National Travel Leaders: Keep ‘Choose Chicago’ Funded

U.S. Travel Association | June 29, 2015

WASHINGTON (June 29, 2015) - U.S. Travel Association President and CEO Roger Dow issued the following statement reacting to potential cuts in state funding for Choose Chicago, the organization charged with promoting the city as a travel destination: "The travel community nationwide is deeply alarmed and disappointed that the budget impasse in Springfield has resulted in the threatening of funding for Choose Chicago, the tourism marketing organization whose positive contributions to the economies and tax bases of both Chicago and the state of Illinois are absolutely beyond question. Choose Chicago is the MVP of ROI-letting its funding ...