ROI Newsletter

ROI Newsletter - April 2013

• First annual QC Restaurant Week was a success
• Great River Road celebrates 75th anniversary
• New tourism brand for the Quad Cities
• Talking up the Quad Cities
• Steamboats and Segways return to the riverfront
• Welcome to new CVB staff members

ROI Newsletter - January 2013

• CVB Group Sales attends international sales mission in Shanghai and Taiwan
• East West Riverfest grows in 2013
• Quad Cities involved with Year of Cycling
• Be a Tourist weekend was a success
• Quad Cities sports earn national awards
• CVB earns reaccreditation from leading industry group

ROI Newsletter - October 2012

• CVB hosts the Midwest Travel Writer's Association fall conference
• Website launches new and improved look and design
• Iowa visitor spending up in 2011
• AG Tours Illinois wins state award
• CVB annual meeting hosts chairman of Destination Marketing Association International
• East West Riverfest brings huge visitation increase to many local festivals and events

ROI Newsletter - July 2012

• Quad Cities Divine 9 raises money for youth and amateur sporting events
• Travel writers coming to the Quad Cities
• Bidding on new business for the Quad Cities
• Ag Tours Illinois and other trade shows provide great returns for local businesses
• Illinois visitor spending sets new record in 2011
• New CVB offerings

ROI Newsletter - April 2012

• QCCVB opens two new visitor centers
• QC Lodging Association Invests in Quad Cities
• Expanded Be a Tourist Weekend results
• Group Tour department attends International Pow Wow trade show
• QC Gifts goes online
• QCCVB attends Chicago Golf Show, sees increased attendance

ROI Newsletter - January 2012

• International Softball Congress returns to the Quad Cities in 2013
• Moline hosts 2012 ASA tournaments; bids for more
• CVB Sales Team attends industry tradeshows
• President Obama announces new national strategy on tourism
• 3rd annual online contest held in November
• QC Airport Visitor Center celebrates 10 years

ROI Newsletter - November 2011

• Annual meeting advocates for the travel industry
• NASCAR announcer Krista Voda champions the Sports Commission and the Midwest
• What to watch for in the upcoming year
• Visitor spending experienced large growth in 2010
• Results of the Summer in the Quad Cities contest
• Train Festival 2011 Followup

ROI Newsletter - August 2011

• RAGBRAI and Bix 7 come to Davenport, demonstrate QC's great hospitality
• QCCVB receives Business of Integrity award from BBB
• Task force recommends closing Mississippi Valley Welcome Center
• SAU and QCCVB host the 2011 NAIA Men's Golf National Championship
• Rock Island hosts one of the largest railroad celebrations in the country
• Planning begins for 2012 East West Riverfest to celebrate arts, culture, heritage of the QC

ROI Newsletter - May 2011

• QCCVB and staff members win several business awards
• 20th anniversary of riverboard gaming
• Upcoming mobile-optimized website
• RAGBRAI returns to Davenport after 29 years
• Train Festival 2011 coming in July

ROI Newsletter - January 2011

• Be a Tourist in Your Own Backyard Weekend a big hit
• Group Sales has record-setting number of appointments at American Bus Assoc. tradeshow
• QCCVB manages two online contests that draw over 1,000 participants
• Haunted Trivia Night fundraiser a big success
• Rock Island and the Quad Cities host Train Festival 2011 in July

ROI Newsletter - October 2010

• 20th anniversary annual meeting recap
• QC host of Upper Midwest CVB Conference
• Welcoming new groups to the Quad cities
• Sports Commission Golf Challenge
• Trains and ag tours

ROI Newsletter - August 2010

• QCCVB's 20th anniversary
• 20 million visitors, $2 billion in economic impact over 20 years
• Mississippi Valley Welcome Center undergoes space analysis
• Experience Quad Cities holds State of the Arts luncheon
• QCCVB hosts Garden Writers Association Region V meeting

ROI Newsletter - April 2010

• Additional visitor research completed
• New Experience Quad Cities arts & culture initiatives
• QCCVB joins International Gay and Lesbian Travel Association
• Chicago Golf Show is a hit
• QCCVB starts new Travel Mississippi River marketing partnership

ROI Newsletter - January 2010

• Be a Tourist Weekend 2010 was a big success
• ASA returning to the Quad Cities this summer
• Best of the Decade in Quad Cities tourism
• Experience Quad Cities and Mississippi River Traveler marketing committees formed
• QCCVB visits China
• Holiday Treasure Hunt results

ROI Newsletter - October 2009

• International Softball Congress brought great economic impact
• NAIA Men's Golf National Championships stays in QC through 2011
• Illinois and Iowa release 2008 tourism numbers
• QCCVB presents awards at annual meeting to honor those with an impact on Quad Cities tourism
• QCCVB International program brings international agricultural tourists to the area
• Quad Cities declared an Iowa regional sports authority district

ROI Newsletter - July 2009

• New community awareness campaign "What's Up Quad Cities" begins
• Multiple spring sporting events bring great economic impact to the QCA
• International Softball Congress tournaments to occur in August
• Newly-renovated Visitor Center at Union Station opens
• QCCVB International program brings international agricultural tourists to the area
• CVB staff changes

ROI Newsletter - April 2009

• QCCVB wins three Illinois tourism awards
• QC leaders lobby in Washington, D.C.
• Sports brings families with demographics to benefit Quad Cities
• Mississippi Valley Welcome Center in LeClaire turns 20
• Quad Cities Lodging Association regroups
• Tourism pep talk - Bill Geist visit

ROI Newsletter - January 2009

• Be a Tourist Weekend was a big success
• Tourism as the growth sector
• ISC Tournament roundup
• CVB website update
• New downtown circulator to start

ROI Newsletter - October 2008

• QCCVB Hires Ruf Strategic Solutions to Perform Visitor Analysis
• Wayfinding Signs are Installed in QC
• ASA is Again Great for Quad Cities
• 2009 Visitor Guide Online
• Quad Cities Visitor Categories

ROI Newsletter - August 2008

• Quad Cities CVB Moves to New Office
• Take a Staycation
• Great Community Service
• Going on Faith Coming

ROI Newsletter - April 2008

• Taylor Celebrates 10 Years as CEO
• Host It Here! Program Launch
• Gas Prices Affecting Travel?
• Greens and Green
• Roped Into RAGBRAI

ROI Newsletter - January 2008

• Outdoor Writers Meet in Quad Cities
• QCCVB Moving to One New Office
• Motorcoach Travel Increases
• QCCVB Staff on the Road
• 2007 Year in Review

ROI Newsletter - October 2007

• QCCVB 17th Annual Meeting
• Finding Our Way to ROI
• Visitors Go Outdoors
• Going Green Can't Cost Too Much
• Heard on the Street
• Gone Overseas
• Quad Cities on TV

ROI Newsletter - July 2007

• Busy September is Coming
• 2007 Midwest Birding Symposium
• QCCVB On the Road
• Bringing It Here
• Sports Report
• Bringing in Visitors

ROI Newsletter - April 2007

• Wayfinding Signage Needed
• Quad Cities Packages Go Online
• Golf Show on Par with the Quad Cities
• Quad Cities Sees Growth in International Market
• Area Review
• Heard on the Street

ROI Newsletter - January 2007

• National Trails Symposium
• Quote from Michelle Wie's Father
• Booked Business
• Travel Trends
• Sports Report
• Record-Number Fly at Quad City Airport

ROI Newsletter - November 2006

• Quad Cities Kid's Club
• National Trails Symposium
• Getting Into the Zone
• Gotta Have Faith
• Business Travelers Booking Online
• Taking It on the Road
• Quad Cities Sports Report
• Visiting Travel Writers
• New Quad Cities DVDs