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GCHMA Facebook Group
Calendar of Events
Travel Council Meeting Schedule
General Meetings Information
2008 Allied Alley
CACVB Sales Event
GCHMA is on Facebook
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There are more than 100 million active users on Facebook!  If you are one of them or thinking about joining, please make sure and join the GCHMA group.  On the group page, you will find a calendar of events, recent article postings and active discussion board.  Just search for Greater Charleston Hotel/Motel Association!

We hope to see you on our "friend" list soon!
Area Events
What's ahead...

2008 MOJA Arts Festival
9/25 - 10/5

Fall Tour of Homes
9/25 - 10/26

French Quarter Art Walk
10/3

Taste of Charleston
10/10 - 10/12

Hospitality Leaders Golf Tournament
10/19 - 10/20

Charleston Home Market
10/23 - 10/25


Quick Links
The Top Ten Things Customers Want

Information Technology: A Boom in the Hospitality Industry

Hotels' Shift to Flat TVs Stretches Budget and More

Dr. Peter Tarlow's Tourism Tidbits

Archived Newsletters

Travel Council
Meeting Schedule

October 14
General Meeting
Carriage House at Magnolia Plantation & Its Gardens
4:00 PM

November 11
General Meeting
Charleston Museum
4:00 PM

Questions...contact Kelly Wood at kwood@charlestoncvb.com or 805-3084.

CALENDAR
Next month...
Look for photos from the Legislative BBQ at Charles Towne Landing!
September 2008
UPCOMING MEETING DATES

Wednesday, October 15
Annual Scholarship Awards Lunch

Location: College Center at Trident Tech Main Campus
11:00 AM - Board of Directors
11:30 AM - Networking
Noon - Meeting & Lunch

RSVP TO MBRATTON@CHARLESTONCVB.COM!
Membership Dues
Invoices will be issued in October

Please remember that invoices for membership dues are sent in mid-October for the following year (2009).  Payment is due by January 31. 

In addition to your dues, the invoice also has a line item for scholarship donations and the 10% hospitality development donation.  Both of these accounts are VITAL to our organization.  The scholarship account is totally funded by these donations and all money goes directly to the scholarship funds.  The hospitality development fund is used to fund our buses and other expenses related to Lunch on the Lawn.  Please note as the cost of gas has risen so has our expenses for that day.

If you have questions, please contact Catherine or Martha.
2008 Allied Alley
Come meet industry vendors & suppliers!

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Wednesday, November 20
Hilton Garden Inn Airport Charleston
11:30 am - 1:00 pm
Buffet lunch served
Drawings for great prizes!

To RSVP or reserve your table, contact Martha Bratton.
CACVB Sales Events
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The CACVB Sales Department along with 11 area properties and 1 DMO hosted an event at the Vista Room at the Blue Marlin Grille.
 


Columbia area meeting planners turned out in big numbers - 109 to be exact!  Attendees had a chance to mix and mingle as well as win trips to Charleston and other prizes.



The CACVB Sales Department would like to thank the following sponsors for their support: Firefly Vodka, the Charleston Tea Plantation and the Charleston Cookie Company.  Look for follow up on the next sales events taking place on October 2 in Charlotte, October 15 in Greenville and November 13 in Atlanta!
                                                                                  
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