CRUSA partner plans marketing conference

Destination D.C., the nonprofit corporation that oversees the Washington, D.C., tourism industry and a member of the CRUSA (Capital Region USA) marketing partnership, will hold its annual marketing and trends conference, Aug. 27, at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center in Washington, D.C.

CRUSA officials will provide an update on the group’s five-year strategic plan and release 2007 statistical data regarding international travel to the Capital Region. They will also introduce some of CRUSA’s international trade representatives.

Featured speakers include: Mark Brown, executive vice president at AAA; Natwar Gandhi, chief financial officer for the District of Columbia; Ken McGill, travel and tourism expert for the international forecasting company, Global Insight; and Ben Mutzabaugh, aviation reporter for USA Today.