Table Of ContentUmTrAavel TMontaEna Tuesday, March 30
• Four Montanans with tourism
Volume 10 industry experience in and outside of
Issue 3 Montana will open Tuesday's agenda
March 1999 with presentations about Montana's
emerging travel trends, markets and
opportunities for sustaining the state's
appeal for visitors.
Travel Montana, DepartmentofCommerce, MatthewT. Cohn, Travel Director
406-444-2654 fax 406-444-1800 Internet: visitmt.com • Krista Rahe of Denver will educate
us on succeeding with International
Visitors.
presentation will highlight the
25th Annual marketing strategies and media • Montana Congressman Rick Hill
will moderate a panel ofstate and
Governor's Conference Travel Montana employs to attract
federal agency representatives
visitors to the state.
Set To Open discussing Montana's preparations
&
for the upcoming Lewis Clark
Monday, March 29:
The stage and players are set for the Bicentennial.
• Dr. Peter Yesawich opens the
25th Arinual Governor's Conference
"Celebrating Silver, Going for the • Governor Marc Racicotjoins us for
on Tourism and Recreation. Pre-
Gold" conference with a look at the evening banquet and hands out the
conference activities take place Sunday national travel trends. Yesawich annual Tourism Person and Community
afternoon, March 28. The "Celebrating
co-authors the widely quoted ofthe Year Awards along with the
Silver, Going for the Gold" National Travel MONITOR state's regional recognition awards.
conference agenda begins
Monday morning, March Research Series
Reports. His
29, and is completed
presentation
with Governor Marc
will share tourism Tourism Person &
Racicots presentation
msights provided
and tourism award Community Award
by the latest MONI-
announcements
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at the Tuesday night report. Nomination Deadline Here!
banquet, March 30. • IMT Strategies'
All conference activities, Rick Bruner demon- Ifyou haven't already sent in your
nomination for Montana's 1999
including the pre- strates effective
Tourism Person and Community
conference sessions Internet marketing &
ofthe YearAwards (TPOY TCOY),
on Sunday, are at techniques during
Cavanaughs Colonial break out sessions you had better get after it. The
Hotel in Helena. Monday morning nomination deadline is March 8.
A complete agenda and afternoon. You can download the nomination
form from the Governor's Conference
for the conference
• Four Montanans section ofTravel Montana's Intranet Site
along with registration
provide a 25-year or contact Travel Montana, 444-2654,
information and forms, speaker pro-
perspective on Montana's FAX 444-1800.
files and other related items is avail- tourism industry and its role in
able on Travel Montana's Intranet Site Montana's economy, culture and
(travelmontana state mtus/conference) National Tourism Week
. . . future opportunities.
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RMS Management Services for regis- • Monday evening is a Free Night for Coordinator Mary Boyle is planning to
tration information, 406-443-1160. conference goers with no scheduled distribute statevvade press information
Here are some conference agenda conference events. Activity options on this tourism industry observance.
highlights: include: Montana Tourism Coalition's Mary would like folks around the state
Vigilante Players Dinner Theater/ to be thinking about what they can do
Sunday, March 28: Auction Fundraiser at the Colonial to highlight tourism's role in Montana's
• Ifyou are arriving in Helena on Hotel. For Tickets/ Reservations local and regional economies. Once
Sunday, join Travel Montana's call the Coalition's Amy Sullivan, 443- you have a plan, call Mary at 444-1356
Matthew Cohn for a 4-5:30 p.m. 7838. For other Helena opportunities, so she can incorporate your activity
session discussing the state's tourism contact the Helena CVB, 800-7HELENA into the material she provides the
marketing campaigns. Matthew's or 442-4120. state media.
1
Tourism Legislation largest TIIP grant was $200,000 information, contact MCC's Mark
&
for the national Lewis Clark Martin, 721-9620. Workshop
Updates Available
Interpretive Center in Great Falls. registration is $25.
The amount and scope of tourism- The smallest was $20,000 for the
related legislation being considered by stabilization of the pictographs Fort Peck Tribes'
the 1999 Montana Legislature picked at Pictograph Caves State Park in
up considerably during February. Billings. In between, varying "bed tax" Crystal Redgrave
A number ofbills propose major amounts have gone to other projects Joins TAC
changes to the way Montana handles in Billings, Choteau, Deer Lodge, Fort
its tourism promotion and develop- Benton, Fort Peck, Glendive, Helena, Governor Marc Racicot has appoint-
ment efforts. For detailed information Lewistov^m, Malta, Pryor, Red Lodge, ed Assiniboine Tribal member Crystal
about these bills, their current status Stevensville, and Virginia City. Redgrave to the state's Tourism
and upcoming hearmg dates, use The CTAP grants have invested Advisory Council (TAC). Crystal
Travel Montana's Intranet WEB site's $240,000 into 14 communities. These is the Community Planner for the
"News From The Front" section found $15,000-$20,000 grants have gone Assiniboine and Sioux Tribes on the
in the NEWS & UPDATES category to four of the communities listed Fort Peck Reservation in northeast
(travelmontana.state.mt.us). You above along with Broadus, Browning, Montana. An MSU graduate with a
can also access the Legislature's Cut Bank, Fort Belknap, Hamilton/ degree in English-Literature, Crystal
website (laws.leg.state.mt.us) or call Bitterroot Valley, Havre, Laurel, Libby, is the mother of three - soon to be
your local legislature. Northern Cheyenne, and Three Forks. four - and is pursuing a writing career
focused on Indian people. Welcome
Missoula Hosts to the team. Crystal!
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Ifyou are interested in the cultural 4 Visit USATrade Show, Brussels
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ed over $1.25 milUon from "bed tax" Missoula Children's Theatre. The 29-30 HGeolveenranors Conference on Tourism &
revenues into tourism-related facilities workshop is being coordinated by the Recreation, Helena
in 25 Montana communities. Missoula Cultural Council (MCC) 31 MTRI Working Group Meeting,
The annual TIIP grants have provid- with assistance from the Montana Helena
ed the largest "bed tax" investments Arts Council, Travel Montana, and 31-Apr 1 Affordable MeetingsWest,SanJose, CA
with $1,019 million provided to 18 various Missoula and other Montana
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