Visitors Bureau Has Good Year
TAX REVENUE ON THE UPSWING
Posted: December 29, 2011 at 5:25 a.m.
The Roger Convention and Visitors Bureau, funded by the Advertising and Promotion Commission, had a good financial year in 2010.
AT A GLANCE
Rogers Convention and Visitors Bureau
The Rogers Convention and Visitors Bureau is funded by the city by a 2 percent hotel tax. The bureau promotes Rogers as a destination for visitors, meetings and conventions. In 2011 the bureau helped:
Bring 32 groups to the city resulting in 12,091 room nights, considerably higher than the 2011 goal of 8,000 room nights.
Booked 35 conventions or meetings with an estimated economic impact of $1,454,906.
The commission awarded $126,450 in incentive funding to groups resulting in 9,287 room nights.
Redesigned the tourism website.
Source: Rogers Convention and Visitors Bureau
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