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| FROM THE PRESIDENT | | We hope you’re
enjoying all of the delectable meals and menu items that our member restaurants
are serving right now during Restaurant Week. DC’s premier dining hotspots
are participating, so if you haven’t yet had the chance to taste the creations
of these award winning local restaurants, visit the Restaurant
Week website to make your reservations now.
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| INDUSTRY TRENDS & PERFORMANCE |
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| Offers & Highlights |
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| Wolf Trap National Park for the Performing Arts |
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| Purchase group tickets of
10 or more for any Disney's High School Musical performance and save 25% off in-house
seats, plus other special offers...>> | |
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| Washington Nationals |
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| Get 40% off Nationals tickets when you enter the coupon code:
NATSDC...>> | |
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| The Caucus Room |
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| Guests of The
Caucus Room can enjoy 50% off select bottled wines when ordered with dinner...>> | |
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| Capitol Hill Suites Hotel |
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| Through Aug. 31, participate in the Group Hot Value Dates promotion
and receive special deals for your group...>> | | |
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 Amtrak has the right price
and the right service for every traveler, every budget, everyday this summer and
fall.
This summer and fall save big on Amtrak Northeast Regional service
to cities throughout the Northeast Corridor. Save up to 25% off the lowest Northeast
Regional Coach Class fares when you travel through Dec. 16. For more information
or to book your trip, visit Amtrak.com |
 Attend the HSMAI's Affordable
Meetings® National and Event Technology Expo™ at the Walter E. Washington
Convention Center, Sep. 9 – 10
The demand for affordable meetings
is increasing, and this year's conference program will have 42 timely and targeted
seminars designed specifically to help with your continued success in the industry.
Seminars will be led by industry experts covering all aspects of meeting and event
planning, production and follow through. Learn cost-saving measures that will
help you produce meetings and events that will yield a solid return on investment.
Attendance is free for qualified meeting planners,
and Destination DC members are invited to host a booth. Visit affordablemeetings.com for more information. |
 SneakerBall VI
Destination
DC invites you to attend the most exciting sports affair of the year, the Greater
Washington Sports Alliance’s SneakerBall VI. SneakerBall is the only black
tie and sneakers gala that annually celebrates the best of sports in the Greater
Washington D.C. region, while supporting local charities that enhance the region's
youth sports programs and facilities. Destination DC has eight seats available
at our table for $500.00 per seat. If you’d like to attend, please contact
Alison Rittenberg at 202-789-7034. |
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Current Month |
Calendar Year-to-Date |
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June 2009 |
% Change from 2008 |
Through June 2009 |
% Change from 2008 |
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LODGING |
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Number of Rooms Used |
692,112 |
7% |
3,642,679 |
0% |
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Hotel Occupancy (%) |
85.6 |
5% |
75.7 |
-1% |
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Hotel Average Daily Rate ($) |
205.00 |
-2% |
215.09 |
-1% |
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Hotel RevPar (Occupancy x ADR) ($) |
175.55 |
3% |
162.80 |
-2% |
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TRANSPORTATION |
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Combined Domestic Arrivals (DCA, IAD) |
1,543,711 |
-4% |
8,424,880 |
-6% |
Combined
International Arrivals (DCA, IAD) |
299,239 |
0% |
1,524,989 |
-3% |
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WMATA Metro Ridership (Rail) |
20,150,364 |
2% |
112,867,302 |
4% |
WMATA
Metro Ridership (Bus) |
11,453,820 |
1% |
69,414,402 |
4% |
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Circulator Ridership* |
383,470 |
54% |
1,617,397 |
21% |
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VISITATION |
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National Park Service (Mall Locations) |
2,428,332 |
-5% |
12,024,585 |
-4% |
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National Park Service (All Locations) |
4,420,066 |
-3% |
22,456,731 |
6% |
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Smithsonian (Mall Locations) |
2,757,192 |
34% |
12,581,171 |
24% |
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Smithsonian (All Locations) |
3,299,136 |
28% |
15,280,210 |
22% |
*Circulator expanded to include Capitol Riverfront and Adams Morgan in 2009
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DESTINATION
DC PERFORMANCE MEASURES |
Fiscal
Year-to-Date
(Oct. '08 - Sep. '09) |
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%
Change from FY08 |
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WEBSITE |
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Washington.org Unique Visits* |
2,426,057 |
54% |
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Washington.org Total Page Views* |
12,150,748 |
57% |
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Website Revenue (Hotel & Ticket $) |
2,255,175 |
-12% |
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CONVENTION
ROOMS BOOKED FOR FUTURE YEARS (BY DESTINATION DC) |
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All Locations |
735,356 |
0% |
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Walter E. Washington Convention Center |
499,399 |
28% |
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MEDIA RELATIONS |
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Domestic Earned Media |
13,703,930 |
51% |
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VISITOR
SERVICES |
Total Number of Inquiries (Phone and Web) |
156,177 |
4% |
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Brochure Distribution (Excludes Bulk Orders) |
190,850 |
3% |
Destination DC calculations
using the following data sources.
*Website Visitation: Google Analytics (transitioned to new tool during
FY08)
Website Revenue:
Ares, TravelHero
Convention:
Destination DC internal database
Domestic Earned Media: Burelle’s Luce Insight
Inquiries and Brochure Distribution: Destination DC internal database
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Marketing Outlook Meeting Presentations
Marketing
Outlook Meeting presentations are available on the Membership Extranet, members.destinationdc.com. Please contact Alison Rittenberg at 202-789-7034 if you need your username
and password.
September Monthly Forum
The
September Monthly Forum will be at Washington National Cathedral on Tuesday,
Sep. 15, from 9-11am. Be on the lookout for an invitation. For more information
contact Ashley
Richards at 202-789-7009.
Host a Business
Exchange
Interested in hosting a Business Exchange? Please contact
Ashley Richards
at 202-789-7009 for more information.
Upcoming
Member Events
View our Member Events Calendar. It lists all upcoming events and has a
direct link to the invites.
Marketing Outlook
Meeting Photos
Photos from the July 23 Marketing Outlook Meeting are
now available. Click here to access the image library and order prints.
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Sep. 4-6: Charity Awards
Charity Awards
The
Ritz-Carlton, Washington, DC
Attendance: 1,500 Peak rooms: 300
Sep. 9-10: Hospitality Sales and Marketing Association
International
Affordable Meetings Exposition & Conference
Grand
Hyatt Washington; Renaissance Washington, DC Hotel
Attendance: 3,000 Peak rooms: 1,300
Sep. 9-13: Orthopedic Education, Inc.
Annual
Arthritis and Arthroplasty Courses
Crystal Gateway Marriott
Attendance:
300 Peak rooms: 150
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ASAE
Destination
DC’s Elliott Ferguson, Tiffany Chester and Melissa Riley, along with the
Walter E. Washington Convention Center and our industry partners, traveled to
Toronto for the American Society of Association Executives (ASAE) Annual Meeting
and Expo, Aug. 16-18. They joined 4,300 association executives and suppliers for
a three day conference with exposition and educational components. The exposition
yielded 14 leads for the city with a potential of more than 30,000 total room
nights.
Thanks to our sponsors who participated in our Power Stay give-away:
Blue Duck Tavern in the Park Hyatt Washington D.C., International Spy Museum,
JetBlue Airways, Madame Tussauds, Open Top Tours and the Renaissance Washington
DC.
Partners: Walter E. Washington Convention Center, Omni Shoreham Hotel, TMS, Freeman
Raytheon’s Meeting & Events
Council
Raytheon’s Meeting & Events Council brings together
19 of the organization’s key meeting planners from throughout the country.
Their Aug. 19-20 meeting in DC kicked off with a reception, and presentations
followed the next morning by their Global Hotel Partners. Destination DC’s
Tiffany Chester and Laura Gardner attended to welcome the group to DC, and provided
a final presentation and overview of what DC has to offer, as well as how Destination DC can assist.
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Power List
- The Kellogg Conference Hotel at Gallaudet University has earned
the #7 spot on GAYOT.com’s list of 2009 Top 10 Conference Hotels Worldwide.
- The United States Botanic Garden (USBG) has won Nickelodeon’s
Parents’ Picks Award as Washington, D.C.’s Best Tourist Spot
- Washington,
DC is the “brainiest
state” according to one recent study. Data for the study came from agencies
such as the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the National Institutes
of Health, and the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
- Twenty-five-year National
Park Service employee John Piltzecker has been appointed Superintendent
of the National Mall & Memorial Parks.
- Festivals, DC LTD, producer of the
Duke Ellington Jazz Festival, has welcomed Lynn Gutter as their new Director
of Communications. Previously she served as Marketing and Community Development
Manager at the Smithsonian American Art Museum.
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Email Koelling Borneman at koelling.borneman@destinationdc.com
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