Annual Cultural & Heritage Tourism Conference Coming to Seattle!

Tourism experts say that to consistently lure leisure travelers, a city must keep reminding people of everything it has to offer — and keep adding to the list.

9th Annual Cultural & Heritage Tourism Alliance Conference
Wake Up and Smell the Changes Brewing!

Wednesday, November 28 – Saturday, December 1, 2007 Grand Hyatt Hotel
Seattle, Washington – in our backyard!!!

Cultural and heritage tourism continues to grow. But that growth comes with change in the industry and consumer expectations. Join professionals from across North America as we learn, network and discover new opportunities in cultural and heritage tourism. Conference Highlights Include:

• Changing Technology: New frontiers, fads, and tipping points: What’s right for your communications mix?
• Changing Trends in Tourism – Are You Staying Current?
• The Change in America’s Reputation in the World – And How it Affects Tourism
• Putting Some Espresso in Your Advocacy: Making the Economic Case for the Arts
• What’s New in Product Development – Heritage Trails, Music Trails, Culinary Tourism & More
• Hands-on learning from “Mobile Workshops” and optional tours to Pike Place Market, Pratt Fine Arts Center, Olympic Sculpture Park, Lake Union Cruise, Seattle Art Museum, Experience Music Project and more!

Who should attend?

Anyone interested in learning more about:

• Strengthening cultural and heritage tourism’s positive impacts in our communities and addressing shared challenges in the travel industry.
• Effectively advocating for the value of cultural and heritage tourism.
• Promoting the integration of culture and heritage into a broad range of economic development strategies.

For more information visit: http://www.chtalliance.com