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Below is a list of news stories related to our efforts to Save Nevada Tourism.
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June 8, 2009: THOMSON REUTERS
Nevada Tourism Commission Launches Summer Ad Campaign
Promoting Budget-Minded Travel Deals
April 8, 2009: KRNV / ASSOCIATED PRESS
Nevada tourism's mobile Web site provides travel information
May 1, 2009: TAHOE DAILY TRIBUNE
Legislative panel rejects tourism merger
April 30, 2009: NEVADA APPEALl
Nevada Legislature: Lawmakers vote down tourism, economic development merger
March 24, 2009: STRATEGIC MARKETING GROUP
What’s going on in Nevada?
MARCH 20: 2009, NEVADA APPEAL, CARSON CITY, NEVADA
Gibbons’ merger proposal draws fire.
Combining commissions on economic development and tourism
‘makes little sense’.
A proposal by Nevada Gov. Jim Gibbons to merge commissions on economic development and on tourism in this tourist-dependent state bogged down Thursday in a Senate-Assembly budget panel whose members agreed it’s a bad idea.
Gibbons’ proposal is part of broad efforts to reduce a looming state budget shortfall of more than $2 billion. The biggest savings achieved by the merger would be nearly $300,00 0 over two years through elimination of the position of Commission on Tourism director.
“This proposed merger … sounds kind of dumb to me,” said Assemblywoman Kathy McClain, D-Las Vegas, echoing opinions of other members of the joint budget subcommittee studying the proposed merger.
While panel members offered no solutions for funding both commissions, they expressed concern that the merger would dilute both agencies’ ability to do their jobs and help recruit business and create jobs in the state.
Steve Woodbury, acting director of the tourism commission, said there’s little overlap in job functions between the two panels, adding that the organizational chart for the new agency basically replicates the two old organizational charts “side by side.”
“The functions, the audiences, the missions are so diverse that we’re never going to make a complete combination. It just doesn’t make sense,” Woodbury added. “But like I said, we would make it work.”
Lt. Gov. Brian Krolicki, who chairs both commissions, also spoke against the proposal.
“This merger makes little sense, in fact it makes harmful sense,” Krolicki said, adding that the two commissions have “different missions” that would be diminished and hurt economic development and tourism which are Nevada’s “bread and butter.”
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MARCH 30: KRNV / ASSOCIATED PRESS
Nevada lawmakers reject governor's tourism-economic development merger plan
MARCH 20: ASSOCIATED PRESS:
Gibbons’ merger proposal draws fire
Combining commissions on economic development and tourism ‘makes little sense’
MARCH 19: KUNR
(Audio Clip)
Nevada’s Krolicki told legislators today he thinks the Governor's plan to merge NCOT and NCED is a bad idea...especially right now
MARCH 20: LAS VEGAS SUN
Tourism Commission tries to protect funding
MARCH 19: NEVADA APPEAL
Tourism summit: Carson, rurals will be hurt most by budget cuts
MARCH 19, 2009: RENO GAZETTE-JOURNAL
"Krolicki opposes merging tourism and economic development groups"
MARCH 19, 2009: RENO GAZETTE-JOURNAL
"Tourism officials decry steep cuts for Nevada panel"
MARCH 18, 2009: KOLO NEWS CHANNEL 8
"Save Nevada Tourism.wmv"
KRNV NEWS 4, RENO
(video link)
"Nevada Tourism Summit"
MARCH 12: MOONSHINE INK2
"Nevada Tourism Summit"
MARCH 6: LAS VEGAS SUN
“Tourism Summit”
MARCH 4: SF GATE
“Cautious response to proposed merger”
MARCH 2: RENO GAZETTE-JOURNAL
“Gibbon’s tourism merger plan draws fire”
FEBRUARY 13: RENO GAZETTE-JOURNAL
“Gibbons’ proposed merger of NCOT, NCED makes no sense”
JANUARY 26: TRAVELAGENT CENTRAL
“Two troubled destinations struggle with cuts to tourism funding”
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