Minutes - 03/06/2003 - Hotel Convention and Visitors CommitteeOak Brook Hotel, Convention & Visitors Committee
Minutes of Thursday, March 6, 2003 Meeting
Upper Level Conference Room
Oak Brook Village Hall
Present: Temporary Chairman John Merrill
Chuck Fleming
Ralph Maxson
Steve Thayer
Absent: Laurie Adams
Julie Coker
Tony Mira
Ted Selogie
Also Present: Acting Village Manager Michael Crotty
Skip Stritmatter, DuPage Convention & Visitors Committee
Meeting was called to order at 2:13 p.m.
APPROVAL OF FEBRUARY 6, 2003 MEETING MINUTES
Moved by Ralph Maxson and seconded by Steve Thayer to approve the minutes
of the February 6, 2003 meeting as submitted. Motion passed 4 -0.
OLD BUSINESS:
1. Update — 2003 Marketing Campaign: Temporary Chairman Merrill
distributed a report indicating the status of the Campaign. Progress
appears to be on target.
NEW BUSINESS:
2. Final Tracking Report from Creative Marketing — 2002 Marketing
Campaign: Portions of this report were distributed to the Committee. In
terms of leisure contacts, 65% came from pre -print publishing. The direct
mail campaigns also resulted in many responses, mostly from the
Chicagoland and other Illinois areas. Creative Marketing will be in
attendance at the next meeting to elaborate further.
OTHER BUSINESS
Temporary Chairman Merrill informed the Committee of a Illinois Tollway pilot
project concerning hotel signage on the toll roads. Steve Thayer has information
on this program, and will provide it at the next meeting.
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ADJOURNMENT
Moved by Steve Thayer and seconded by Chuck Fleming to adjourn the meeting
at 2:47 p.m. Motion passed 4 -0.
ATTEST:
Michael A. Crotty
Acting Village Manager
APPROVED: June 11, 2003
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