Lodging Tax Advisory Committee Staff Liaison Jen Davis Hayes, About Economic Development Manager Established in 1998, this committee oversees Email the City's share of lodging tax. Members Currently, hotels, motels, and bed-and- Patricia Hagar, Visit Issaquah breakfast inns collect the City's 1 percent share Kathy McCorry, Greater Issaquah of the tax to pay all or any part of the cost of Chamber of Commerce tourism promotion, acquisition of tourism- James Calabrese, Mariott Hotel related facilities or the operation of tourism- Will Parkinson, Hilton Garden Inn related facilities. Stacy Goodman, Councilmember Membership Under state law, the committee's members consist of members from businesses that collect the tax, members involved in activities Meetings eligible for lodging tax revenue, and an elected Meetings are scheduled as City official, who leads the committee. necessary.
Lodging Tax Advisory Committee 2017 Funding Applications Overview The City of Issaquah Lodging Tax Advisory Committee (LTAC) is seeking funding requests for projects and programs that promote tourism and overnight lodging stays in Issaquah. Specifically, LTAC is accepting applications for the following activities: 1. Tourism consultant contract management. LTAC needs an agency able to manage the events recruitment and coordination contract hired in 2016. 2. Branding. This effort should be in cooperation with city efforts for a unified brand. 3. Wayfinding Plan. 4. Visitor’s Information Center.
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PLAN TO DISTRIBUTE $100,000 IN DIRECT SUPPORT IN FY 2020 AND FY 2021. 8-12-20 Lodging Tax Advisory Committee Minutes
Moved by PARKINSON · seconded by CALABRESE
Carried 5-0
DIRECT STAFF TO ISSUE AN RFP FOR $125,000 IN TOURISM PROMOTION AND VISITOR ATTRACTION SERVICES FOR FY 2021, RESPONSES TO WHICH WOULD BE BROUGHT BACK TO THE LODGING TAX ADVISORY COMMITTEE AT THEIR NEXT MEETING. Councilmember Goodman then asked if the committee was comfortable with the FY 2021 ending …