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For Approval August 21 , 2019 <br /> Chapel Hill/ Orange County Visitors Bureau Board of Directors Meeting <br /> June 19, 2019 <br /> The Chapel Hill/Orange County Visitors Bureau met at <br /> The Carolina Club , 104 Ridge Rd . , Chapel Hill , NC 27517 <br /> Board Members Present : Kayla Dempsey, Anthony Carey, Annette Stone , Andrew Strickland , Tanya Moore , Penny Rich , <br /> Mark Bell , Tim Hoke, Lydia Lavelle <br /> Not Present : Jeff Strickler, Racheal Schaevitz/ Pam Hemminger, Rosemary Waldorf, Mark Sherburne, David Brooks, Libby <br /> Hough , Shannan Campbell <br /> Staff attendance : Marlene Barbera , Allison Chambers <br /> Also present : Anna Murphy, Expedia ; Sarah DeGenero, Alliance for Historic Hillsborough ; Heidi Werner Dawson , Director <br /> of Sales, Carolina Inn <br /> Call to Order <br /> Chair Anthony Carey called the meeting to order at 8 : 10 am . Chair Carey reported that Executive Director, Laurie <br /> Paolicelli would not be joining us this morning as she is attending the PRSA Travel and Tourism Conference in <br /> Philadelphia with Communications Director, Patty Griffin . He will co - lead the meeting today with Director of Sales, <br /> Marlene Barbera . <br /> Introductions were given by all . <br /> Welcome by Host <br /> Chair Carey offered a history of the Carolina Club, whose membership is open to alumni and the general public . <br /> Approval of Minutes <br /> Chair Carey requested a motion to approve the May 15 , 2019 minutes . Mark Bell so moved and Andrew Strickland <br /> seconded the motion . With all members in favor, the minutes were approved as submitted . <br /> Finance Report <br /> The Board of County Commissioners approved the 2019 - 20 Operating Budget at the June 18, 2019 meeting and that <br /> budget, of course includes the budget of the Visitors Bureau . Budgeted revenues are increased 2 % while the Arts <br /> Commission expenditures is seeing a 15 % increase from Occupancy Tax collections . The Arts Commission is forming a <br /> non - profit arm that will be set up as a 5010 , or non - profit, so it can raise money for the support of its programs . We <br /> are under contract with Clean Design to promote tourism in Orange County for the budget year . The budget reflects an <br /> 11 % increase in the county' s Administrative Fee charged to the bureau . Commissioner Rich reported that there are <br /> individuals interested in buying the building that houses the bureau and the bureau would need to find new space . This <br /> could be in the next coming year . She also talked about the possibility of a partnership with the new UNC Visitor Center <br /> that will be located on the 100 block of E . Franklin St . <br /> Guest Presentation <br /> Anna Murphy, Expedia Market Manager, spoke to the board about her work with hotels from the Triangle to Fayetteville <br /> helping them understand how they can use Expedia ' s tools to sell their hotel rooms . She hopes that some of the <br /> information she will share will be helpful to the board in their fields on a day to day basis . Expedia is the place that <br /> many people turn to when searching flights and hotels, but they are also the parent company of such online services as <br /> Hotels . com , hotwire . com , orbitz . com and many other online travel search engines that make up Expedia Data . They <br />
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