Tuesday, June 19, 2007

Carlsbad CTBID Annual Report to City Council, Tonight

The Carlsbad Tourism Business Improvement District's advisory board will appear before the Carlsbad City Council tonight and present it's annual report of activities (AB# 19,046). This will be the second time that the CTBID advisory board has reported to Council since the enactment in November 2005 of the hotel assessment district.

Mayor Lewis will call Council into session at 6:00 p.m., Council Chambers.

Wednesday, June 6, 2007

New Director Sits, Bureau Contracts Approved

The Carlsbad Tourism BID advisory board met yesterday and welcomed Hector Baserra, General Manager of the Holiday Inn Carlsbad By the Sea, to fill the unexpired term of his predecessor. Welcome to Carlsbad, Hector!

The board approved funding for the next fiscal year, beginning July 1, for both the Carlsbad CVB and the San Diego North CVB. The board gave both organizations a 10% increase over what they received from the previous contract year.

The industry seems to be tracking at about 62% average occupancy in Carlsbad, based on the Smith Travel Report. Assessment collections ($1 per night) are ahead of last year, and the reserve fund, set at 20% of what is collected, continues to grow. We sort of need to know where those funds will eventually go!

If you're not already receiving email notice of upcoming CTBID advisory board meetings, you need to get yourself on the list, read the agenda and various attachments that come before the board. It's easy to do!

The next meeting is in September.

More, later!