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Convention and Visitors Bureau Advisory Committee Meeting, 07/05/2018
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B
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C
This
is
our
fourth
live
show
with
multimedia
in
the
last
couple
of
years,
and
we're
really
excited
this.
Newscast
is
one
of
their
biggest
shows
one
of
the
ones
it
has
most
of
the
ratings
for
news
cassie
to
do
it's
at
noon
and
their
personalities
are
their
news.
Anchors
are
very
well
known.
People
follow
them.
We
had
a
large
amount
of
people
at
the
mall.
C
We
still
have
one
more
show
in
contract
for
this
fiscal
year
and
we're
thinking
of
bringing
a
different
show,
because
we've
already
brought
the
morning
show
the
noon
and
now
we're
thinking
about
bringing
something
a
little
bit
different
so
that
we
don't
fall
into
the
same
thing.
The
same
thing,
the
same
thing.
C
C
So
what
we
did
this
time
different
than
the
last
show
the
last
three
shows
we
had
them
at
the
outlet
this
time
we
wanted
to
change
it
and
we
had
it
at
moldova
and
so
the
same
way
that
we
did
it
last
time
where
outlets
was
a
main
feature,
we
gave
space
to
montenota
to
do
yeah
to
feature
them
too.
This
time
we
did
the
opposite,
and
we
did
some
interviews
from
the
outlet.
C
Yeah
so
it
was,
it
was
a
big,
it
was
definitely
a
team
effort.
Every
single
person
in
the
team
did
something
for
that
campaign
created
coordinated,
something
for
that
campaign.
We
decided
earlier
in
the
year
that
we
wanted
to
have
one
event
per
day,
and
so
we
had
different
things.
Y'all
were
part
of
a
couple
of
them,
and
so
we
wanted
to
make
sure
that
we
had
the
whole
week
floating
it,
and
so
then
andradena
submitted
our
information
to
to
tta
with
the
texas
travel
industry
association
and
they
picked
us
from
there.
C
E
F
G
C
It's
coming
up
july,
13th
through
the
15th
and
veronica,
will
talk
a
little
bit
more
about
it,
but
we're
we're
ready,
we're
everything
is
set.
Everything
is
in
place.
I
was
mentioning
before
we
started
the
meeting
that
this
year
it
was
kind
of
tricky
to
get.
We
won't
have
a
guest
of
honor
because
it
was
because
of
the
situation
with
the
elections
in
mexico.
C
We
couldn't
get
anybody
to
commit
and
confirm,
and
so
it
was
very
tricky
to
to
get
nobody
wanted
to
give
us
a
confirmation
before
the
elections
and
after
the
elections
right
before
the
elections.
We
got
a
couple
of
letters
of
thank
you,
but
we
won't
be
able
to
do
it
this
year,
and
so
we
have
some
some
delegates,
but
we
won't
have
a
guest
of
honor
this
year
because
of
that
situation,
but.
C
Else
is
is
good.
We
will
have
everything
else.
We
we
even
have
a
couple
of
groups
and
dancers,
so
we
wanted
to
keep
that
element,
even
though
we
don't
have
a
guest
of
honor,
but
we
want
to
make
sure
there's
entertainment
for
people
that
attend
the
event.
So
that's
not
going
to
be
we're.
Keeping
that
part.
The
only
thing
that
we
won't
have,
but
everything
else
is
done.
We
have
the
pelvic
office.
C
So
if
you
haven't
been
or
if
you've
been
it's
gonna,
be
we
wanted
to
make
sure,
as
with
everything
we
do,
we
want
to
make
sure
we
keep
it
fresh,
and
so
we
have
several
new
vendors
this
year,
as
well
as
the
favorites
and
july
13th
through
the
15th
you're.
More
than
welcome
to
join
us
for
the
opening
ceremony
and
the
13th
at
10
am
at
the
arena
and
that's
when
we
kick
off
the
celebration.
H
See
you
I'm
going
to
tell
you
a
little
bit
of
what
I've
done.
Of
course,
the
main
my
main
project
is
sister
cities.
I've
been
working
along
with
the
staff
and
everybody
to
to
make
this.
You
know
project
as
best
as
it
can
be,
and
and
recreate
it
every
year,
so
we
are
bringing
new
vendors.
As
I
mentioned,
there's
about
15
vendors
coming
in
we've
done
a
lot
of
research
on
on
our
list
on
what
we
want,
what
we
need,
what
hasn't
worked
and
what
we
want
to
have.
D
D
You
know
to
maneuver
in
the
aisles
I
mean
some
of
those
vendors
attract
a
lot
of
people
and
it's
like
two
and
three.
You
know
rows
of
deep
and
trying
to
get
to
you
know
to
the
the
vendor
and
or
to
purchase,
and
it's
just
one
of
the
things
that
yeah
and
I
have
heard
everything
else.
I
mean
they,
people
love
it.
I
mean
it's
one
of
the
things
people
look
forward
to
now,
but
that's
one
of
the.
H
And
what
we're
doing
now?
We
know
that
the
food
attracts
a
lot
of
people
and
makes
signs,
so
we
usually
used
to
put
like,
etc.
Altogether.
Try
to
you
know,
have
every
state
together,
but
now
we're
going
to
separate
a
lot
of
balance
out
the
food
because
of
that,
because
it
makes
a
lot
of
bottlenecks
and
also
the
ones
the
vendors
that
have
more
attraction
will
put
them
at
the
end.
So
they
could
people
could
start
going
at
the,
especially
in
the
concourse
area.
G
C
Yeah
we're
trying
to
too
and
the
arena
has,
has
helped
us
in
the
past
trying
to
set
up
the
booths
in
a
way
that
allows
for
a
little
bit
more
space
in
the
hallway.
So
we
we
try
every
looking
granny
but
yeah
we're
we're
trying
to
be
mindful
of
the
popularity
of
certain
booths
so
that
we
can
improve
the
flow
because
we
have
and
we've
tried
like
no
strollers,
yes
to
strollers.
D
To
being
yeah,
but
not
because
now
that
you've
gotten
you
know,
you've
gotten
we've
gotten
to
the
point
where
people
look
forward
to
it,
they
know
what
they
want
to
go
and
buy.
I
mean
people
are
looking
forward
to
it.
I'm
going
to
go
this
year,
because
I
was
this.
I
saw
this
last
year.
You
know,
but
I
didn't
have
time,
but
I'm
gonna
go
this
year
and
I'm
going
to
you
know,
try
to
you
know
to
buy
see
if
they
still
have
that
yeah
but
yeah.
D
F
F
C
Another
community
element
that
we'll
have
this
year
is:
we
wanted
to
showcase
and
feature
our
local
sports,
and
so
we'll
have
heat,
decos
and
bugs
there
at
the
event,
so
that
we
can
give
them
a
platform
to
promote
their
their
teams.
We
want
to
make
sure
that
our
local
sports
teams
are
so
successful
and
having
23
thousand
people
get
time.
D
G
D
C
And
people
figure
out
when,
when
the
money
is
the
best
time
to
go
so
last
year,
we
saw
that
friday
friday
would
usually
be
our
slow
day.
And
last
year
was
just
the
sales
were
up
the
roof,
so
people
are
figuring
out
what
the
best
times
to
go
are,
and
they
they
figure
out.
That
friday
is
the
lowest
one.
So
people
start
going
on
friday
and
so.
F
B
D
D
H
H
H
D
H
H
C
And
just
well,
this
is
what
it's
not
there's,
not
a
report
for
foil,
but
we
have
a.
We
were
tapped
by
the
association
of
and
they're
going
to
have
their
conference
here
in
july
at
the
end
of
july,
and
loretta
is
going
to
function
as
their
overflow,
so
their
their
host
hotel
is
obviously,
but
they
have
900
attendees
to
the
conference
plus
their
families
coming
to
to
so
they
they
tap
us
to
be
the
overflow
and
also
we're
going
to
be
able
to
promote
laredo
so
that
anybody
that
has
their
visa.
C
C
D
C
C
Is
now
here,
but
she's
been
working
with
in
preparation
for
another
tv
crew?
That's
coming
to
naredo
and
that's
k.I.
Ki
is
cbs
austin
and
we've
worked
with
them
for
several
years.
They
do
a
summer
show
called
road
tripping
and
it
has
evolved
to
where
now
they
do
little
little
vignettes
or
interviews
during
their
newscasts.
C
Yeah,
usually,
what
we
do
is
we.
We
have
lists
from
what
we've
done,
because
we've
worked
with
okay,
I
want
to
say
for
the
last
six
years,
seven
years,
and
so
we
make
sure
we
never
show
the
same
thing,
and
so
we
have
a
list
and
we
try
to
choose
things
that
might
be
interesting
for
that
market
and
try
to
show
especially
the
new
stuff
and
some
of
our
hidden
jewels.
And
so
we
we
try
to
do
a
combination.
We.
F
I
I
D
B
G
C
C
E
B
G
C
Street
food
is
called
garland,
and
so
they
found
this
video
and
it's
really
interesting
this.
This
youtube
show
came
to
laredo
a
couple
years
ago
and
they
went
to
my
song.
They
tried
the
food.
They
did
like
a
review
so
through
this
company,
we're
finding
all
these
things
and
we're
able
to
repost
and
share
with
our
followers.
C
Thank
you.
The
report
is
on
page
12
and
someone
had
the
opportunity
to
travel
with
our
port
laredo
team
representatives,
executive
director,
mario
maldonado
and
the
director
of
limon
to
represent
loreto
at
one
of
the
largest
events
for
logistics
called
expocara
in
mexico
city,
and
so
someone
was
representing
cbp
in
that
in
that
area.
C
One
of
the
things
that
we've
been
participating
is
with
the
u.s
consulate
in
monterrey,
and
so
they
allowed
us
to
have
it.
Allow
us
to
have
information,
obviously
people
that
go
to
the
consulate
they're
there
looking
for
their
visas
and
because
they're
gonna
travel
to
the
us,
so
they've
allowed
us
to
have
information
there
for
people
that
go
get
their
visa,
and
so
we've
been
working
with
them
sponsoring
some
of
their
events,
especially
fourth
of
july,
having
some
representation
from
libretto
there.
So.
C
Coordination
and
good
work
together
with
with
the
consulate
and
the
golf
tournament
we
keep
promoting
in
golf
tournaments.
That's
one
of
the
things
that
they've
done
consistently
and
we
participated
with
pro
ball
in
several
of
their
tournaments,
promoting
the
max,
especially
the
max,
but
everything
golf
in
the
river.
A
F
It
was
a
very
I
feel,
like
it
was
a
very
busy
june
for
the
convention
center.
A
lot
of
different
things
happened.
Probably
the
one
most
notable
is
that
our
city
council
decided
to
move
forward
with
introducing
financing
mechanisms,
two
of
which
that
we're
introducing
definitely
impact
our
hotel
market.
So
we
made
the
best
effort
we
could
to
reach
out
to
our
hotel
years
that
he
was
at
one
of
those
particular
meetings
and
joined
us
there.
F
We
did
invite
our
committee
to
come
in
as
well,
so
you
could
hear
a
little
bit
about
it
too,
with
the
exception
at
that
time.
Our
hoteliers
and
our
partner-
and
I
point
to
marisa
here-
asked
for
lakosada
not
to
attend
that
particular
meeting
and
they
were
very
respectful
of
that
request,
and
then
we
had
another
meeting
where
our
partner
could
come
to
the
table
and
meet
with
our
hotel
years,
and
so
our
first
meeting,
I
think
we
had
maybe
about
nine
to
ten
people.
F
Does
that
sound
about
right,
which
represented
maybe
about
six
to
seven
properties,
total
and
then
our
second
meeting,
unfortunately
wasn't
as
populous
with
our
hotel
partners.
It
was
only
three
properties
that
were
able
to
make
it
to
that
particular
meeting,
but
we
continue
to
have
dialogue.
I
I
ileane-
and
I
have
another
meeting
later
this
week
with
the
viswani's,
and
we
continue
to
reach
out
to
the
hotel
market,
but
basically
the
reason
we're
doing
that
is
we're
proposing
a
two
percent
hotel
occupancy
tax
increase.
F
It's
not
something
that
we
will
decide
on.
It's
something
the
voters
will
decide
on.
So
the
resolution
that
council
passed
is
the
document
that's
needed
to
send
to
the
controller's
office.
The
state
controller's
office
has
to
approve
that
resolution
and
tell
us
you're
okay
to
go,
and
then
we
can
call
for
a
special
election.
So
the
city
council,
by
way
of
motion
or
another
resolution,
I'm
not
really
sure
exactly
what
mechanism
is
used
there,
but
they
will
approve
a
special
election
which
would
coincide
with
the
november
general
election.
F
In
order
to
put
these
propositions
on,
so
you
have
proposition
a
and
b,
and
this
is
just
for
purposes
of
sharing.
Today
it
doesn't
mean
this
is
how
it's
going
to
appear
exactly.
I
actually
think
the
proposition
the
two
things
you
see
here
are
probably
going
to
be
combined
into
one
on
the
ballot
so
that
the
voter
doesn't
have
to
try
to
decipher
between
one
or
the
other,
and
we
either
get
a
thumbs
up
or
a
thumbs
down
on
these
two
pro
on
the
proposition.
D
F
D
D
Be
a
long
ballot
and
you
know
things
get
lost
in
the
shuffle
and
you
know
I
don't
know
sometimes,
and
I
think
we
need
to
think
about
where
we're
going
to
be
putting
referendums,
and
you
know,
and
for
for
the
people
to
consider
you
know.
Sometimes
people
are
just
focused
on
elections,
and
you
know
it's
very
difficult
for
them
to
to
decipher.
You
know
what's
going
on
because
as
everybody
here
has
talked
to
voters-
and
I
know
you
all
have
this
like.
D
D
F
F
D
D
E
The
perspective
of
the
hoteliers
that
were
against
the
proposal
were
talking
about
how
their
occupancy
is
mostly
business,
travelers
and
that
they
were
going
to
see
a
reduction
in
business
travel
in
their
hotels
and
that
it
was
going
to
benefit
only
maybe
the
tourist
area
downtown,
not
necessarily
the
northern
hotels
that
are
focused
more
on
business
travel,
but
people
who
travel
on
business.
Pardon
me,
I
don't
understand,
they're
coming.
E
E
F
F
That
stay
at
my
hotel
want
to
pay
a
certain
amount,
including
tax.
So
if
their
you
know,
travel
is
114,
including
tax,
then
that
means
that
at
some
point
I
will
have
to
adjust
my
rate
to
make
sure
that
I
continue
to
accommodate
the
guest
at
that
114
dollar
travel,
hotel
per
diem
or
whatever
they
have.
I
A
F
F
Their
latest
tax
survey
that
they
shared
with
me
was
from
2016.,
so
the
data
there
shows
me
that
we're
one
of
the
few
cities
in
texas
that
collects
at
seven
percent
all
of
the
other
cities
that
have
a
venue
that
have
increased
the
hotel
occupancy
tax
for
this
type
of
project,
all
of
them
in
a
subset
of
about
14
that
I
selected,
because
they
had
a
venue
project
and
they
had
done
this
increase.
That's
how
I
came
to
that
14.
F
A
E
E
E
D
F
The
resolution's
already
been
approved
it
was
in
june
just
that
my
report
addresses
what
occurred
in
june,
so
it's
june
18th
that
the
council
voted
to
approve
the
resolutions
that
would
go
to
the
controller.
So
the
controller
has
a
30-day
time
period,
which
I
believe
we
triggered
that
either
monday
or
tuesday
of
this
week.
So
the
letters
to
the
controller
just
went
out
this
week.
F
F
F
Do
does
that
increase
just
stay
in
place,
it's
for
the
maintenance
and
operation
of
it
as
well.
It
could
be
some.
There
could
be
a
sunset
time
frame
given
based
on
how
long
it
would
take
for
a
bond
to
be
paid
back,
but
if
that
goes
away,
then
we
don't
necessarily
have.
We
would
have
to
identify
another
way
for
it
to.
G
D
F
That's
what
I'm
saying
it
could
be,
we're
still
determining
that
we
don't
know
where
the
length
of
a
bond
would
be
and
an
amount
of
the
bond
is
still
yet
to
be
determined
as
well.
I
had
a
preliminary
discussion
with
our
financial
team
on
tuesday,
but
I'm
not
quite
we're,
not
quite
there
yet
they've,
given
us
like
three
or
four
different
scenarios
to
study
and
to
to
look
at
and
it's
a
combination
of
different
revenue
sources.
D
F
F
D
G
F
Them
and
for
us,
so
it's
a
big
project.
A
lot
of
different
things
are
going
on
with
it,
and
june
was
a
busy
month.
We
also
went
out
and
saw
a
couple
of
other
convention
centers
in
june,
so
we
had
a
really
great
meeting
in
corpus,
got
to
talk
a
lot
about
the
operational
side
of
that
venue
and
what
they
do
and
their
venue
is
very,
very
unique.
F
It's
a
whole
complex.
It
has
an
auditorium
that
has
an
arena,
it
has
a
convention
center
and
it's
it's
really
really
just
massive,
it's
23
years
old,
which
I
was
really
surprised
by
the
age.
So
so
we
we
did
a
lot
of
really
good
research.
I
think
so
we're
definitely
hitting
it
hard
on
this
project
and
we're
going
to
try
to
make
it
work
and
pull
it
together.
D
C
We
turn
around
on
the
back.
You
have
the
sources.
We
have
different
magazine,
different
publications
that
offer
lead
response,
and
so
people
write
to
that
publication.
Asking
for
specific
information
from
one
of
the
destinations
advertised
in
the
magazine,
and
so
that's
where
the
inquiries
come
from.
So
the
the
rest
is
a
breakdown
of
what
which
zip
codes
which
cities
we
see
the
most
traffic
from
what
station,
and
we
see
most
of
the
inquiries.
A
C
F
Our
vendors
actually
the
ones
that
report
them
because
they
feel
like
they're
being
solicited
and
they
basically
are
like
hey,
I'm
really
busy.
I
can't
handle
this
person
that's
coming
up
and
telling
me
that
they
want
me
to
go
to
something
else
or
like
we
had.
We
had
trouble
with
this
guy
that
wanted
to
just
hawk
photos
that
he
had
taken
so
he
ran
around.
He
took
photos.
He
printed
them
out
came
back
and
said:
hey
I'll,
sell
you
this
for
five
dollars.
Look!
It's
you
you're
at
your
booth.
F
C
A
F
I
A
F
A
F
F
A
A
C
Going
to
have
service
surveys
and
we
did
two
things
to
kind
of
assess
where
the
visitors
coming
and
whether,
where
they
are
seeing
the
information,
so
we
added
a
some
copy
in
our
ads
that
go
out
of
loreto
north
and
we
added
we're
gonna
give
away
a
bag.
If
you
come
to
our
office
and
show
this
ad,
so
we
have
that
and
then
we
have
the
survey.
So
we
have
those
two
elements
to
try
to
capture
where
people
are
coming
from
and
where
they
saw
our
ad
for
sister.
I
H
G
E
I
H
Pager
five
questions.
Okay,
and
I
mean
we
could,
you
know,
switch
it
up.
Instead
of
asking
our
budget,
we
can
ask
like
what
attractions
do
you
come
and
visit
laredo
for
and
they
could
say,
and
then
we
we've
I've,
been
doing
a
combination.
What
we
done
with
the
birding
festival
when
we
used
to
when
I've
gone
to
trade,
shows
where
you
can
even
check
the
box.
If
you
want
to
receive
information
where
they
put
their
email,
so
that's
something
that.