The state of the travel industry and its
outlook will be among topics explored at
the 19th Annual Governor's Conference on
Tourism in Reno Dec. 9-11
William Norman, president and CEO
of the Travel Industry Association of
America of Washington, D.C., the nation's
chief tourism industry trade organization,
will address the conference on the state of
travel Dec. 10.
Following Norman's keynote address,
Peter Sealy, founder and CEO of Los
Altos Group management consultants of
Los Altos, Calif., will talk about the future
of tourism.
Also speaking will be Frank
Fahrenkopf, president and chief executive
of the American Gaming
Association, and William Eadington,
professor of economics and director of
the Institute for the Study of Gaming at
the University of Nevada Reno.
Eadington also will moderate a panel
on the State of Indian Gaming.
The conference, which draws about
1,000 delegates, will be at the Atlantis
Casino Resort and the Reno/Sparks
Convention Center.
Much of the conference will be
devoted to adventure, the main theme
and the title of the gathering, "Putting
the Adventure Back in Tourism."
Adventure speakers include Lisa
Odynski of the 2002 U.S. Olympic Team
women's giant slalom snowboard on
"Going for the Gold" and panels of
experts on public lands as adventure venues
and marketing adventure to the travel
and news media.
