The Bay County Tourist Development Council (the TDC) will host a long-term strategic planning session today at the Edgewater Beach Resort convention center at 520 Beckrich Road. The meeting will run from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. and is open to the public.
The TDC meeting comes on the heels of a meeting yesterday of more than 100 local government representatives and members of the Beach tourism industry, Peter Yesawich, CEO of the Orlando-based marketing firm Ypartnership, said four new trends in leisure travel are redefining how hotels, restaurants and tourist attractions can succeed in an ever-more competitive environment.
The trends are:
1. Tourism via the internet – ever expanding use of the web to book travel
2. Changing social values – trend to want to spend more time with family and friends
3. Vigilante consumers – tourists expect to bargain and receive discounts
4. Demographic changes – changes to market to “baby boomers”
Yesawich indicated that the opening of the new Panama City Airport would cause a dramatic increase in tourism in the area.
Jerry
http://www.bestpanamacitybeachcondo.com
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