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Pinckney Carter Co.
Larry McKeehan
ph: 747-9073

Manny's Neighborhood Grill
Michael Stavrinakis
ph: 763-3908

New Contacts
Doubletree Guest Suites Historic Charleston
Dianne Grant, Dir. of Catering
Heidi Callahan, Dir. of Sales
Bryan Thompson, Dir. of Marketing/Asst GM
Get to know...
Angie Day
Angie Day joins the Charleston Area Convention and Visitors Bureau Sales Department as the National Association Sales Manager.  She comes to the team with 9 years experience, working as a National Sales Manager for Big Sky Resort in Big Sky, MT for 7 years and most recently as a Sales Manager for the Charleston Marriott Hotel and the Hilton Head Marriott Resort & Spa.  Angie has her BS in Public Relations and Marketing from Missouri State University.
Hospitality Leaders Golf Tournament
October 19-20, 2009
Sea Pines Resort
Opportunities available to play as an individual or team, attend as a guest or become a sponsor.
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September 2009
Annual Legislative BBQ
September 10, 2009
Founder's Hall at Charles Towne Landing State Park
5:00 - 7:00 pm
Business Casual
RSVP to mbratton@charlestoncvb.com


October General Meeting & Scholarship Awards
October 21, 2009
Mikasa Dining Room at The Culinary Institute of Charleston
Trident Technical College - Main Campus
11:30 am - networking
noon - lunch
RSVP to mbratton@charlestoncvb.com
Legislative BBQ

Come on out!
This week's legislative BBQ is set and ready at the all new Founders' Hall at Charles Towne Landing.  The dress is business casual and the plan is for attendees to have a relaxed atmosphere in which to get to know our elected officials.  We have a great list of legislators attending and many of them will most likely ask how business has been.  Please be honest as well as stress the importance of the additional funding provided by the Destination Specific Marketing grant fund.  In the new grant cylce, the CACVB is asking for $3 million!  This would not be possible without the program itself or the continued participation of many of our hotel partners.  If you have not rsvp'd, please contact Martha Bratton. 
See you this Thursday!

Legislators slated to attend:
Senator Glenn McConnell
Senator Paul Campbell
Senator Chip Campsen
Speaker of the House Bobby Harrell
Representative Wendell Gilliard
Representative Jenny Horne
Representative Anne P. Hutto
Representative Patsy Knight
Representative Jim Merrill
Representative Chip Limehouse
Representative Tim Scott
Representative Mike Sottile
Representative Annette Young

Legislative staff slated to attend:
Charles Reid, Clerk of the House
Jeannie Potter, Executive Assistant to Speaker Harrell
Mitch Dorman, Sergent at Arms of the House
John Hazzard, Chief of Staff for Senator McConnell
Bill Tuten, District Manager for US Sen. Lindsey Graham
Leslie Thraser, CHS office of US Sen. Lindsey Graham
 
Update from CACVB
2010 Official Visitors Guide and new ExploreCharleston.com website now on sale! 
Media kits and Visitor Guide listing forms are being handed out at this week's Travel Council meeting.  As we are having some significant changes in marrying the new website to the Visitors Guide, several listing category and amenity questions have changed.  For this reason, we are requiring everybody to fill out a new Visitors Guide Listing Form for the 2010 edition. 

Please contact Andy Rankin, 805-3033, Arankin@ExploreCharleston.com or Jennifer Wilson 805-3005, Jwilson@ExploreCharleston.com with any questions. 

Listing forms are due back to Jennifer Wilson by October 12th, 2009.