FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
March 11, 2013
Appleton, WI– Mary Hirvela has been named Marketing Communications Manager of the Fox Cities Convention & Visitors Bureau. Hirvela has been in the hospitality marketing and sales fields in various capacities for over eight years.
“Mary’s background in media and hospitality make her an ideal fit to continue the Bureau’s marketing efforts,” commented Pam Seidl, executive director of the Bureau.
“I am very honored to have the opportunity to market the beautiful Fox Cities area to our convention, sports tournament and leisure travelers, and am anxious to continue advancing the Wisconsin’s Shopping Place Brand, and creating new ideas to bring more visitors to the area,” commented Hirvela.
“I also look forward to forming relationships with our many tourism partners and calling upon those relationships to initiate ideas that will have both a short and long term impact on the tourism in the area,” continued Hirvela.
Visitor spending in the Fox Cities was more than $382 million in 2011. The Fox Cities Convention & Visitors Bureau estimates that this direct spending created 5,495 jobs and $125 million in income for Fox Cities Residents.
The Fox Cities Convention & Visitors Bureau is an economic development organization that strengthens the Fox Cities by attracting visitors in the convention, sports and leisure markets through sales, marketing and destination development.
For more information on the Fox Cities Convention & Visitors Bureau, call 800-236-6673 or visit www.foxcities.org
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About the Bureau
The Fox Cities Convention & Visitors Bureau is an economic development organization that strengthens the Fox Cities by attracting visitors in the convention, sports and leisure markets through sales, marketing and destination development.
For more information contact:
Mary Hirvela
Marketing & Communications Manager
mhirvela@foxcities.org
www.foxcities.org
