Rural Tourism Conference Program
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Welcome to Gadsden & Etowah County!<br />
We are so excited to be able to share the beauty of our city and county<br />
with our friends in rural tourism from Alabama, Mississippi, and Tennessee!<br />
The AL/MS/TN <strong>Rural</strong> <strong>Tourism</strong> <strong>Conference</strong> is always one of our favorite<br />
conferences of the year, because of the people and the unique towns they<br />
represent, and this year it comes to us. Yay!<br />
Look forward to two good days of learning, networking, eating, drinking,<br />
and having FUN in the Greater Gadsden Area!<br />
— Hugh A. Stump III, Executive Director, Greater Gadsden Area <strong>Tourism</strong><br />
Monday – October 22, 2018<br />
1:00 pm Board buses at Holiday Inn Express Gadsden<br />
Noccalula Falls Park Tour<br />
Optional Hike to Waterfall<br />
View Public Art and Murals<br />
4:00 pm Return to Holiday Inn Express<br />
5:45 pm Board Buses to reception at Back Forty Beer Company<br />
8:00 pm Return to Holiday Inn Express<br />
Tuesday – October 23, 2018<br />
8:15 am Board buses to Pitman Theatre – Downtown Gadsden<br />
8:45-9:15 am Welcome<br />
Mayor Sherman Guyton<br />
Grey Brennan, Alabama <strong>Tourism</strong> Department<br />
9:15–10:00 am “Reaching Millennials”<br />
Neville Bhada, CEO, <strong>Tourism</strong> Skills Group<br />
10–10:15 am Exhibitor Introduction<br />
Who We Are and What We Do<br />
Exhibitors (3 minutes each)<br />
10:15–10:45 am Break<br />
Visit Exhibitors’ Booths<br />
10:45–11:30 am “Events – Recruiting and Retaining Volunteers”<br />
Amy Doherty, Events Manager, City of Suwanee<br />
2018 Alabama • Mississippi • Tennessee <strong>Rural</strong> <strong>Tourism</strong> <strong>Conference</strong>
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