[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 60 (Monday, March 29, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Page 16232]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-6867]


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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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Dates:  April 16, 2004.

Time:  10 a.m.-12 p.m

Place:  Capital Hilton--Senate Room, 1001 16th Street, NW., Washington, 
DC 20036.
SUMMARY: The United States Travel and Tourism Promotion Advisory Board 
(``Board'') will hold a Board meeting on April 16, 2004 at the Capital 
Hilton 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 the United 
Kingdom 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. EDT Wednesday, April 14, 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 any time 
before or after the meeting. Written comments should be directed to 
Julie Heizer. Minutes will be available within 90 days of this meeting.
    The Board is mandated by Pub. L. 108-7, Section 210. As directed by 
Pub. L. 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, phone Julie Heizer, Office of Travel and 
Tourism Industries (OTTI), International Trade Administration, U.S. 
Department of Commerce at (202) 482-0140. This meeting is physically 
accessible to people with disabilities. Requests for sign language 
interpretation or other auxiliary aids should be directed to OTTI.

    Dated: March 23, 2004.
Julie Heizer,
Deputy Director for Industry Relations, Office of Travel and Tourism 
Industries.
[FR Doc. 04-6867 Filed 3-26-04; 8:45 am]
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