{"id":19026,"date":"2011-05-10T20:05:40","date_gmt":"2011-05-11T00:05:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/?p=19026"},"modified":"2011-05-10T20:05:40","modified_gmt":"2011-05-11T00:05:40","slug":"celebrate-fort-waynes-visitor-industry","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/2011\/05\/10\/celebrate-fort-waynes-visitor-industry\/","title":{"rendered":"Celebrate Fort Wayne&#8217;s visitor industry!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/national_tourism_week.jpg\" alt=\"National Tourism Week logo.\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Press release from Visit Fort Wayne:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong>Celebrate Fort Wayne&#8217;s Visitor Industry!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>(May 9, 2011) &#8211; At the start of our busiest travel season, it is the right time to celebrate National Travel and Tourism Week, and the millions of visitors that we will host in Fort Wayne this year!<\/p>\n<p>This week, the U.S. is celebrating National Travel and Tourism Week, as we look ahead to the summer travel season.<\/p>\n<p>Here in Allen County, our Visitor Industry brings adds $466 million to Fort Wayne, Indiana, providing over 7,000 jobs and generating $13 million in local tax revenue. Travel is a broad and diverse industry employing a vast workforce, from hotel and restaurant employees to attraction, arts and entertainment workers. But it further supports workers in other industry sectors, such as construction, manufacturing and finance.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;At Visit Fort Wayne, we conduct programs to attract visitors to our destination&#8217;s convention and visitor facilities,&#8221; explains Dan O&#8217;Connell, President and CEO of Visit Fort Wayne. &#8220;We know that a prosperous industry results in the economic and social benefits that we all enjoy as a result.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>We are looking forward to another successful summer season, where our visitors can discover our family-friendly amenities, high-quality attractions, and affordable, convenient getaway opportunities.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Related websites<\/strong>:<br \/>\n<span class=\"removed_link\" title=\"https:\/\/www.aroundfortwayne.com\/main\/weblinksmenu\/68-government\/83-cvb\">Fort Wayne Convention &amp; Visitors Bureau<\/span><br \/>\n<span class=\"removed_link\" title=\"https:\/\/www.aroundfortwayne.com\/main\/weblinksmenu\/69-local-attractions\/84-visit-fort-wayne\">Visit Fort Wayne<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3>Related Images:<\/h3><div class=\"ngg-related-gallery\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/20090427\/84744.jpg\"\n\t\t\ttitle=\"Phil Keoghan of the Amazing Race during his Ride Across America stop in Fort Wayne. He&#039;s just been presented with a bag of stuff from the Fort Wayne Allen County Convention and Visitor&#039;s Bureau.  Photo taken April 27, 2009.\"\n\t\t\tclass='thickbox' rel='08552766262437c670bd450790f2d964' data-image-id=\"1634\" data-src=\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/20090427\/84744.jpg\" data-thumbnail=\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/20090427\/thumbs\/thumbs_84744.jpg\" data-title=\"Phil Keoghan with CVB bag\" data-description=\"Phil Keoghan of the Amazing Race during his Ride Across America stop in Fort Wayne. He&#039;s just been presented with a bag of stuff from the Fort Wayne Allen County Convention and Visitor&#039;s Bureau.  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Photo taken April 29, 2010.\"\n\t\t\tclass='thickbox' rel='08552766262437c670bd450790f2d964' data-image-id=\"5209\" data-src=\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/20100429\/130037.jpg\" data-thumbnail=\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/20100429\/thumbs\/thumbs_130037.jpg\" data-title=\"USA Roller Sports announcement\" data-description=\"Roller Dome owners Marjorie and Kim Wall, Fort Wayne Mayor Tom Henry and Nelson Peters behind the Fort Wayne\/Allen County Convention and Visitor&#039;s Bureau President Dan O&#039;Connell at the announcement that USA Roller Sports is bringing two of its national championships to Fort Wayne.  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2013.\"\n\t\t\tclass='thickbox' rel='08552766262437c670bd450790f2d964' data-image-id=\"7018\" data-src=\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/vfw\/160583.jpg\" data-thumbnail=\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/vfw\/thumbs\/thumbs_160583.jpg\" data-title=\"Dan O&#039;Connell and Mayor Tom Henry\" data-description=\"Dan O&#039;Connell and Mayor Tom Henry at Visit Fort Wayne on August 1, 2013.\">\n\t\t\t<img title=\"Dan O&#039;Connell and Mayor Tom Henry\"\n\t\t\t\talt=\"Dan O&#039;Connell and Mayor Tom Henry\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-image-id=\"7018\"\n\t\t\t\tsrc=\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/vfw\/thumbs\/thumbs_160583.jpg\"\/>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/vfw\/160589.jpg\"\n\t\t\ttitle=\"Dan O&#039;Connell and Mayor Tom Henry at Visit Fort Wayne on August 1, 2013.\"\n\t\t\tclass='thickbox' rel='08552766262437c670bd450790f2d964' data-image-id=\"7019\" 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