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Travel Medford reports $6.6 million in lodging tax for year, pushes sports tourism and event funding
Summary
Travel Medford told the City Council it collected $6.6 million in transient lodging tax last fiscal year, retains 25% for marketing, and is increasing resources for sports tourism and event promotion to drive overnight stays and local economic impact.
T.J. Holmes, senior vice president of Travel Medford, told the City Council on Feb. 19 that the city collected $6,600,000 in transient lodging tax (TLT) in the last fiscal year and that Travel Medford’s contract with the city continues to require it spend a portion of its share on event promotion and downtown programming.
Holmes said Travel Medford receives 25% of the city-collected TLT and uses that money for advertising, event promotion, visitor information and sports tourism. “We are contracted by the city to do this work. We’ve been doing it since 1975,” Holmes said.
The presentation outlined how the TLT is allocated and how Travel Medford spends its share: the organization must spend a minimum of 5% of its TLT receipts on event promotion (and 1% specifically on downtown events).…
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