Minutes - 11/06/2003 - Hotel Convention and Visitors CommitteeOak Brook Hotel, Convention & Visitors Committee
Minutes of Thursday November 6, 2003 Meeting
Upper Level Conference Room
Oak Brook Village Hall
Present: John Merrill
Ralph Maxson
Steve Thayer
Laurie Adams
Julie Coker
Chuck Fleming
Absent: Chairman, Tony Mira
Heather Wehling
Ted Selogie
Also Present: Village Manager Rick Boehm
Denise Brownell, Hyatt Regency Oak Brook
Skip Stritmatter, DuPage Convention and Visitors Bureau
Bob Grusin, pointb communications
Jason Kallen, pointb communications
Bryan Panek, pointb communications
Meeting was called to order at 2:12 p.m.
APPROVAL OF October 6, 2003 MEETING MINUTES
Moved by Laurie Adams and seconded by Steve Thayer to approve the minutes of
the October 6, 2003 meeting as submitted. Motion unanimously passed
OLD BUSINESS:
A presentation was made by Bob Grusin. He discussed the 2003 campaign status
and results; exceeded goals in both the group and leisure markets as well as hits
on the website. In addition two articles were written about the Hotels of Oak
Brook; they were in the Doings and Illinois Media and Events.
NEW BUSINESS:
pointb communications staff discussed the various aspects of the 2004 Marketing
Campaign. Goals for the year include gaining 300 new qualified leads for the
group market; 4,000 new leads for the leisure market; and increasing hits on the
website by 5 %.
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The Hotels of Oak Brook 2004 Marketing Campaign budget was distributed and
presented. Following a discussion a motion was made by Ralph Maxon and
seconded by Julie Coker to recommend the budget to the Village Board.
ADJOURNMENT
Moved by Steve Thayer and seconded by Ralph Maxson to adjourn the meeting at
2:55 p.m. Motion unanimously passed.
ATTEST:
Richard Boehm
Village Manager
APPROVED: January 8 2004
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