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Wednesday October 11 - Arrive in Toledo
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Preconference events (Scholarship Golf outing shotgun start at 10:30 a.m., FAM tour, departs at 10 a.m. from French Quarters). Registration until 5:30 p.m. in the hotel lobby.
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Silent Auction opens, (Depot Tracks). View Ruby Award finalists (Atrium)
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Welcome reception (Foyer Atrium)
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Opening dinner and Paul Sherlock presentation, immediately followed by live Auction (Depot Tracks)
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Thursday October 12
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Meet the candidates breakfast/welcoming remarks (Tracks 1, 2, 3)
Registration 7:30 a.m. - 5:30 p.m. (Lobby)
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Opening session/ Keynote by Phil Goodman, Genergraphics®, the next generation in marketing (Tracks 1, 2, 3)
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Tourism in a bag, maximizing shopping and dining tourism, Rosemary McCormick, McCormick Marketing and President of the Shop American Alliance (Corona/Panetela)
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Transition of generations by Phil Goodman
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Economic impact of tourism panel, Bill Siegel, Longwoods International (Grenadier)
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Gala Ruby Awards luncheon, recognizing the BEST in tourism marketing; Ohio Travel Association update, plus your chance to vote for board candidates and find out about important OTA initiatives during the annual OTA meeting. (Tracks 1, 2, 3)
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Ice Cream Social/visit booths. (Atrium) Silent Auction ends. Last bids due 2:40 p.m! (Claim auction items at registration desk until 5:30 p.m.)
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Culinary tourism, Dr. Lucy Long, author of Culinary Tourism: Eating and Otherness and Assistant Professor Bowling Green State University (Corona/Panetela)
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Marketing to women: Men head East, Women turn Right, Debbie Maier, founder of The End Result and former trainer with the Ritz-Carlton Learning Institute (Forum)
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What you need to know about the pandemic bird flu, Melinda Diaz, Ohio Department of Health (Grenadier)
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Roundtable sessions: the group tour market, with Tim Walsh Cedar Point, creative design Ann-Marie Whyte & Barb Wozniak, Cedar Point, and online content with Heather Kline-Ruminski & Kelley Hazek, Cleveland.com/
Plain Dealer (Tracks 1, 2, 3)
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Thursday evening reception at the Toledo Zoo! (busses load at 6:15 p.m. from the Holiday Inn French Quarter)
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Friday October 13
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President's Breakfast: Meet the newly elected board and inauguration of 2007 OTA President Melinda Huntley (Atrium)
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Maximizing your online success: Susan Sweeney Everything you need to know to be successful online, with a focus on low-cost, high-impact elements.
PLUS find out about the latest online trends, blogs, wikis, podcasting, RSS feeds and much more! (Tracks 1, 2)
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