8:30 AM  -  6:00 PM        Registration open

Sponsored by: ADARA

WIFI Sponsor: Simpleview
        
8:30 AM  - 6:00 PM        Renew and Recharge Deck open

Sponsored by: Knott's Berry Farm   

8:00 AM  -  6:00 PM    The Marketplace: Sponsored by American Express®

     
9:00 AM - 12:00 PM  SUMMIT PRE-SESSIONS

9:00 AM  - 11:15 AM     TID Forum
John Lambeth
President and CEO, Civitas Advisors

Paul Ouimet

Managing Director, DestinationNEXT

Nan Marchand Beauvois

VP of National Councils, U.S. Travel

Calling all TID-funded and TID-curious DMOs! You’re invited to a special TID-focused session to enhance your knowledge, help avoid management mistakes, and provide useful ideas for future funding. The session will focus on TID operations and how to avoid those dreaded “oops” moments, including: correctly submitting an annual report, the top three Brown Act compliance traps to avoid, the new rules on Public Records and private emails, and the delicate issue of using assessment funds for political purposes. You’ll also hear about the latest happenings with DestinationNEXT, Destination International’s roadmap for the future of DMOs. Have you ever wondered where the money the local government raises from charges on hotel room nights goes? Nan Marchand Beauvois will speak on a new study regarding those expenditures.  Nan will also speak on recent funding events in Florida, and the impacts of new immigration policies on travel and tourism.  Do you have a funding plan? If not, you’ll learn more about those too. Finally, the session will cover a topic near and dear to every TID – renewal best practices. We hope to see you in this information-packed special session for destinations with or considering TIDs.
Cost: $85 (includes Special Reference Materials on flash drive)
        
9:30 AM  - 10:00 AM     New Member/New Attendee Orientation
Jerri Harris
Senior Advertising Sales Specialist, Westways/AutoClub of Southern California
Get the most out of your CalTravel membership, and your attendance at the Summit.

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10:15 AM  - 11:00 AM   The Best Career Advice You'll Ever Get
Misti Kerns, moderator
President and CEO, Santa Monica Travel and Tourism

Nan Marchand Beauvois

VP of National Councils, U.S. Travel

Thomas See

Chief Revenue Officer - Concerts, Live Nation Entertainment

Amy Blaschka

President, rbp consulting

Brian Gallagher

Director, Program Management and Business Development, CityPASS
Panel of industry leaders with really interesting and impressive tourism careers, led by Misti Kerns, share how they have achieved success, and offer honest, real-life tips to help you reach your highest potential!
        
11:15 AM    12:00 PM   CalTravel Advocacy: Tourism Priorities, 2017 Bills to Watch
Tami Miller
Founding Partner, Political Solutions
Barb Newton
President and CEO, CalTravel
CalTravel and their lobbyist Political Solutions combed through the more than 2,000 bills introduced in the 2017 legislative session to protect the industry's interests. Find out which bills are the most important to the tourism industry today, and what you can do to help advocate for tourism interests.
        
12:00 PM  - 1:30 PM     Lunch on Your Own
        
1:30 PM  -  5:00 PM     CALTRAVEL SUMMIT GENERAL SESSION
        
1:30 PM  -  1:45 PM     CTS Welcome
Joe Terzi
President and CEO, San Diego Tourism Authority
Barb Newton
President and CEO, CalTravel
Gary Sherwin
President and CEO, Newport Beach and Co.
        
1:45 PM  -  2:45 PM    Great Placemaking – Creating Lovable Cities & Communities
Peter Kageyama 
Author, speaker, community development consultant
Join author Peter Kageyama for a different look at community and placemaking. Peter talks about love and emotional engagement with our places, and how that emotional connection can be a community and economic development resource. Peter will discuss the unique role that travel and tourism plays in creating great places, and how our narratives and storytelling reflect and enhance our love of places.  

Sponsored by: Visit West Hollywood
        
2:45 PM  -  3:30 PM     The Millennial Mindset: The Rise of the Prosumer
Jeff Fromm
FUTURECAST President and Co-Author, Marketing to Millennials
While some companies fear the unknown of the “innovation generation,” the real winners are those who engage and interact with today’s Millennial Mindset® consumers---consumers who are more prosumer, hyper-connected, content-consuming and more likely to listen to their peers than traditional forms of marketing. Millennials are influencing the attitudes and purchase decisions of other Millennials, Baby Boomers and Gen X. This provocative presentation will challenge executives in the travel, destination, lodging, food, and entertainment categories to unlearn and reimagine what they thought they knew about the millennial generation.

Sponsored by: Greater Ontario Visitors And Convention Bureau
        
3:30 PM  -  4:00 PM    Networking Break

Sponsored by: San Diego Zoo and San Diego Zoo Safari Park
        
4:00 PM  -  5:00 PM    Creating a Modern Media Travel Brand in the Age of Mobile

Joe Perez 
Co-founder, Tastemade
How Tastemade and the best social media companies use data science and technology combined with great storytelling to create highly           effective and powerful content and campaigns. Some of the best examples include partnering with California destinations on food                     storytelling.

Sponsored by: 
        
5:00 PM  -  6:00 PM    Networking Reception

Sponsored by: Visit San Jose
        
6:30 PM  -  9:00 PM    Opening Dinner Party: Journey Well Beyond
Location: Newport Beach Country Club
There is a place, where artful and playful balance brilliantly… At the Cal Travel Summit opening reception, explore a littler further and               indulge a little deeper in Newport Beach. Join us at the exclusive Newport Beach Country Club. This celebrated social haven has captured the spirit of one of Southern California’s most sought–after destinations, boasting panoramic views of emerald fairways and sapphire seas. Guests will feast on a diversity of delicious options for palate-pleasing dining paired with lively libations. Let your cares set sail and dance the night away on a dance floor illuminated by the seas of the harbor right beneath your feet. Sophisticated and Social. Contemporary and Casual. This reception will truly be a modern-day interpretation of a timeless Newport Beach lifestyle. Prepare to journey well beyond.
Sponsored by: Visit Newport Beach    

   
6:10 PM                   Meet at hotel lobby to board shuttles

6:30 PM  - 8:00 PM     Photo Booth

Sponsored by: TripAdvisor

6:30 PM  - 9:00 PM     Reception, dinner, dancing!
8:00 PM  - 9:00 PM     Return shuttles available