BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//ChamberMaster//Event Calendar 2.0//EN METHOD:PUBLISH X-PUBLISHED-TTL:P3D REFRESH-INTERVAL:P3D CALSCALE:GREGORIAN BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART:20240131T120000Z DTEND:20240131T133000Z X-MICROSOFT-CDO-ALLDAYEVENT:FALSE SUMMARY:Why York? Attracting tourists to York County & Downtown - An Economics Club Series Event DESCRIPTION:Tourism spending in York County ranks third overall in the Dutch Country Roads region\, a region comprised of heavyweight hitting counties such as Adams\, Berks\, Cumberland\, Dauphin\, Franklin\, Lancaster\, Lebanon\, Perry\, and of course York County. Over the past 18 months\, Explore York has worked from nearly a $500\,000 budget for destination marketing. Moving forward\, they have an additional $200\,000 budgeted to focus on leisure marketing and to advertise\, market and promote tourism to York County.\n\n \n\nHear from two leaders dedicated to driving destination marketing and tourism for York County\, and Downtown York: Melissa Beaverson\, Director of Destination Marketing with Explore York and Katie Mahoney\, Chief Marketing and Business Development Officer for the YCEA and Downtown Inc.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n \n\n\nThank You to Our Presenting Sponsor:\n\n\n\n\n\nThe Economics Club Breakfast series offers an informative monthly breakfast and provides attendees the opportunity to network with key business and community leaders. A variety of speakers discuss economic and business updates important to York County.\n\n\n\nContact Casey Nixon to learn more about joining the Economics Club.\n\n\n\nCancellation Policy: Cancellations for a full refund are accepted until seven days prior to an in-person event. Once the deadline is past\, there is no refund for those who have registered for an in-person event and cancelled\, and unpaid registrations will be billed for the function\, whether they attend or not. Registrations may be transferred to another person upon notifying the York County Economic Alliance. No refunds are offered for cancellations of virtual event registrations\, however a credit for a future virtual event can be applied for cancellations given within 48 hours of the event. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:Tourism spending in York County ranks third overall in the Dutch Country Roads region\, a region comprised of heavyweight hitting counties such as Adams\, Berks\, Cumberland\, Dauphin\, Franklin\, Lancaster\, Lebanon\, Perry\, and of course York County. \;Over the past 18 months\, Explore York has worked from nearly a $500\,000 budget for destination marketing. Moving forward\, they have an additional $200\,000 budgeted to focus on leisure marketing and to advertise\, market and promote tourism to York County.
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\nHear from two leaders dedicated to driving destination marketing and tourism for York County\, and Downtown York: Melissa Beaverson\, Director of Destination Marketing with Explore York and Katie Mahoney\, Chief Marketing and Business Development Officer for the YCEA and Downtown Inc.
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\nThe Economics Club Breakfast series offers an informative monthly breakfast and provides attendees the opportunity to network with key business and community leaders. A variety of speakers discuss economic and business updates important to York County.
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\nContact Casey Nixon to learn more about joining the Economics Club.
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\nCancellation Policy: Cancellations for a full refund are accepted until seven days prior to an in-person event. Once the deadline is past\, there is no refund for those who have registered for an in-person event and cancelled\, and unpaid registrations will be billed for the function\, whether they attend or not. Registrations may be transferred to another person upon notifying the York County Economic Alliance. No refunds are offered for cancellations of virtual event registrations\, however a credit for a future virtual event can be applied for cancellations given within 48 hours of the event.
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\n LOCATION:Wyndham Garden York 2000 Loucks Road UID:e.2302.11015 SEQUENCE:3 DTSTAMP:20260918T133952Z URL:https://business.ycea-pa.org/events/details/why-york-attracting-tourists-to-york-county-downtown-an-economics-club-series-event-11015 END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR