More
than 30 international tour operators and travel planners from Brazil and Europe
will be in Owensboro on Thursday, Dec. 5, checking out the city's attractions.
Mark Calitri, president of
the Owensboro-Daviess County Convention & Visitors Bureau, said Chris
Gendek, of Visit Owensboro Destination Services, is in St. Louis this week for
the Travel South International conference, talking to the tour operators and
planners about Owensboro.
Chris Joslin, executive
director of the Bluegrass Music Hall of Fame & Museum, is also at the
meeting, playing bluegrass and telling the tour operators about the Hall of
Fame.
Dave Kirk, the CVB's
destination management director said a full day of activities is being planned
for the visitors from Brazil, Germany, Italy, Denmark, Belgium and The
Netherlands.
They are scheduled to
arrive at the Holiday Inn Riverfront and Hampton Inn & Suites Downtown
Owensboro/Waterfront at 11:15 a.m. Thursday.
After lunch at Moonlite
Bar-B-Q Inn, they'll tour the Hall of Fame and sit in on a jam session.
Then they'll tour O.Z.
Tyler Distillery and throw axes at Escape Today.
The visit will end with
dinner at the Owensboro Museum of Fine Art catered by City Walk.
Kirk said Owensboro's
proximity to St. Louis made the visit possible.
"They're going to
several places in Kentucky," he said. "But we're the first stop, and
we'll get to make the first impression."
Kirk said many of the
people on the tour have been to New York City and Chicago.
Now, they're looking for
something different and authentic, he said.
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