VisitGainesville is kicking-off a weeklong series of events celebrating National Travel and Tourism Week (NTTW) May 8-16, 2010. The week starts with the 18th Annual Bed-making Contest Monday, May 10 at the Paramount Plaza Hotel located at 2900 SW 13th Street from 9 a.m.- noon.
Gainesville, FL – (April 27, 2010) -- VisitGainesville is kicking-off a weeklong series of events celebrating National Travel and Tourism Week (NTTW) May 8-16, 2010. The week starts with the 18th Annual Bed-making Contest Monday, May 10 at the Paramount Plaza Hotel located at 2900 SW 13th Street from 9 a.m.- noon.
Approximately a dozen hotel properties from throughout Alachua County will enter representatives from their housekeeping staff to compete for prize money in various skill categories including overall neatness, mitered corners and speed. Judges include Paula DeLaney, Alachua County Commissioner, Lori Pennington-Gray, Ph.D chair of the Alachua County Tourist Development Council and Rick Drummond, Assistant County Manager for Alachua County.
“The bed-making event has become a National Travel & Tourism Week tradition here and a fun way for us to tell our tourism industry success story in Alachua County,” said Roland Loog, executive director of VisitGainesville. “With an estimated eight million visitors annually in our county, the power of tourism as a generator of revenue and as employer for Alachua County is truly becoming a force to be reckoned with,” said Loog.
Other events during National Travel & Tourism Week include: a Tourism Week Proclamation Reading at the Alachua County Board of Commissioners on Tuesday, May 11 at 9 a.m.; the announcement of the winners of the Alachua County Customer Service Awards on Wednesday, May 12 at the VisitGainesville’s NTTW annual luncheon at the historic Thomas Center from noon – 1:30 p.m.
The 27th Annual National Travel and Tourism Week is an annual event sponsored by Travel Industry Association and commemorated by states, cities and organizations across the nation. The goal of NTW is to highlight the powerful economic, social and cultural impacts of travel through events and celebrations recognize the incredible job travel as a major U.S. industry that is vital to the economic stability, security and perception of the United States and that
VisitGainesville is the official tourism sales and marketing organization for Gainesville and Alachua County. For additional information, the VisitGainesville website at: www.visitgainesville.com .
For additional information about National Tourism Week or tourism in Alachua County/Gainesville, contact Marcheta Cole Keefer, tourism marketing manager for VisitGainesville at 352-374-5260 or e-mail at: mkeefer@visitgainesville.com
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