DEPARTMENT: Convention and Visitors Bureau
DEPARTMENT HEAD: Casandra Matej
COUNCIL DISTRICTS IMPACTED: City-Wide
SUBJECT:
National League of Cities 2019 City Summit
SUMMARY:
This Resolution requests the National League of Cities (NLC) hold its 2019 City Summit in San Antonio, Texas.
BACKGROUND INFORMATION:
The Convention and Visitors Bureau (CVB) is charged with promoting and marketing San Antonio as a premier convention and meetings destination and as a domestic and international visitor destination, for the purpose of positively affecting the City's economy. The CVB works with local officials and industry partners to increase San Antonio's share of the group meetings market.
The NLC is a national association representing the interests of municipalities in Washington, D.C. Its members include cities, towns, and villages of all sizes. The City Summit (formerly the Congress of Cities and Exposition) is the annual convention of the NLC. It is the largest national event for municipal officials and includes educational sessions and meetings to conduct institutional business. Conference members include mayors, councilmembers, and public servants from cities and towns across the country. The four-day convention offers an exciting opportunity to host municipal officials and local government experts from across the country and to showcase the city of San Antonio.
The San Antonio CVB has submitted a full bid proposal for the National League of Cities 2019 City Summit for the dates of November 18-25, 2019. Included in this bid are letters of support from Mayor Ivy R. Taylor and Councilman Alan E. Warrick. Also included is a proposal for accommodation of more than 3,000 sleeping rooms on peak at downtown area hotels and meeting and exhibition space at the Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center.
ISSUE:
The City is competing to bring the National League of Cities 2019 City Summit to San Antonio. Having hosted City Summit in 2009, wh...
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