[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 136 (Monday, July 18, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Pages 41208-41209]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E5-3809]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration


United States Travel and Tourism Promotion Advisory Board

AGENCY: International Trade Administration, U.S. Department of 
Commerce.

ACTION: Notice of open meeting.

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Date: August 1, 2005.

Time: 9 a.m.-11 a.m.

Place: Grand Californian Hotel, Sorrel Room, 1600 South Disneyland 
Drive, Anaheim, CA 92802. Tel: 714.635.2300.

Summary: The United States Travel and Tourism Promotion Advisory Board 
(Board) will hold a Board meeting on August 1, 2005 in the Sorrel Room 
at the Grand Californian Hotel, 1600 South Disneyland Drive, Anaheim, 
California 92802.
    The Board will discuss the results of the international advertising 
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promotion campaign launched in the United Kingdom in 2004/2005, which 
sought to encourage individuals 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.
    Julie Heizer may be contacted at U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 
Constitution Avenue, NW., Room 1003, 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 60 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.
    This meeting is physically accessible to people with disabilities. 
Requests for sign language interpretation or other auxiliary aids 
should be directed to OTTI.

    Dated: July 13, 2005.
Julie P. Heizer,
Deputy Director, Industry Relations, Office of Travel and Tourism 
Industries.
[FR Doc. E5-3809 Filed 7-15-05; 8:45 am]
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