[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 193 (Wednesday, October 6, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Page 59898]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E4-2500]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration


United States 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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    Dates: October 26, 2004.
    Time: 10 a.m.-1 p.m.
    Place: Disney's Grand Floridian Resort and Spa, Salon 6, Grand 
Floridian Convention Center, 4401 Floridian Way, Lake Buena Vista, 
Florida 32830-1000. (The Convention Center is adjacent to the hotel.)
SUMMARY: The United States Travel and Tourism Promotion Advisory Board 
(Board) will hold a Board meeting on October 26, 2004, at the Grand 
Floridian Convention Center (adjacent to Disney's Grand Floridian 
Resort and Spa).
    The Board will discuss the updated design and pending development 
and implementation plans of an international marketing and advertising 
campaign, which seeks 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. e.d.t. Wednesday, October 20, 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 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, 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: September 30, 2004.
Julie Heizer,
Deputy Director for Industry Relations, Office of Travel and Tourism 
Industries.
 [FR Doc. E4-2500 Filed 10-5-04; 8:45 am]
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