Speaking at this year’s Pure Michigan Governor’s Conference on Tourism, which took place on April 19-21 at Grand Traverse Resort and Spa, Governor Gretchen Whitmer had a clear message: the citizens of Michigan play a key role in supporting the state’s tourism industry.
Proud to announce its new Board of Officers for 2017, The Greater Lansing Convention and Visitors Bureau’s roster is finally complete. “We are very fortunate to have such a vital, dedicated group of business professionals and community leaders comprising our Board,” says Jack Schripsema, president. “I look forward to working with them to promote the Greater Lansing community.”
Board
Mark Alley, Chair from Emergent BioDenfense Operations Lansing, LLC
Kendric Hall, Vice Chair from Radisson Hotel & Lansing at the Capital
Rebecca Selesky, Secretary-Treasurer from Kellogg Hotel & Conference Center
Dorothy E. Maxwell, Past-Chair from Max Weingar Group
Barry Freed from Art Craft Display, Inc.
Cindy Bowen from Crowne Plaza Lansing West
Thomas M. Collins from Traverse City Leasing, Inc.
Kellie Dean from Dean Transportation/Dean Trailways
Brian McGrain from Ingham County Commissioner
Eric Sudol from East Lansing Marriott at University Place
Michael Brand from Wharton Center for Performing Arts
Exhibitors at Huntington Place, Detroit’s newly renamed convention center, will be interacting with a new electric service provider, beginning April 1st. Karen Totaro, general manager for ASM Global and Huntington Place, has announced Freeman as Huntington’s exclusive electric service provider.
Destination Ann Arbor will hold its 2022 virtual Annual Meeting on Wednesday, April 6, from 11:00 a.m.-noon. The meeting will feature an address by Adam Sacks, founder and president of Tourism Economics, a company dedicated to understanding the relationship between travel and the economy. For more than 25 years, Sacks has worked with destinations, industry associations, and companies around the world to deliver market assessments, forecast scenarios, policy evaluations and economic impact studies.