News of Interest to TACVB Members
Updated August 2008

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TACVB News

• View phots from the TACVB 2008 Annual Conference in Beaumont and 2nd set of TACVB photos

Did You Know:

CVB's as a whole annually spend over $60 million per year on advertising.  On an average CVB dollars are spent on: 32% magazine ads, 19% brochures/maps,15% newspapers, 10% outdoor billboards, 11% internet, 7% radio/t. v., the remaining 6% is spent on direct mail campaigns, and giveaways.   

Tourism News

• The Travel Industry Association (TIA) needs your help to push for passage of the Travel Promotion Act this year.  More than 40 percent of the Senate and nearly one-half of House Members have co-sponsored the bill. Momentum is with us but time is not on our side. TIA needs your help to get a large majority of the House onboard with travel promotion and pass the bill before Congress gets bogged down in election-year politics.

  We still need both Texas Senators and 19 of the 32 Members of the Texas House Delegation to co-sponsor the bill! Please contact your Senators and Representative in your area and schedule a meeting to discuss the Travel Promotion Act or fax them a letter.  Sample letter (Word) or (PDF) Travel Promotion Act Bullet Points (PDF)

                     TIA Website

                     List of Senators & Representatives who support the Travel Promotion Act

• The latest State research is at  www.travel.state.tx.us, click on Travel Research. 

TACVB Member News & Updates

New contact information:

Mesquite Convention & Visitors Bureau

PO Box 850137

Mesquite, TX 75185-0137

Phone: 972-698-9307 Fax: 972-698-9381

New phone numbers:

Frisco Convention & Visitors Bureau

Main 972-292-5250 Fax 972-292-5251

Toll free still the same: 877-463-7472

TACVB Emergency
Website

During times of statewide emergency, get the latest information about lodging availability on the TACVB Emergency Website site.

On this site, you will first establish some basic CVB information, a contact and password known only to you. You will then have a page to fill out information on all hotels in your area, including room availability and pet-friendly status.

During a crisis situation, each CVB will be responsible for updating the number of available rooms in their community on this site. This way emergency personnel, including the Texas Office of Emergency Management, can go online to our site and find available rooms in an affected area.

Contact us for more information on this important program.