooed twenty-something hipsters, preps in pink polo shirts. The men are men, and the women are women, swirling, twirling, beaming, moving with the simple, unbridled joy of music....Austin is known as the nation's mecca of live music. But after soaking up the nightlife---and discovering other attributes of this funky state capital---I'd go further: Austin, I'm here to say, is the best little city in America."
Read article
Read More Austin in the Media
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.
|
| |
|
