Tourism Week in Frisco

This morning I had a great time working as a greater at the Stonebriar Westin to help promote tourism in Frisco.  Did you know:  Each U.S. household would pay $988 more in taxes without the tax revenue generated by the travel and tourism industry!

 State & DFW Travel Facts

• The D/FW area is the #1 tourist destination in Texas
• The D/FW area through tourism contributed over $1 billion in local & state taxes
• Total direct travel spending in Texas was $56.7 billion
• Tourism supports over 534,000 jobs in Texas
• Business Travel spending in Texas is $21.7 million, which is 2^nd highest share in U.S.
• Meetings & Events Travel spending in Texas is $9.3 million, which is 2^nd highest in U.S.

Here are a few websites to check out: MeetingsMeanBusiness.com   /   DFWandBeyond.com

Here are a few links about my experience:

http://friscoblog.dallasnews.com/archives/2009/05/westin-stonebriar-resorts-name.html

http://friscoblog.dallasnews.com/archives/2009/05/did-you-know-that-this.html