Just yesterday, while driving Postoffice Street returning my lady friend to work after lunch, I got stuck behind a slow moving tourist from out of state obviously hunting tree sculptures. Of course I cursed them.
"Get the BLEEP outta my way! Um. But thanks for visiting the Island. (Insert smal polite wave here) Teehee."
So whether you're coming in from out of town and looking for something to do, trying to set up a gathering of professionals, or just a local looking for an unknown secret about Galveston, the Galveston Island Convention & Visitors Bureau (the CVB) is there to help.
The main focus of the CVB is to generate interest in visiting Galveston Island and creating interest in the use of Galveston and its facilities for meetings and conventions. Did you know in order to accomplish this task the CVB has a satellite office in Austin? Yep. This office helps the CVB reach a broad spectrum of meeting planners.
Closer to home, the CVB has assisted Islander By Choice in each of its first two years putting on the Galveston Island Beach Revue, and IBC hopes to continue to utilize this service. The CVB also is one of the main sources of advertisement for the Island. You may have seen their commercials on TV promoting the Island as a vacation destination.
All in all, without the CVB Galveston tourism wouldn't be what it is. And even though locals (this one in particular) may curse the tourists, deep down we all know they're an important part of what makes this Island what it is.
As part of their sponsorship of the 2010 Galveston Island Beach Revue, IBC is happy to create this advertorial as thanks for their contribution.
