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I111Dyl �i�11111111110 13 <br /> ������� ����fig/1%1111111111111 11111111(1(111111111111 <br /> 11111111111 0 :II 0,011011411111111110 1111 in <br /> Visitors Bureau <br /> 111111111111 II I 111111 III 11 1010 h m <br /> February 2, 2016 <br /> To: Board of Orange County Commissioners <br /> c/o Orange County Clerk's Office <br /> From: Laurie Paolicelli, Director, Orange County Community Relations and Visitors Bureau <br /> Re: Nominating Committee Recommendation for Hotel Seat on Visitors bureau Board <br /> Please accept this nomination for Mark Sherburne, General Manager of the Carolina Inn, to fill <br /> the Orange County lodging seat on the Visitors Bureau Board. <br /> Sherburne has served on this Orange County advisory board for many years; including <br /> previous stretches while he worked as General Manager for Siena Hotel, 2005-2008 and again <br /> in 2014 when he served on Orange County's Economic Development Board, a seat he vacated <br /> in 2015. <br /> Sherburne has long worked to build tourism in Orange County. His role is helpful because <br /> Carolina Inn books conference business five plus years into the future, providing this board <br /> with a sense of trends and demand for the future. The Carolina Inn is also the largest <br /> contributor of occupancy taxes in Orange County. <br /> In addition to being a hotel, Carolina Inn is an attraction in Orange County, attracting visitors <br /> for their Fridays on the Front Porch events; Birdhouse event, annual bridal show, et. <br /> Carolina Inn is a flagship hotel in Orange County and having their input, feedback and <br /> University vision a part of our tourism board is helpful and productive. <br /> Thank you for your consideration. <br /> Chapel Hill/Orange County Visitors Bureau 501 W. Franklin Street,Chapel Hill, NC 27516 <br /> www.visitchapelhill.org (919)968-2060 <br /> A Division of Orange County,NC <br />