MLS ALL-STAR WEEK PARTNER SITE VISIT March 13, 2018
WILLIAM PATE PRESIDENT AND CEO ATLANTA CONVENTION & VISITORS BUREAU
ACVB MISSION
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To sell and market metro Atlanta and Georgia globally as the premier conventions, meetings and tourism destination in the regional, national and international marketplace and favorably impact the Atlanta economy through conventions and tourism.
WHY IS HOSPITALITY IMPORTANT?
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280,000 metro Atlanta employees in hospitality industry
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52 million visitors in 2016
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$15 billion in visitor spending in 2016
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The gasoline that runs the engine
WHAT SETS ATLANTA APART? ACCESSIBILITY •
80 percent of the U.S. population within a two-hour flight of the world’s busiest airport,
Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport FLEXIBLE HOTEL PORTFOLIO •
More than 95,600 hotel rooms in metro Atlanta and 11,800 rooms within a one-mile radius of Georgia World Congress Center (GWCC)
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GEORGIA WORLD CONGRESS CENTER •
Nation’s fourth-largest convention center conveniently located in the heart of Downtown
SHOPPING CAPITAL OF THE SOUTH •
Legendary shopping at Lenox Square, Phipps Plaza and The Shops Buckhead Atlanta
AWARD-WINNING FOOD SCENE •
In the past five years, Atlanta chefs have garnered 65 semifinalist nominations for James Beard awards
VIBRANT ARTS AND CULTURAL COMMUNITY •
1,700 arts and cultural institutions in the metro area
NUMBER OF VISITORS TO ATLANTA ON THE RISE 60
Visitors (Millions)
50 40 30 20
10 2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
52 percent increase in visitation in the last eight years
2015
2016
ATLANTA CVB CONTACTS JENNA SNYDER CONVENTION SERVICES
ZACHARY LAWS SALES
jsnyder@atlanta.net
zlaws@atlanta.net
LAUREN DISMUKE RUSHING MARKETING
VICTORIA LIGHTFOOT PUBLIC RELATIONS
lrushing@atlanta.net
vlightfoot@atlanta.net
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NEW DEVELOPMENTS VIDEO >> View Here
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NEIGHBORHOODS VIDEO >> View Here
PROMOTE ATLANTA •
Atlanta content for your publications, website and other promotional materials >> news.atlanta.net
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Browse our collection of videos >> www.youtube.com/discoveratlanta
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Extensive collection of Atlanta images >> www.Barberstock.com/atlanta
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Provide promotional brochures >> https://www.atlanta.net/explore/visitor-guides/
ONLINE SUPPLIER SEARCH ATLANTAMEETINGS.COM >> CLICK FOR FACILITIES & VENUES SEARCH
>> CLICK FOR SUPPLIERS SEARCH
ATLANTA VENUE CATALOG >> Click here to view