The Bureau's Business Web Site

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I would like to welcome you to the Louisville Convention&Visitors Bureau business site. I encourage you to visit the site often and use it as your on-line resource for the latest trends, statistics and most recent happenings in the hospitality arena. Not only will the information encompass local tidbits, but regional, national and even international travel trends will be shared as well. The site will be updated on a regular basis, so make it a point to check back often. Information is integral to success. Your success is our success. I welcome your comments and/or suggestions, and look forward to our continued dialogue.

Sincerely, Jim

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2010-2011 Marketing Plan

On Thursday, July 1, Louisville Bureau President & CEO Jim Wood ushered in the new fiscal year by presenting the Bureau’s upcoming sales and promotional strategies to a large crowd of hospitality partners at the Kentucky International Convention Center. An overview of the Bureau’s new marketing plan was explained along with ways the Bureau will implement the plan to grow tourism in the coming year. After Wood’s presentation, attendees chose from three break-out sessions that included; social media; getting the most out of the Bureau’s website; and upcoming industry shows and how to be involved. Click here to download a complete copy of the Bureau’s 2010/2011 marketing plan and here for a copy of Wood’s presentation.

Museum Plaza

Today's announcement regarding the $490M Museum Plaza project will provide an immediate economic boost to Louisville and the Commonwealth of Kentucky in terms of job creation (7000 construction jobs) and into the future with new business relocations to our area. It also speaks well to the current and future sustainability of Louisville's tourism industry. The addition of the two new hotels will increase the number of rooms we can offer future conventions. It will help us to attract new convention business into Louisville. And it will also help us retain existing conventions that currently call Louisville home. Today I have spoken with several existing clients and they have told me how excited they are about this new development and how it will positively impact their future shows. The Louisville Convention & Visitors Bureau applauds the developers of Museum Plaza and we look forward to selling this magnificent property and to the day when they are open for business.