Noteworthy

Contestants Pour Creative Juices Into Batini Contest―Austin CVB, along with Tito's Handmade Vodka, recently hosted the fourth annual "Batini" competition, designating the Official Drink of Austin to promote local tourism and the nightly flight of the Congress Avenue bats. Finalists from the Four Seasons Hotel Austin, Renaissance Austin Hotel, Moonshine Patio Bar & Grill, Lamberts Downtown Barbecue and The Belmont presented their recipes to a panel of judges - stirring, shaking and even singing - in an effort to receive exclusive rights to selling the new official drink. Lamberts emerged victorious with their unique recipe. Click here to view coverage of the contest in the Austin Chronicle.

Holiday Austin Music CD Captures the Sounds of the Season―The Austin Music Office releases "Happy Holidays from Austin, TX," the newest installment in compilation albums produced by Austin CVB, on Nov. 20. Packaged as a holiday card, the CD showcases the diverse genres that define Austin's musical landscape, with songs celebrating Christmas, Hanukkah and Kwanzaa. Tracks include, "My Gift to You" (Asleep at the Wheel), "Feliz Navidad" (Vallejo), "What Child Is This?" (Eliza Gilkyson with Strings Attached), "Kwanzaa Time" (Chandra Washington) and more.

Austin CVB distributes the CDs for promotional use to clients, media and partners. In addition, CDs are available for sale for $9.99 at the Austin Visitor Center, 209 E. Sixth Street, at Waterloo Records, or online at www.austintexas.org. For more information, contact the Austin Music Office at 512-583-7230.

Austin CVB Receives Corporate & Incentive Travel Award of Excellence― Austin CVB has been voted a winner of Corporate & Incentive Travel magazine's 23rd annual "Award of Excellence" for the ninth consecutive year. Winners are selected by the magazine's subscribers, who vote for bureaus that best serve their corporate meetings and incentive travel programs. Publication readers include more than 40,000 meeting and incentive travel planners and key executives who are responsible for making decisions about meeting locations.

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