Town of Provincetown Visitor Services Board Meeting Minutes from February 21, 2017, 3:00 Pm Town Hall, Judge Welsh Room 260 Commercial Street Provincetown, MA 02657
Town of Provincetown Visitor Services Board Meeting Minutes from February 21, 2017, 3:00 pm Town Hall, Judge Welsh Room 260 Commercial Street Provincetown, MA 02657 Members present: Marian Peck ‐ Chair, Hersh Schwartz – Vice Chair, Lesley Marchessault, Rick Murray – conference call, Rob Costa, Bob Sanborn – conference call Members absent: Meeting was called to order at 3:10 pm by Marian Peck. Staff: Anthony Fuccillo, Radu Luca. Others: Jay Gurewitsch, David Cox, Allan McKinnon, Candice Collins‐ Boden, Dan Vanwaus, Helen Addison, Marc Kundmann, Rex McKinsey, Ray Sturdy, Robin Lapidus, Phillip Desmerais Agenda: 1. Public Statements—Five minutes maximum. Board members are not obligated to respond to Public Statements Jay Gurewicz – enormous opportunity and threat in Provincetown with the Trump administration. The US dollar is very strong, which will result in international cancellations to the US. Expectation of fewer travelers because fewer travelers to the US in general. Canada is a huge market for the US and thinks there will be massive cancellations in 2017. Believes the marketing and PR that has been done out of the tourism office is dated and thinks it needs more Facebook & Google advertising as well as drone videos such as David Cox’. 1 2. Director of Tourism Memo to VSB (Feb 8, 2017). Requested by Marian Peck February 8, 2017 To: Visitor Services Board From: Tony Fuccillo Copy: David Panagore, David Gardner, Radu Luca RE: Tourism Office Activities Update As we did not have a quorum for yesterday’s VSB meeting, and as we will not meet until 21 February, I would like to bring you up to date on the Tourism Office activities and the Communications Agency RFP.
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