Visit Albuquerque Recognizes the Resilience and Perseverance of the Travel and Tourism Industry at Annual Meeting
On Sept. 15 we held our Annual Meeting at the Albuquerque Marriott Pyramid North’s outdoor pavilion where industry leaders, organization partners and community members tuned in to hear Visit Albuquerque leadership discuss the current impact of the pandemic, highlight fiscal year accomplishments and recent recovery efforts, and speak to the future of Albuquerque’s hospitality and tourism industry.
The program also highlighted the organization’s efforts to form an Albuquerque Tourism Marketing District, which would add a 2% assessment – paid by the visitor – to room rates at more than 150 lodging properties located within the district’s boundaries, providing a new and dedicated funding source to expand promotion of the city as a top destination for leisure travelers, sporting events, meetings and conventions. The meeting also included a forecast of the future, noting that while business spending and travel volume is projected to take some time to recover to pre-pandemic levels, leisure spending and volume is on track to outpace 2019 data by 2023.
Visit Albuquerque also welcomed incoming board of directors chair Heather Arnold, co-owner of Routes Bicycle Tours & Rentals. Arnold takes the position over from Cainan Harris, vice president of operations for Heritage Hotels & Resorts and general manager of The Clyde Hotel. Business partners in attendance also elected a slate of nominees to fill three open positions on the board of directors. Cainan Harris, vice president of operations for Heritage Hotels & Resorts and general manager of The Clyde Hotel, and Scott Cape, area general manager of the Embassy Suites by Hilton Albuquerque, were elected to positions in the Hospitality/Accommodations category. Tom Garrity, founder and president of The Garrity Group Public Relations, was elected to a position in the General Business category.
Read the full press release here.
