Mmcvb report – Board Meeting Monday, February 8, 2016 cvb updates

*Jan 11 | Board of Directors Meeting

*Jan 12 | Meeting with Mayor, Mainstreet Director, and Director of the Georgia Black Mayors Conference

hosting the 2016 Spring Conference in May for 4 days (approx. 75 ppl)

*Jan 13-14 | Payroll & Invoices; Georgia’s Lake Country Marketing Meeting

*Jan 14-15 | Antebellum Trail Guide reprint – worked on Ad sales & content creation

*Jan 18 | Scheduled social media posts for the month

*Jan 19 | Meeting with Mayor, Mainstreet Director, and Director of the GBMC

*Jan 22 | Hosted the State Augusta Visitor Information Center Front-line Staff for a FAM tour around Morgan County - Group visited all of our attractions, including a tour of the new Farmview Market

*Jan 25 | Attended GDEcD Social Media Seminars at the State Tourism Office in Atlanta; Attended Atlanta Magazine Georgia Travel Guide Reception at the Atlanta History Center

*Jan 26 | Attended Tourism Day at the State Capitol; Attended Ribbon Cutting and Grand Opening of the new

Welcome Center in Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport

*Jan 27-28 | Antebellum Trail Guide reprint – worked on Ad sales & Content creation

*Jan 29 | Conference call with Southern Living Magazine; Conference call with Georgia’s Great Places Magazine;

Submitted Ad for Southern Living Travel Directory for April

*Feb 1 | Dental Society visit – 35 ppl

*Feb 2 | Created editorial content for a full-page spread in Georgia’s Great Places

*Feb 3 | Historic Heartland Regional Travel Association meeting; Antebellum Trail Regional Travel Association

Meeting
January Highlights:

New Airport Visitor Center Open for Business:  The long awaited Visitor Information Center at Hartsfield International Airport in Atlanta is now open for business!  A partnership of the Atlanta CVB and Georgia Tourism, this visitors center will be home to information about our state for tourists arriving to Atlanta.  The VIC is located in Domestic Arrivals and can’t be missed as you come up the escalators to head towards baggage claim. The only print collateral housed here at this time are the regional brochures (for us, the Historic Heart- land brochure) and the Georgia Travel Guide. The videos of each region, which we were included in, are also rolling on the big screens 24 hours/day.

2016 Georgia Travel Guide: This yearly publication is a community/state partnership and we have great coverage in this again. The CVB works throughout the year to provide information to the editor to ensure representation of Madison and Morgan County. In addition to great content within, our ½ page Ad was featured on page 2 of the guide (thanks to our friends at Atlanta Magazine)!

2016 Antebellum Trail Guide Reprint: This publication is created every 4 years by the communities of the Antebellum Trail Regional Travel Association. Each community is required to sell $2,700 worth of Advertising to cover the costs, and we sold $4,200 (which means, our section will be much larger)! The content looks great, and I was thrilled to be able to include our new Farmview Market!

Upcoming in February:

February 11 – CVB Retreat (9:30am – 2pm)