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OCTOBER 2020 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

GALVESTON ISLAND CONVENTION & VISITORS BUREAU

For October we produced 10 leads with 3,554 potential room nights. In addition, we had 10 Definite Bookings resulting in 4,170 room nights with an estimated economic impact of $5,026,380. Year to Date Definite Bookings are 4,170 future room nights. The definite business booked year to date has a potential economic impact of approximately $5,026,380 for . (Note: This figure is based on Destination International’s Economic Impact Calculator.)

Definites: 10 2020 –5 2021 – 3 2022 – 1 2023 – 1

ACTIVITIES & UPDATES:

 TRADE SHOWS/SALES EVENTS: Connect Marketplace, virtual, Ciara TSAE New Ideas Conference, virtual, all

 INDUSTRY MEETINGS/NETWORKING: Numerous webinars and industry research presentations, virtual, all Galveston Mindful Bend & Brunch, Austin and virtual, all MPI Houston, virtual, Ciara City/La Marque Chamber of Commerce, Tiffaney C-Crewe Luncheon, Bryan and Tiffaney Galveston Regional Chamber Golf Tournament, Bryan

 SITE VISITS/FAMs: Society of Plastics Engineers, 2021, Bryan and Ciara Healthcare Advocates Summit, 2021, Bryan Boating Trades Association of Metro Houston, 2021, Bryan Saltwater Gift Shop, 2021, Bryan

DESTINATION SERVICES  Group Serviced: 35 events serviced / 77 total attendance

 Visit Galveston App Total Users - 173 Total Sessions - 209 Pageviews - 1409 IOS Downloads - 48 Android Downloads - 10

VISITOR CENTER  Chamber Visitor Center Traffic: 648  Guide Requests: 385

CTA PROGRAM  New CTA’s - 12  Renewed CTA’s - 10%

PUBLIC RELATIONS

Attached you will find a detailed PR coverage report from our new software system.

ADVERTISEMENTS:

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SPECIAL EVENTS:

 Hosted site visit with promoter for 2021 multi-venue boat show opportunity.  Hosted site visit with promoter for large-scale kite and drone festival opportunity.  Began discussion with promoter about hosting a flag football tournament April 2021.  Began discussion with promoter about hosting a large-scale concert series at Galveston venues in 2021.  Met with promoter about hosting large-scale spikeball tournament in spring 2021.

FILM PROJECTS:

 Red Rocket Productions – filming for small budget feature film.  Westmoreland Films – scouting for Ford Motor Co. Internal recruitment video.  Timone Productions – scouting for small-budget feature film.  Bright Road Productions – filming for NatGeo documentary series.

OCTOBER Island Pass Update: (Island Pass was paused from March-June) 45 adults / 7 children = 51 total passes sold 210 total attractions booked

YTD 45 adults / 7 children = 51 total passes sold 210 total attractions booked

October 2020 Overview

LEADS DEFINITES

2018 / 20192019/2020 2020/2021 2018 / 2019 2019/2020 2019/2020

# TRN # TRN # TRN # TRN # TRN # TRN Economic Impact

October 29 10,742 25 13,323 10 3,554 20 7,339 4 2,682 10 4,170 $5,026,380.92

November 24 9,465 24 9,905 8 4,056 12 3,522 $0.00

December 24 9,570 33 13,097 17 6,459 26 12,526 $0.00

January 32 12,538 34 11,494 16 12,308 14 4,694 $0.00

February 41 18,285 42 22,830 19 6,765 20 8,385 $0.00

March 50 28,459 24 14,578 21 3,704 7 6,014 $0.00

April 39 18,169 18 13,324 16 6,279 4 2,199 $0.00

May 39 12,209 14 5,538 14 2,598 4 1,412 $0.00

June 36 14,990 10 4,891 18 5,095 10 7,430 $0.00

July 43 14,980 9 5,352 17 11,672 4 4,466 $0.00

August 26 12,605 11 2,422 12 6,470 7 415 $0.00

September 36 12,505 16 5,115 20 4,626 2 462 $0.00

Total 419 174,517 260 121,869 10 3,554 198 77,371 114 54,207 10 4,170 $5,026,380.92

Goals 165,600 165,600 135,000 75,000 77,000 61,000

Percentages 105.38% 73.59% 2.63% 103.16% 70.40% 6.84%

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OCTOBER 2020 Monthly Website Summary visitgalveston.com:  30,243 sessions of which 26,925 were new users  2,519 (9.42%) desktop sessions, 22,622 (84.62%) mobile sessions and 1,592 (5.96%) tablet sessions  Most visit pages are ‘homepage’ at 4,171, ‘insider tips’ at 1,798 visits, ‘haunted’ at 1,134, followed by ‘top 5 reasons to visit this fall’ at 1,078, ’15 historic galveston sites’ at 837, ‘boat to table’ at 682, ‘COVID updates’ at 675, ‘girls trip’ at 612 and ‘holiday festivities’ at 445  Average time on site @ :44 seconds

Geographic Overview:  Texas represents 87.92% or 23,147 of all US visitors followed by Oklahoma w/ 549 visits, Washington w/ 187, Florida w/ 182, Colorado w/ 174, California w/ 163, Louisiana w/ 153, Illinois w/ 140 and Georgia w/ 134  After the US market (98.09% of visitation) United Arab Emirates and China represent greatest visitors @0.07%  In the state of Texas and touch‐states, Houston Metro represents 31.03% of all visitors, followed by Dallas/Ft. Worth w/ 10.84% or 2,576 visits, San Antonio w/ 5.15% or 1,224, Austin w/ 3.93% or 933, Galveston w/ 3.63% or 863, Plano w/ 3.17% or 467, Fort Worth w/ 1/46% or 467, The Woodlands w/ 1.46% or 347 and Conroe w/ 1.46% or 346 visits GALVESTON ISLAND CVB MONTHLY PR RECAP

PUBLIC RELATIONS OCTOBER 2020 MEDIA COVERAGE PR OUTREACH HIGHLIGHTS HIGHLIGHTS The PR team put the finishing touches on major Story Angle sheet for 2020-2021 to be pitched to regional and national outlets.

The team also worked on a COVID blog with the most recent updates for the microblog site.

A Haunted Galveston release and holiday release were distributed to targeted publications in the region and nationally.

MEDIA FAMS June Naylor, a freelance writer from Fort Worth, visited Galveston on assignment for Texas Highways. The PR team coordinated interviews, put together a socially distanced itinerary she will pitch to other outlets, and arranged lodging and dining for her during her stay.

The PR firm working with Texas Tourism sought help from the PR team to coordinate a visit from Tina Green, an editor for HERE Magazine. She visited Oct. 29-31 and experienced a family- Haunted Galveston featured in Houston CityBook. friendly itinerary.

MEDIA REQUESTS Keri Heath (Galveston County Daily News), June Naylor (Fort Worth freelancer), Julia Seebode (FOX News), Lisa Lewnes (Reuters), Jo Ann Holt (Dallas freelancer), Evan Black (Houston CityBook), Sheryl Nash (Daily Beast), Jenna Mazzacolli (The Buzz Magazines), Gwendolyn Knapp (Houstonia), Kim Guerra (Houston Family), Zahira Gutierrez (365 Things to do in Houston)

ADVOCACY HIGHLIGHTS Galveston County Daily News: • Beach patrol funding story • Coordinated pre-board meeting with CEO, Park Board Chair and Galveston County Daily News reporter Inside the Park Board Columns: • Haunted Galveston • Esports Summit Coming to Galveston • Sentiment Survey Results Holiday activities featured on News Break. • Blurred Lines on the Beaches Social Media: • Eleven social posts on Facebook that had a combined reach of 3,944 and an engagement of 451 • Posts featured CTA program, end of season activities, beach nourishment • Linkedin post featured Blurred Lines on the Beaches column Projects: • Completed subsequent draft of the Annual Report – out to contractor • Coordinated introductions and timeline formation for media and community relations surrounding upcoming nourishment and erosion mitigation projects • Coordinated travel podcast appearance on travel site Free-Quent Flyer with CEO • Completed Island Times draft • Two Galveston Chamber eblast featuring Dine Out for Charity and Concessionaire RFP

Reach Advertising Value Equivalency *Media figures captured by Cision media monitoring. Figures may not be inclusive 89,120,381 $89,052.72 of all coverage produced by CVB.

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