[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 20 (Friday, January 30, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Page 4491]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-1980]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration


United States Travel and Tourism Promotion Advisory Board

AGENCY: International Trade Administration, Department of Commerce.

ACTION: Notice of open meeting.

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    Date: February 11, 2004.
    Time: 10 a.m.-12 p.m .
    Place: Loews L'Enfant Plaza Hotel, 480 L'Enfant Plaza East, 
Washington, DC 20001.
SUMMARY: The United States Travel and Tourism Promotion Advisory Board 
(``Board'') will hold a Board meeting on February 11, 2004 at the Loews 
L'Enfant Plaza Hotel.
    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 by 5 p.m. EST Monday, February 9, 2004. She may be 
contacted at U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue, 
NW., Room 7025, Washington, DC 20230; via fax at (202) 482-2887; 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 Public Law 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 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.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 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: January 16, 2004.
Julie Heizer,
Deputy Director for Industry Relations, Office of Travel and Tourism 
Industries.
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