• On average, travelers spend over $77 million dollars every day in Illinois;
• Over 300,000 jobs in Illinois are directly related to travel and tourism;
• In 2006, Illinois welcomed a record-breaking 91 million domestic visitors, as well as more than 1.6 million international visitors.
  Source: Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity, Bureau of Tourism

We invite your organization to become a sponsor at this year's Illinois Governor's Conference on Tourism: Making News. You will enjoy great visibility within our industry, and reinforce your presence to your customers and business partners!

Who Attends?
This official annual gathering of the Illinois visitor industry draws more than 600 leading travel professionals, public officials, and destination marketing experts. The conference is presented by the Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity, Bureau of Tourism in partnership with the Illinois Tourism Alliance, the statewide industry alliance.

There are many great sponsorship and partnership opportunities available at all levels for the 2008 Illinois Governor's Conference on Tourism. For complete information on partnership levels click here. For a partnership signup form, click here.

For more information, contact Nina Winston, Executive Director of the Illinois Tourism Alliance at nwinston@illinoistourismalliance.org or 312-658-1047.

On behalf of the Illinois Tourism Alliance, we thank you for considering this opportunity!

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