Wis. Bio Industry Alliance: Clean Snowmobile Challenge begins today; WBIA-sponsored team ready for competition
Contact: Joshua Morby 414.791.9120
HOUGHTON, MI – A team of students sponsored by the Wisconsin Bio Industry Alliance (WBIA) will begin competition today in the SAE International Clean Snowmobile Challenge.
The SAE International Clean Snowmobile Challenge is an engineering design competition that challenges engineering students to reengineer an existing snowmobile to reduce emissions and noise. Their modified snowmobiles will compete in...
Dept. of Tourism: State facility fact sheet
MEETINGS MEAN BUSINESS FOR WISCONSIN
Bricks and Mortar Improvements - Now It’s Time to Fill Those Spaces
More to Wisconsin Tourism than Vacations
Wisconsin’s tourism industry, long known for its vacation offerings, has done its part to diversify, building the meetings & conventions segment of its business into a significant economic force. Top-notch facilities, good value and wholesome destination are all...
Dept. of Tourism: National fact sheet – Breaking down dollars, jobs and trends
MEETINGS MEAN BUSINESS FOR WISCONSIN
Tourism = Commerce
The U.S. Travel Association is a non-profit trade organization that represents the country’s $740 billion travel industry. Their national campaign, “Meetings Mean Business,” provided further impetus for Wisconsin to take a stand on asking Wisconsin companies to keep their meetings in Wisconsin as a way to hasten the state’s economic recovery,...
WisBusiness: State hopes new initiative can reverse drop in business-related tourism
By Kay Nolan
For WisBusiness.com
MILWAUKEE -- The Wisconsin tourism industry has launched a campaign to attract business professionals to the state's hotels, conference centers and even historical sites, in efforts to reverse a striking drop-off in business-related tourism revenue last year.
Gov. Jim Doyle, Department of Tourism Secretary Kelli Trumble and Department of Commerce Secretary Dick Leinenkugel announced...
