Salt Lake to host 2011 U.S. Travel Association seminar

Next year at about this time, Salt Lake City will be hosting the U.S. Travel Association's Educational Seminar for Tourism Organizations. The seminar is expected to draw 400 tourism destination professionals to The Grand America Hotel from Aug. 28-30, 2011.

"This is a prestigious event, and we are excited to host tourism leaders from all over the country and state to discuss best practices in destination marketing," said Leigh von der Esch, managing director of the Utah Office of Tourism, which is an agency of the Governor's Office of Economic Development. The Deseret News