[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 188 (Monday, September 29, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Pages 55937-55938]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-24577]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration


Travel and Tourism Promotion Advisory Board; Notice of Open 
Meeting

AGENCY: International Trade Administration, Department of Commerce.

ACTION: Notice of open meeting.

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    Date: October 13, 2003.
    Time: 1:30-4:30 p.m.
    Place: Washington Convention Center, 801 Mount Vernon Place, NW., 
Washington, DC 20001.

SUMMARY: The United States Travel and Tourism Promotion Advisory Board 
(``Board'') will hold a Board meeting on October 13, 2003 at the 
Washington Convention Center.
    The Board will discuss the design, development and subsequent 
implementation of an international advertising and promotional 
campaign, which will seek to encourage individuals from select 
countries to travel to the United States for the express purpose of 
engaging in tourism. The meeting will be open to the public. Time will 
be permitted for public comment. To sign up for public comment, please 
contact Julie Heizer at least 24 hours before the start of the meeting. 
She may be contacted at U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution 
Avenue, NW., Room 7025, Washington, DC 20230; via fax at (202) 482-
4272; or, via e-mail at [email protected].
    Written comments concerning Board affairs are welcome anytime 
before or after the meeting. Written comments should be directed to 
Julie Heizer. Minutes will be available within 30 days of this meeting.
    The Board is mandated by Pub. L. 108-7, Section 210. As directed by 
Public Law 108-7, Section 210, the Secretary of Commerce shall design, 
develop and implement an international advertising and promotional 
campaign, which seeks to encourage individuals to travel to the United 
States. The Board shall recommend to the Secretary of Commerce the 
appropriate coordinated activities for funding. This campaign shall be 
a multi-media effort that seeks to leverage the Federal dollars with

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contributions of cash and in-kind products unique to the travel and 
tourism industry. The Board was chartered in August of 2003 and will 
expire on August 8, 2005.
    The Washington Convention Center is accessible by Metro via the 
Yellow Line. The Yellow Line exit for the Washington Convention Center 
is Mt. Vernon Square/ Convention Center.
    For further information, phone Julie Heizer, Office of Travel and 
Tourism Industries (OTTI), International Trade Administration, U.S. 
Department of Commerce at (202) 482-4904. This meeting is physically 
accessible to people with disabilities. Requests for sign language 
interpretation or other auxiliary aids should be directed to OTTI.

    Dated: September 22, 2003.
Cary G. Justice,
Special Assistant, Office of Service Industries, Tourism, and Finance.
[FR Doc. 03-24577 Filed 9-26-03; 8:45 am]
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