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March 29, Leonard Hoops, president & CEO of Visit Indy
By Indy Rotary on March 24, 2016
The Why, How, and What’s Next for Indy’s $4.5 billion tourism economy
Four decades ago, civic leaders set out to make Indianapolis a premier destination for conventions, major sporting events, and tourism. The effort to draw big meetings and events to Indy has been wildly successful but Indy still has much room to grow as a tourism destination. Visit Indy CEO Leonard Hoops will share why tourism is critical to the region’s economy (hint: it’s about jobs and tax revenues), how Visit Indy has been doing, and what still needs to be done for Indy to become a must-see destination.
