Attach to Form 990 or 990-EZ.
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| Form 990, Part III, Line 4A, Program Service Accomplishments - Continued | which are highlighted later in the return. The financial impact of our efforts in the tourism industry directly reaches local hotels, restaurants, attractions, museums, shopping centers, airports, cruise lines, transportation companies, etc. In addition, tourism also indirectly supports local businesses like dry cleaners, doctor's offices, and grocery stores by employing residents, which in turn, helps to maintain a strong and vibrant local economy, and by bringing consumers into the market who may need access to these services during their stay. In fiscal year 2020, we had a focus on a digital campaign that strategically targets those actively searching for travel to Florida. Visit Tampa Bay leveraged strategic partnerships and platforms with data-driven travel leaders Expedia, Adara, Sojern, Conversant, Kayak and others to ensure the campaign reaches the right audience at the right time. This strategy provides the flexibility needed to continually optimize targeting, flighting and messaging. Ads and messages will automatically adapt to a traveler's market, desired travel dates, browsing habits and more, all while guiding the traveler to book their trip to Tampa Bay. This $3 million advertising plan in consumer and meetings media, as well as on travel-related internet sites, generating more than 600,000 room bookings. In addition, we increased sales calls, tradeshows, sales missions, promotions, client and media familiarization tours, and other cooperative sales and marketing initiatives to attract visitors to the County. Collectively, marketing initiatives, along with convention, meetings, events, and leisure sales efforts, we attract 19.2 million visitors to Hillsborough County that equated to 4.2 million rooms nights booked, generating $2.9 billion in visitor spending to the County. The number of people employed directly by visitors in 2019 was 31,753 and the employees sustained by tourism's indirect jobs was 14,402. In addition, Visitors spend in Hillsborough county alone generated $326 million in state and local taxes. As a partner-based organization, Visit Tampa Bay served over 750 area businesses by providing sales and marketing opportunities throughout fiscal year 2020. Partners receive marketing benefits from Visit Tampa Bay, as well as, sales leads and client referrals for business allowing partners to share in the $2.9 billion in visitor spending or the almost $328,000 spent by visitors every hour in Hillsborough County in 2019. |
| Form 990, Part VI, Section A, line 1 | The Executive Committee of the Board of Directors shall be empowered and authorized to exercise all of the powers and authority of the Board of Directors at all times, except during times when the Board of Directors is in session. The Executive Committee shall be comprised of the officers of the corporation, the Immediate Past Chair of the corporation, the Chair of the Finance Committee, and two additional members of the Board of Directors selected by the officers of the board. |
| Form 990, Part VI, Section A, line 6 | The Corporation shall have members who shall be those persons, corporations, limited liability companies, partnerships, associations, or firms elected to membership by the Board of Directors. |
| Form 990, Part VI, Section A, line 7a | The directors shall be elected by a majority vote of the members of the corporation present and voting and the annual meeting of members. |
| Form 990, Part VI, Section B, line 11b | The Form 990 is prepared by the Organization's public accounting firm based on data supplied by the Organization. Once a review is performed by management of the Organization, the Form 990 is presented to the Finance Committee for their final review and approval. In addition, a copy of the Form 990 is made available to all members of the Board of Directors prior to filing. |
| Form 990, Part VI, Section B, line 12c | A designated person who has a conflict of interest shall disclose the conflict of interest when it arises, and before action on the transaction or claim in question. Disclosure is required even if a decision concerning the transaction or claim is not subject to approval by the designated person or the Board or Committee on which the designated person serves. Conflicts of interest involving the members of the Board of the corporation shall be reported to the Board. The minutes of the Board and of any Committee at which a conflict of interest was reported shall state who was present for any discussions and votes concerning the transaction or claim involving the conflict of interest. A designated person who has a conflict of interest arising out of or related to a transaction or claim shall be excused from the Board or Committee meeting, as the case may be, before any deliberations or voting concerning the authorization of the transaction or the assertion or the assertion of the claim, provided that the designated person shall make the disclosure required by this provision, respond to questions from the Board or Committee, and be counted in determining the presence of a quorum at any meeting of the Board or Committee. Any transaction involving a conflict of interest shall be fair and reasonable to the corporation. The designated person will, at all times act with good faith toward the corporation. A conflict of interest statement shall be executed by all designated persons, which will be retained by the Corporation in its administrative office. This statement shall be renewed at least annually at the request of the Corporation and at any time that a conflict of interest may arise. |
| Form 990, Part VI, Section B, line 15a | The Compensation Committee shall be responsible for overseeing the compensation and benefits of the CEO/President. |
| Form 990, Part VI, Section C, line 19 | The Organization's governing documents, conflict of interest policy, and financial statements are made available to the public upon request. |
| Form 990, Part XII, Line 2c: | The Organization did not change its oversight process or selection process during the tax year. |
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