Complete Agenda Package - Town of Hilton Head Island

HILTON HEAD ISLAND
SECTION 1 | STATEMENT OF INTEREST
The Hilton Head Island-Bluffton Chamber of Commerce and Visitor
& Convention Bureau (VCB), as well as over 1,600 Chamber member
businesses of the Beaufort County greater community are keenly
interested in and deeply committed to welcoming the Hilton Head
Island IRONMAN ® to our region.
We can assure you that we will commit our dedicated resources and professionals, including more than four
decades of experience in sporting and event planning and marketing, as well as our strong relationships
with local, county and state officials, to fulfilling all of the tangible deliverables that you require for superior
race operations, logistics, community and public works support and truly impressive financial support.
Our community possesses 45 years of expertise in successful sports and competition event planning and
implementation. We have over four decades of collaboration experience in hosting world-class events
such as the annual RBC Heritage PGA Tour Golf Tournament. PGA members and their families voted
Hilton Head Island’s tournament among their most favorite due to family-friendly atmosphere and the
relaxing hospitality of the Island. This is a testament to how well we handle world-class sporting and
recreation events and how successful an event like IRONMAN can become in our destination. We can
assure you that welcoming the IRONMAN event, and meeting and exceeding your participants’, guests’
and organizers’ expectations will be our key focus and accomplishment.
We truly want to do everything we can to ensure that Hilton Head Island, Bluffton and the Lowcountry are
your top choice for the event. Our long-standing relationships with local, regional and state officials and
event experts, public service leaders, diverse businesses and stakeholders through years of collaboration
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