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PEACHBYTE September 15, 2020

Georgia Tourism Summit Replay Available Now

We had a tremendous turnout for this year's special Georgia Tourism Summit, presented by Explore Georgia. If you were one of the more than 700 partners who tuned in, we hope you enjoyed the sessions, speakers and format for the virtual event.
Another benefit from this year's event is that you now have access to all of the recordings and slides from the Summit at your fingertips. We've separated each session into an individual replay and posted the related slides so you can quickly navigate to each speaker. Please share this opportunity with your partners and colleagues who could not attend so they may hear from our esteemed speakers, including Roger Dow from U.S. Travel Association and Adam Sacks from Tourism Economics.
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Thank you to all the partners and sponsors who participated in this year's event. We look forward to seeing everyone next year at the Georgia Tourism Conference,
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Aug. 30 Sept. 1, 2021, at Lanier Islands.
Recovery Planning Tool
The Explore Georgia Event Impact Calculator (EIC) can help you estimate the economic impact and ROI of proposed, past and cancelled events for your community. This flexible and powerful tool was created for you by Destinations International and Tourism Economics and can give your community localized insights to help you estimate the impact of COVID-19 when planning for recovery. Starting tomorrow, September 16, Destinations International is hosting an EIC Bootcamp webinar series you can join for free. They are also offering pre-recorded webinars for additional training. To request access to the Explore Georgia EIC or to learn how to use this tool, visit the Explore Georgia Industry Portal.
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VIC Update
The phased reopening of our Visitor Information Centers (VICs) has been very successful. Given this success, we recently reopened the VICs in Valdosta and St. Marys. The reopening of the VICs remains predicated on the most up-to-date public health guidelines from the Governor's office and the Georgia Department of Public Health. Should new guidance be issued, the VICs will comply accordingly. The majority of our VICs are now open, and we look forward to serving our visitors as more travel resumes. We appreciate your patience and support as we work to reopen these valuable and essential pieces of the state's tourism outreach. If you have any questions, please contact Director of Visitor Services Brittney Gray at bgray@georgia.org.
Tourism Product Development Grant Cycle
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Now Open
Cycle II of the Tourism Product Development (TPD) Grant Funding for 2020-2021 is now open. Grant funding is available to communities that have completed a TPD Resource Team through our TPD department. Grants up to $5,000 will be awarded to communities or counties to build new tourism products that add to or enhance economic impacts from tourism. The deadline for Cycle II TPD Grant applications is Dec. 11, 2020, and recipients will be notified in February.
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EVENTS & WEBINARS
Event
GHLA Webinar: Georgia register by Lodging Forecast 2021 4 PM 9/15
TTRA: Marketing Outlook Forum 2020 (virtual)
Explore Georgia: Google Analytics Webinar
DCA Webinar: Increasing Your Hotel/Motel Tax
Trust for Public Land: Georgia Trail Virtual Summit
GACVB: Group Sales Symposium
STS Marketing College

Date
Sept. 16 Oct. 5-8 Oct. 13 Oct. 22 Nov. 9-10 Dec. 1-2 Dec. 6-11

Time
10:00 AM
2:00 PM 10:00 AM
Roswell, GA Macon, GA

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