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Texas Travel Industry Update - Life's Better in a State of Travel
March 11, 2015
In This Issue
TTIA 2014 Annual Satisfaction Survey - Your Input Is Invaluable
Texas Travel Fair and Texas Travel Counselors Conference Registration Deadlines Approaching
Travel & Tourism College Early Bird Deadline Approaching
Member News



 

Discount Theme Park Tickets!
PITP 2012
Discount Tickets to Texas Attractions!
  • Natural Bridge Caverns
  • Space Center Houston

AND, remember, EVERYONE who is employed by your organization is eligible for these discounts!  


Click HERE to purchase tickets! 


Upcoming Events

30th Annual Texas Travel Summit
 


 

TravelPAC - Donate Now!


Generous TTIA members 
have contributed more than $37,000 to TravelPAC since March 2014.  

Have you contributed yet?  

Your donations to the PAC allow the industry to support those candidates and elected officials who support the travel industry in Texas. If we don't support them, who will? And what policies might they influence?

Make sure you get your Green Ribbon at the next TTIA event!

TTIA 2014 Annual Member Satisfaction Survey - Your Input Is Invaluable
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TTIA's Annual Member Survey Is Closing Soon - This is Your Chance to Give Us Your Input!

Every year, TTIA asks our members to give us their input and feedback on the programs and services we provide each year.  This feedback helps us to ensure we are meeting the needs of the TTIA membership and the industry as a whole.

If you are an employee of a TTIA member organization, you are eligible to complete the TTIA Member Satisfaction Survey. If you have not yet had a chance to give us your feedback, we hope you will take a few minutes to answer the survey.

If you have already taken the survey, Thank You! Your input is invaluable to us. 

Texas Travel Fair and Texas Travel Counselors Conference Registration Deadlines Approaching

60th Annual Texas Travel Counselors Conference, April 13-16

Registration closes on March 16th for the 60th Annual Texas Travel Counselors Conference in Wichita Falls, April 13-16, 2015! 

 

This conference provides training and FAM tours for tourism and visitor information professionals around the state. It also offers the opportunity to network with the professional travel counselors who staff TxDOT's 12 Travel Information Centers, making travel and tourism recommendations to more than two million visitors annually. 

 

The registration fee of only $45 covers all meals and tours during the conference. Register Now! 

 


TTIA's Texas Travel Fair
April 15-16
Wichita Falls

Early Bird Deadline This Friday!

TTIA Members, Don't miss your opportunity to promote your destination or attraction to Travel Counselors from across Texas!

 

At TTIA's Texas Travel Fair trade show, you will meet face-to-face with the Travel Counselors from across the state who give guidance to millions of visitors to Texas every year, helping them find exciting places to visit and new experiences to discover.

 

Find out more here and Register Now! 


Travel & Tourism College Early Bird Deadline Approaching

 
Join us for TTIA's Certification Program
June 22-26, 2015

 

The Early Bird Registration Deadline for Travel & Tourism College (TTC) is April 24th.  Save $100 on the cost of registration when you register by this date.

 

Why should you attend TTIA's Travel & Tourism College?

If you are involved in travel, tourism, hospitality, recreation or a related field and you want to improve your job performance and potential for career advancement, then Travel & Tourism College is for you. Whether you have been in the job for a week or several years, our Travel & Tourism College is a great way to strengthen your knowledge of sales, marketing,communications, management and related subjects.

 

TTC convenes for one week each summer with an intensive curriculum of travel & tourism marketing, management, and leadership courses. After completing three years of coursework and a capstone project, graduates receive their Certified Tourism Executive designation.

 

Join us this June for Travel & Tourism College at the Hyatt Regency Lost Pines Resort.  

 

Registration is now open

 

Member News
  • Congratulations to Harlingen on receiving the 2015 Governor's Community Achievement Award for having one of the best grassroots environmental programs in the state. Harlingen will receive the award and grant monies for additional beautification projects at the Keep Texas Beautiful Conference in Fort Worth this summer. Read the release and see photos here.

     
  • Congratulations to Visit Plano, Honored With Texas Tourism Awards for excellence in tourism promotion by the Texas Association of Convention & Visitors Bureaus (TACVB). Visit Plano was presented with the Judges Choice Award for Photo Walk, a digital marketing initiative developed by San Antonio-based The Atkins Group advertising agency.

  • Congratulations to Rockport - one of the nominees in the latest USA Today 10Best Readers' Choice travel award contest! Rockport is one of 20 contenders for the Best Coastal Small Town category. Vote for Rockport here. Voting closes March 16th.
  • If your organization has news to share - awards, staff changes, special offers, hosting a big industry event, etc, send the information to Janice Langlinais at [email protected] and we'll try to include it in an upcoming newsletter.

 

TTIA Premier Members

Chair's Circle Members

Board Circle Members

President's Circle Members

Dallas Cowboys Football Club  & AT&T Stadium

Dallas/Fort Worth International  Airport

Landry's Inc. 

Madden Media 

Schlitterbahn Waterparks 

Arlington CVB

Dallas CVB

Grapevine CVB 

Greater Houston CVB

Greater New Braunfels Chamber

Phillips Entertainment, Inc.

Premium Outlets / SIMON 

San Antonio CVB

Southwest Airlines 

Traders Village 

 

 

The Atkins Group

Austin Convention Center

Texas Rangers Baseball Club

 

Lone Star Members

BarkleyREI

Best Western International

Hyatt Regency Lost Pines Resort & Spa   

Natural Bridge Caverns


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