File #: 2025-20529   
Type: Proclamation and Presentation Status: Agenda Ready
File created: 9/3/2025 Meeting Body Board of County Commissioners
On agenda: 9/16/2025 Final action:
Title: PRESENTATION - Two Flagler Awards from VISIT FLORIDA to the Ocala/Marion County Visitors and Convention Bureau for Resource/Promotional Material - Trade Category and Out of Home Category - Loretta Shaffer, Tourism Development Director (Presentation Only)
Sponsors: Loretta Shaffer

 

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PRESENTATION – Two Flagler Awards from VISIT FLORIDA to the Ocala/Marion County Visitors and Convention Bureau for Resource/Promotional Material - Trade Category and Out of Home Category - Loretta Shaffer, Tourism Development Director (Presentation Only)

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DEPARTMENT:

Loretta Shaffer, Director

Tourist Development

 

DESCRIPTION/BACKGROUND:

On August 29, 2025, as part of the annual Florida Governor’s Conference on Tourism, VISIT FLORIDA awarded its Flagler Awards for excellence in tourism marketing.  The Ocala/Marion County Visitors and Convention Bureau was awarded the Silver Award Flagler for its tradeshow booth in the Resource/Promotional Material - Trade Category; and the Bronze Award Flagler for its Orlando Moving Billboard Campaign in the Out of Home Category.

 

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RECOMMENDED ACTION:

Recommended action

Presentation only.

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