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Chicago Southland Convention & Visitors BureauTourism Marketing Information

Vol. 1 Issue 2 April 2015

Chicago Southland CVB Awarded

Tour Showcasing Region

W ith the conclusion of the 2015 Heartland Travel Showcase in

Chicago, the Chicago Southland

Convention & Visitors Bureau hosted

the post familiarization tour which brought group tour operators on a guided tour through the Chicago

Southland.

e purpose of the tour was to showcase the Chicago Southland to various group tour operators from the travel showcase.

Led by Tobie Fitzpatrick, Chicago

Southland CVB Sales Manager, group

tour operators experienced the avors and sounds of the Chicago Southland with dining stops at Flossmoor Station Restaurant & Brewery, Harvest Room, Cracker Barrel in Tinley Park and CD & ME in Frankfort for Spirits tasting.

Other stops included horse racing

at Balmoral Park Race Track,

Nathan Manilow Sculpture Park,

Union Street Art Gallery, Bridgeport

Art Gallery and Brookeld Zoo.

e group tour operators were among the rst to tour Chicagoland"s newest national monument and world"s rst planned industrial town,

Pullman National Landmark District.

e tour visited the Pullman

Foundation Visitor Center to nd out

how the town bounced back to the track of prosperity aer near demolition in the early 20th century. ey walked along the maroon row houses on the way to Hotel

Florence and stopped at the Pullman

Factory Complex.

“To be able to bring them to

Pullman as the rst ocial tour of the

newest national monument is wonderful," said Jim Garrett, President /

CEO of the Chicago Southland

Convention & Visitors Bureau. “It"s great

to have been awarded the opportunity to showcase the Chicago Southland to group tour operators."

One group tour operator has

already coordinated a group tour that will have stops in the Chicago Southland this coming fall.“... We had a great time; we hope to be able to tie in some of the great things we saw in the

Chicago Southland!"

- Donna Azzolino Vice President,

Group Tours LLC

Congratulations to

Pullman!

The Illinois Council of Convention & Visitor Bureaus,

Illinois Hotel & Lodging Association and Illinois

Restaurant Association held its annual Lobby Days in

Springeld, IL March 9 - 12th.

Jim Garrett, President / CEO and Sally Schlesinger, Executive Vice President of the Chicago Southland CVB, met with legislators to discuss the importance of tourism.

“During dicult times, it is important that the

economic engine funding the state isn"t touched," said Sally Schlesinger, Executive Vice President of the Chicago Southland CVB. “e governor and legislators understand the value of tourism and the high return on investment it produces."

2015 Springeld Lobby Days

Pictured le to

right - Illinois

Governor Bruce

Rauner and

Sally Schlesinger,

CPA, Executive

Vice President of

the Chicago

Southland CVB

“The great people at the Pullman National Monument, and the many people whose passion and dedication to achieve this status for Pullman, deserve it," said Jim

Garrett, President / CEO of the Chicago Southland

Convention & Visitors Bureau.

“I encourage everyone to discover the faces and places that tell the experience of Pullman and enjoy

Illinois" newest national treasure."

Pictured le to right - Manu Patel,

AAHOA Lifetime Member and

Hotel Advocate; Cory Jobe,

Director of Illinois Oce of

Tourism; Aemish Patel,

General Manager of Holiday Inn

Express & Suites - Chicago South

- Lansing and Sally Schlesinger,

CPA, Executive Vice President of

the Chicago Southland CVB

On February 19th, President Obama made Pullman a

national monument. As the Chicago Southland breaks free from the frigid and snow-covered winter and sets its sights on the warmth of summer, it can only mean one thing; the 2015 Spring /

Summer Festivals & Events Guide is coming!

e guide includes over 400 events with highlights including the Caribbean Block Party in Tinley Park, Fourth of July parades and the Lansing Autumn Fest. e guide is distributed to visitors outside the region and is featured in the Chicago Southland Lincoln Oasis and local area hotels. To order a copy of the 2015 Spring / Summer Festivals & Events Guide call Bernice Scheive at 708-895-8200 or email Bernice@VisitChicagoSouthland.com.

Break Out the Sunglasses!

e 2015 Spring / Summer Festivals & Events Guide Is Coming Soon 2

The Chicago Southland hospitality

industry led the way this year in the

South-Southwest Suburban United

Way"s annual April Food Day.

Twenty-two drop-o points were

established throughout 12 communities in the Chicago

Southland region and food

was collected through

Wednesday, April 1st, 2015.

e sites included hotels and park districts.

Local food pantries

estimate that the need for food and toiletries has more than doubled in the past ve years. While many think of food pantries during the winter months, need is typically higher in spring and summer as donations decrease and supplies diminish.

Last year the Chicago Southland

hospitality industry helped to raise over 7,000 pounds of food locally. is year, they helped raise over

25,000 pounds.

On April 1st, all the collected

food was taken to the Tinley Park

Convention Center and weighed.

e food was packed up and taken to six local food pantries and shelters throughout the Chicago Southland. e shelters that were helped included:

Respond Now - Chicago Heights

Ford Heights Community

Service Organization

Richton Park Food Pantry

Catholic Charities - South Holland,

Restoration Ministries -

South Holland

Together We Cope - Tinley Park

April Food Day

The Chicago Southland Convention & Visitors Bureau recently completed another successful Front Line

Training. e seminar held on ursday, February 26

th at the Holiday Inn Express - Crestwood aimed to create stronger employees armed with information about the

Chicago Southland and customer service tips.

e next Front Line Training is ursday, April 30th at

8:30 a.m. at the Matteson Community Center in Matteson,

IL. is free, two-hour seminar has limited availability and is for both the experienced and new employees.

Front Line Training

To RSVP call Diane Graves by April 23

rd at

708-895-8200 or email

Diane@VisitChicagoSouthland.com.

Kristen Bonk, Marketing Manager, will utilize

social media and e-marketing platforms in conjunction with other media to market the Chicago Southland as a unique, convenient and aordable destination.

Bonk will also plan and execute a variety of

Chicago Southland CVB special events, activities

and publications as well as serving as a community liaison.

Meet the Marketing Manager!

3 If you are interested in making a silent auction or food donation, call the CSCVB oce at 708-895-8200.

National Tourism Day

Chicago Southland CVB Welcomes New

Board Appointments!

Annie Byrne

?e Southland Center, a Ho-Chunk Enterprise

Exposition Appointment

Jodi Kennedy

Ravisloe Country Club

Village of Homewood

Adam Woodworth

Children's Museum of Oak Lawn

Membership Appointment

Conrad Kiebles

Village Administrator

Village of Orland Hills

Last year, we distributed “Visitors Means Jobs" decals to our members. We are asking you to play your part in raising awareness about the importance of tourism for the Chicago Southland and the entire State of Illinois by proudly displaying the decal in your main entrance.

We also encourage you to share photos of your

sticker displayed along with any other photos you would like to share via social media during National

Tourism Week, May 2

nd - 10 th using #NTTW as well as #ChicagoSouthland. If you are in need of a replacement decal or have not received one, please contact Bernice Scheive at

708-895-8200 or Bernice@VisitChicagoSouthland.com.

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January and March Grant Recipients

Children"s Museum in Oak Lawn, 6th Annual Easter Egg Hunt for Kids with Disabilities, Village of Oak Lawn - Pictured le to right; Jim Garrett; Amanda McCarthy, Friendraising Director, Children"s Museum in Oak Lawn and Adam Woodworth, Executive Director,

Children"s Museum in Oak Lawn.

Village of Orland Hills, Party in the Park - Pictured le to right; Jim Garrett; Glenn Bilina, Recreation Director, Village of Orland

Hills and Sally Schlesinger.

City of Palos Heights, 2015 First Midwest Bank Half Marathon and 10K - Pictured le to right; Jim Garrett; Mel Diab, Race Director, 2015 First Midwest Bank Half Marathon & 10K, City of Palos Heights and Kim Kislowski. Mokena Community Park District, 11th Annual Farm & Barn Fest, Village of Mokena - Pictured le to right; Jim Romanek, Executive Director, Mokena Community Park District; Erin Cortilet, Special Events & Trip Coordinator,

Mokena Community Park District and Jim Garrett.

Chicago Gaelic Park, Irish Fest Promotion, City of Oak Forest - Pictured le to right; Jim Garrett; Marian Ryan,

General Manager, Chicago Gaelic Park and

Sally Schlesinger.

Illinois Nurses Association, INA Membership

Assembly in Alsip, Village of Alsip.

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Host It Here in

the Chicago Southland! “Host It Here" encourages local residents to host their next state, regional, or national meeting, event or sports tournament here in the Chicago Southland.

For more information, contact Mary Patchin at

708-895-8200 or email

Mary@VisitChicagoSouthland.com

Visit e Abraham Lincoln Exhibit

With the Abraham Lincoln Exhibit set to leave the

Chicago Southland Lincoln Oasis this summer, we

encourage everyone to visit the exhibit. e traveling exhibit was created by the Abraham

Lincoln Presidential Library & Museum (ALPLM) to

commemorate the 200th anniversary of Lincoln"s birth. e exhibit features eight kiosks and covers Lincoln"s childhood, the Lincoln - Douglas debates, the 1860 Presidential election the Civil War, the 13th Amendment, the Emancipation Proclamation, his assassination and other important periods and events in his life. “It was great working together with the Illinois Oce of Tourism, Abraham Lincoln Museum and U.S. Equities to bring this exhibit to the Chicago Southland Lincoln Oasis," said Jim Garrett, President/CEO of the Chicago Southland CVB. “is exhibit is a terric way to welcome visitors to Illinois when they stop at the Oasis on Interstate

80/294."

“Abraham Lincoln"s life is one of the great American stories, and this is a wonderful spot to remind people about that story. Travelers from all over the country will get to see the exhibit," said Amy Martin, director of the

Illinois Historic Preservation Agency.

Jim Garrett Visits Washington to

Discuss Legislative Issues

6 Jim Garrett, President / CEO of the Chicago Southland CVB attended the annual Destination Capitol Hill conference in

Washington, D.C., March 24 -26

th with a delegation of other state CVB Directors and the Illinois Council of Convention & Visitor Bureaus. v Jim met with Congresswoman Robin Kelly and Acting Administrator Gregory Nadeau of the U.S. Department of Transportation to discuss signage issues along the Illinois

Tollways.

The Chicago Southland

Convention & Visitors Bureau

would like to showcase our members" videos on our

YouTube Channel.

The Chicago Southland Core Ambassadors aim to

strengthen positive awareness with visitors and regional stakeholders in order to enhance our destination and encourage economic development. e ambassador program is a marketing arm of the CVB, which allows Chicago Southland leaders and stakeholders with inuence to raise the awareness and importance of the CVB"s role in creating economic vitality of the region.

If you want to nd out more about the

ambassador program, please contact Lynne DeYoung,

CPA, Director of Finance and Administration at

708-895-8200 or email

Lynne@VisitChicagoSouthland.com

Core Ambassadors Program

?ank You

Core Ambassadors!

JoAnne Alexander

Village of Glenwood

Brooke Bialasik

Hilton Chicago /

Oak Lawn &

Conference Center

Gareth Blakesley

Lake Katherine Nature Center

& Botanic Gardens

Vicki Foeman

Markham Chamber of

Commerce &

Industrial Association

Dan Gardner

Prairie State College

Greg Lochow

Blue Island Area

Chamber of Commerce

& Industry

Jake Melrose

City of Oak Forest

Allisa Opyd

Village of Homewood

Rebecca Palumbo

Rollins Palumbo Creative

Aemish Patel

Holiday Inn Express Hotel

& Suites - Chicago

South Lansing

Mary Poulsen

City of Blue Island

Teri Raney

Village of Calumet Park

Ronald Reed

Country Club Hills

Chamber of Commerce

Laura Tews

Holiday Inn Express - Crestwood

Cindy Vassell

?e Pickwick Society

Tea Room,

Gis & Antiques

John Wilson

Lan-Oak Park District

Upcoming Industry

Trade Shows

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To have your videos

featured, email Juston Teach,

Communications Manager at

Juston@VisitChicagoSouthland.com.

Videos on the CSCVB

YouTube Channel

Convention & Location

African American Travel Conference: Merrillville, IN National Association of Sports Commissions: Milwaukee, WI

Conference Direct: Dallas, TX

Meetings Quest: Providence, RI

Christian Meetings & Conferences Association: Jacksonville, FL

HelmsBriscoe: Las Vegas, NV

Sports Illinois Huddle: Quad Cities, IL

Collaborate Marketplace: Orlando, FL

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Lansing, IL 60438

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ank You To John Daly For 20 Years of Leadership! Thank you to John Daly for serving more than 20 years on the Chicago Southland Convention & Visitors Bureau"s Board of Directors. roughout the years, his service and dedication as the treasurer, vice chairperson and chairperson has made a tremendous dierence in making the Chicago

Southland a wonderful place for visitors.

Mark your 2015 Calendars!

National Tourism Day Celebration, May 13

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CSCVB Oce

Annual Meeting & Luncheon, October 7

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Hilton Chicago/Oak Lawn & Conference Center

Holiday Membership Reception, December 2

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DoubleTree by Hilton Chicago-Alsip

Upcoming CVBO Dates:

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