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CHAPEL <br /> 9 <br /> Visitors Bureau <br /> December 13, 2019 <br /> To: Board of Orange County Commissioners <br /> c/o Orange County Clerk's Office <br /> From: Laurie Paolicelli, Director, Chapel Hill Orange County Visitors Bureau <br /> Re: 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 for a second term. <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 />