Agenda for Tourism Day*
8:30am – 10:30am: Registration & Pick Up Tourism Day Bags for Legislative Visits (Optional)
Visit Annapolis – 26 West Street, Annapolis, MD 21401
- Stop by the Visit Annapolis & Anne Arundel County Visitor’s Center to check in & pick up talking points and Tourism Day bags for your local legislators
9:00am – 11:00am: Meetings with Delegations & Legislators (optional)
Ways to Participate
- Individual or Group Advocacy Meetings
- Join Your DMO Door to Door Visits
11:00 am: Doors Open at Rams Head On Stage
- Grab Lunch and Grab a Seat!
11:45 am: Tourism Day Kickoff & Working Lunch
- Welcome: Ruth Toomey, MTC Executive Director
- Remarks: Kristin Pironis, Visit Annapolis & Anne Arundel County with Special Guest, Gavin Buckley, Mayor, Annapolis (invited)
- Remarks: Matt Libber, MTC Legislative Chair
- Remarks: Frank Boston, MTC Lobbyist
12:00 pm – 12:45 pm: Special Guests & Program
- Tourism Person of the Year Recognition
- VIP Guests
- House & Senate Leadership
- Remarks from Susan Jones MTC Board Chair
- MTDB Budget Briefing – Chair, MTDB
- Remarks from Cassandra Vanhooser on behalf of MDMO
12:45 pm: Updates & Wrap Up
- Sponsor Thank You’s
1:00pm – 1:30pm: Group Photo, Courtesy of KRR Photography
- Walk to Lawyer’s Mall for a Group Photo (weather dependent)
- Photo will directly follow the program
*Schedule subject to change.