Brad Dommelen
Brad Dommelen
convention emphasis felt group strong
I felt there was a very strong need to put more emphasis on group and convention sales.
cleaning depended drive michigan states
Some of these other states are cleaning our clocks. We've depended on Michigan residents for too many years to drive Michigan's tourism.
message national
We should be a national destination, and we are not. And we are not because we haven't communicated the message to a national audience.
available dependent drive economy impact income michigan seeing state tourism trouble
We've been very dependent upon Michigan residents to drive our tourism economy here, and now that the economy is in trouble here in the state and discretionary income is not available as it has been in the past, we are seeing a significant impact in the tourism.