OACVB Conference and Board Meeting
March 14, 2024 @ 10:00 am - March 15, 2024 @ 5:00 pm
Don’t miss the OACVB Annual Educational Conference on March 14 and 15! The conference will cover topics requested by you! The event begins at 4 p.m. on Thursday, March 14 with an OACVB board meeting at Experience Columbus, followed by dinner and duckpin bowling at PINS Mechanical. Then on Friday, March 15 attendees will learn from experts about STR tracking, generating non-traditional revenue, cybersecurity and more! The location for this conference will be in the Horizon Suite in the Huntington Center. Registration, which includes all food and drink provided during the event. The link to register is below.
March 14
4:00 – 5:30 p.m. – OACVB Board Meeting and Experience Columbus Tour
Attend the OACVB Board Meeting, followed by tour of the Experience Columbus Office!
6:30 p.m. – Drinks, Dinner and Bowling at PINS Mechanical
Join us at PINS Mechanical for fun games and duckpin bowling with dinner from Pecan Penny’s!
March 15
8:00 – 9:00 a.m. – Breakfast and Presentation, sponsored by Deckard Technologies
Stacey Kurtz, SE Director of Sales, Deckard Technologies
Stacy will give an overview of Deckhard’s product, Rentalscape, and how it provides municipalities insight and intelligence on the local short-term rental market.
9:15 – 10:45 a.m. – Nontraditional Revenue Generation
Tiffany Gallagher, Vice President of Operations, Civitas
Civitas is a full-service firm specializing in sustainable solutions. With more than 200 destinations worldwide, Civitas creates and implements innovative funding mechanisms, including business improvement districts (BIDs) and tourism improvement districts (TIDs), that have generated nearly $2 billion for their clients globally.
11:00 – 12:15 p.m. – Cyber Security and Issues Management
Jason Comstock with Clarity Technology Solutions
Daniel Armstrong with ASM Global operators of the Huntington Center Arena, Glass City Center, and does the financials at Destination Toledo.
12:30 – 1:30 p.m. – Lunch and Presentation, sponsored by wander
Maps are the most frequently used tool in travel decision making.
With most official visitor maps failing to meet consumer expectations, they lead visitors to use maps that are not managed by local authorities.
Wander offers a cutting-edge solution to the problem of ineffective visitor maps, giving back control to destination authorities.