Officials from the Nacogdoches Convention & Visitors Bureau (CVB) invite the community to the “Bring it Home to Nacogdoches” trainings during this July and August. The first training will be held on Tuesday, July 26, while the second training will be held on Tuesday, August 30. Both trainings are free and will be held at 3 p.m. at the Visitor Center downtown. The training will provide all of the tools necessary to get groups and organizations on the right track to hosting their events in Nacogdoches. Participants will learn about CVB services as well as the great incentives the CVB offers.
Sherri Skeeters, assistant director of the CVB, holds up a sample of the Bring it Home to Nacogdoches resource manual that participants will receive at their training. Trainings will be held Tuesday, July 26 and Tuesday, August 30.
“If you’ve ever wanted to bring your group to Nacogdoches but didn’t know where to start, this training is for you,” said Sherri Skeeters, assistant director for the Nacogdoches Convention and Visitors Bureau. “We will provide participants with step-by-step instructions as well as a resource manual to help them with the process of bringing their groups to Nacogdoches.”
The “Bring it Home to Nacogdoches” campaign is an opportunity for local business leaders and community members to help promote Nacogdoches as a meeting destination. The campaign will concentrate not only on trade association meetings but also hobby groups, fraternal organizations, alumni organizations, and church groups.
The purpose of the campaign is to help Nacogdoches by stimulating the local economy by generating economic impact in the form of traveler expenditures and local tax revenue, supporting local businesses that cater to the hospitality industry and by promoting Nacogdoches as a premier destination: affordable, safe and friendly, great attractions, museums, restaurants and hotels.
“It is our hope that through this campaign, we will increase awareness of all the great complimentary meeting planning services available through the CVB,” said Skeeters. “We are also excited about the opportunity to reward local citizens with a cash incentive when they bring their group home to Nacogdoches.”
Tourism pumps more than $70 million in direct spending into Nacogdoches County each year. Visitor spending supports 1,200 jobs in Nacogdoches County with earnings of more than $17.6 million. Without the local, state and federal taxes generated by the Texas travel industry, each household in Texas would have to pay $995 in additional taxes.
Bringing visitors and meetings to Nacogdoches generates tourism dollars that will benefit our local economy. “If more local leaders encourage their groups to consider and book Nacogdoches, the ‘Bring it Home to Nacogdoches’ campaign can have a real impact for our community,” Skeeters said.
For more information about the “Bring it Home to Nacogdoches” campaign and to register for this free training, visit www.VisitNacogdoches.org or call the CVB at 936-564-7351. Be our friend on facebook @ See Nacogdoches.
