Meetings

2012 Meetings

Dear TCBRTC Members and Friends,

I hope you can join us for our first meeting of 2012. It will be held in Corpus Christi on Thursday, January 19.

Liz Gallagher and the Texas State Aquarium will be our hosts. Our morning will begin at 10 am at the Aquarium for a behind-the-scenes tour. Please park in the main parking lot out front and come to the Main Lobby where Liz will be on hand to greet us and hand out parking tokens.

Go to the Aquarium web site - www.texasstateaquarium.org - and click on "Visitor Info" in the upper left corner of the home page and then "Maps & Directions" if you need this information. The address of the Aquarium is 2710 North Shoreline Boulevard.

At 10:45, we will all drive a few blocks north on Surfside Boulevard to the Radisson Hotel Corpus Christi Beach located at 3200 Surfside Boulevard for our business meeting and lunch. Both will be held in the Antigua Room.

The business meeting will begin at 11 am followed by lunch at 12 noon.

Please place your lunch order with to Liz on or before Tuesday, January 17, at 12 noon. Her email address is This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it .

Even if you do not plan to stay for lunch, please let us know if you will be able to join us for the Aquarium tour and the business meeting.

If you have any questions or comments please let me know. An agenda and other related documents will be sent to you in a few days.

Thanks, Nancy

Nancy Deviney

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2012 TCBRTC List of Meeting Dates, Sites and Hosts

Thursday, January 19 – Texas State Aquarium in Corpus Christi hosted by Liz Gallagher

Tuesday, February 28 – Three Rivers hosted by Three Rivers Chamber of Commerce (a tour of Mission Sin Caja is scheduled)

March 20 – There will be a charter bus tour of one of the Refugio wineries (tentative) and tour of Presidio La Bahia in Goliad plus lunch in Goliad. This will be a joint venture with the Texas Tropical Trail Region. This tour will begin in Refugio.

March 27 – Port Lavaca hosted by the Port Lavaca Chamber of Commerce

Tuesday, April 24 – Barnhart Q5 Ranch & Retreat near Berclair (presentation by TPWD Wildlife Biologist Brent Ortego on hummingbirds)

Tuesday, May 22 – Port Aransas hosted by the Port Aransas Chamber of Commerce

Tuesday, June 26 – McMullen County High Lonesome Ranch hosted by Nancy & Charles Hundley (presentation on their new manmade Bat Cave – only the 2^nd manmade in Texas – being built on the shores of one of their property’s lakes)

Tuesday, July 24 – Alice Chamber of Commerce hosted by the Alice Chamber of Commerce & Coastal Bend Traveler magazine

Tuesday, August 28 – Aransas Pass hosted by the Aransas Pass Chamber of Commerce

Tuesday, September 25 – Coleto Creek Park & Reservoir in Goliad County hosted by Chief Ranger Wilfred Korth

Tuesday, October 23 – Odem hosted by the San Patricio County EDC

Tuesday, November 27 – Cuero hosted by the Cuero Chamber of Commerce

Wednesday, December 12 – annual Holiday Awards Luncheon (site to be determined)

2012 Coastal Bend Travel Fair

The 6th annual Coastal Bend Travel Fair will be held on Wednesday, January 25, at the Aransas Pass Civic Center.

A total of 34 booth spaces are available; to date, 11 have been reserved. Please remember that the booth price increases $25 effective December 1. Close to1,000 Winter Texans attended this free event in January 2011; don't miss this opportunity to market your community and/or attraction to this interested audience. Please contact me if you have any questions about the Travel Fair.

Thank you for your continued support of the Texas Coastal Bend Regional Tourism Council. I hope you will join us at any or all of these upcoming events.

Nancy