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SECRETARY EVANS ANNOUNCES U.S. TRAVEL AND TOURISM
BOARD
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U.S. International Trade Administration
U.S. Department of Commerce
8/1/2003
SECRETARY EVANS ANNOUNCES U.S. TRAVEL AND TOURISM BOARD
Board to Direct International Marketing Campaign to Bring
Tourists Back to United States
Commerce Secretary Don Evans today announced
the creation of the United States Travel and Tourism Promotion
Advisory Board. The
board will advise Secretary Evans on how best to increase the number
of international visitors to the United States and ensure that
the share of the country’s international receipts continues
to grow.
“
President Bush is committed to reviving international travel
to the United States because of the number of Americans who rely
on this industry for jobs and because travel and tourism goes
far toward strengthening and enhancing our relationships with
our friends and allies around the world,” said Evans. “This
board represents talented and visionary experts in the U.S. travel
and tourism industry and I am confident it will help us meet
our goal of attracting more visitors to the United States and
provide us guidance on how to better showcase the diversity of
our nation’s peoples, heritage, culture and destinations
with the international marketplace.”
The advisory board is comprised of 15 senior U.S. travel and tourism
industry executives from across the United States. Nearly 130 candidates
applied to be members of the board through a competitive process
after a Federal Register notice was published. The selected members
represent a bipartisan cross-section of the industry.
Earlier this year, President Bush approved a $50 million appropriation
to create an international travel and tourism marketing and promotional
campaign. The campaign will focus on four to six of the top markets
that have historically sent travelers to the United States. The
campaign will include market and evaluation research, consumer
and trade advertising and promotional efforts focused on earned
and unearned media. There also will be a matching grants program
to support regional promotion efforts. The first meeting of the
Board is scheduled for September 8, 2003 in New York City.
The U.S. travel and tourism industry is responsible for approximately
17 million direct and indirect travel-related jobs in the United
States and is the fourth largest export for the U.S. economy. In
2002, travel and tourism to the United States generated $84 billion
in exports.
“We’ve come along way since September 11, but much
still needs to be done,” Evans continued. “This industry
is a key economic generator so it is important that we continue
to be aggressive in restoring international travel to the United
States.”
For more information on the U.S. Travel and Tourism Promotion
Advisory Board, visit http://tinet.ita.doc.gov/about/us_promo_campaign/index.html.
***NOTE: List of U.S. Travel and Tourism Promotion Advisory Board
members attached***
United States Department of Commerce
Travel & Tourism Promotion Advisory Board
Manuel Cortez
President & CEO
Las Vegas Convention & Visitors Authority
Las Vegas, Nevada
Charles A. Gargano
Chairman & CEO
Empire State
Development Corp
New York, New York
Noel Irwin Hentschel
Chairman & CEO
American Tours International
Los Angeles, California
William L. Hyde, Jr.
President & CEO
Ruth’s Chris Steak House
Metairie, Louisiana
Jonathan Linen
Vice Chairman
American Express
New York, New York
Jeremy Jacobs
Chairman & CEO
Delaware North Co.
Buffalo, New York
J. W. Marriott, Jr.
Chairman & CEO
Marriott International, Inc.
Washington, DC
James A. Rasulo
President
Walt Disney Park & Resorts
Burbank, California |
Henry Silverman
President & CEO
CENDANT Corp.
New York, New York
Manny Stamatakis
Board Member
Philadelphia Convention & Visitors Bureau
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Barry Sternlicht
Chairman & CEO
Starwood Hotels & Resorts
White Plains, New York
Robert Taubman
Chairman & CEO
The Taubman Company
Bloomfield Hills, Michigan
Glenn Tilton
Chairman & CEO
United Airlines
Chicago, Illinois
Jonathan Tisch
Chairman & CEO
Loews Hotels
New York, NY
Chris von Imhof
President
Alaska International Airport Tourism Marketing Council
Girdwood, Alaska
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