Cayuga County Convention
and Visitors Bureau invites you
Please join us to celebrate National Tourism Week,
an annual salute to the travel and
tourism industry in Cayuga County and throughout America

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NATIONAL TOURISM WEEK
LUNCHEON
Featuring
An update on the
BLUEPRINT for our Region’s Future
&
Senator Michael Nozzolio
The Cayuga County Office of Tourism will join hundreds of cities, states and businesses nationwide in the annual salute to travel and tourism in America with a special luncheon program on Thursday, May 15th, 2008 in honor of National Tourism Week. National Tourism Week is a collective effort to promote the power of travel through customized events in communities throughout the nation. The goal is to bring recognition to the economic, cultural and social benefits created by travel and tourism.

The 2008 theme for National Tourism Week is ‘”Discover Great American Traditions,” encouraging travel to American locales and highlighting the role tourism plays in discovering local destinations such as the homes of William H. Seward, Harriet Tubman and Theodore Case.

The luncheon will begin with the Chair of the Cayuga County Legislature, Roger Mills, officially proclaiming May 10-18, 2008 National Tourism Week in Cayuga County. The focus of the luncheon will be an update on the ‘Call to Action: Blueprint for our Region’s Future,’ facilitated by Senator Michael F. Nozzolio.

The ‘Blueprint’ is the product of a group of concerned citizens who have identified key issues confronting our community and the action items that need to be implemented to push Auburn and Cayuga County forward. Members of the original focus group will give an update on the progress of each initiative, many of which are closely tied to the success of travel and tourism Cayuga County and the Finger Lakes Region.

Reports will be given on the creation of a world class Musical Theatre Festival in Auburn, infrastructure technology, health care issues, riverfront development, the Center for Entrepreneurial Studies, watershed protection, and job retention and recruitment.

Following the ‘Blueprint’ update, annual tourism awards will be presented, recognizing those that have made outstanding contributions to the tourism industry in Cayuga County.

The luncheon will be held at The Springside Inn and begins at 12 noon. Tickets are $25.00. To make reservations, call the Cayuga County Office at Tourism at 315-255-1658 by May 1st.