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Visit San Antonio presents FY2026 strategic plan, emphasizes group bookings and regional visitors
Summary
Mario Bass presented Business San Antonio / Visit San Antonio’s FY2026 strategic plan and budget priorities, stressing the importance of group bookings and the need to defend market share as other Texas cities expand convention capacity.
Mario Bass, representing Business San Antonio / Visit San Antonio, told council the organization’s mission: “to bring the world to San Antonio,” and presented an overview of visitation, bookings and economic impact figures tied to the FY2026 strategy.
Bass said total visitation reached about 39 million in 2024 and that group business (meetings and conventions) is critical because meeting attendees book years in advance and spend more per trip. He noted that San Antonio’s tourism and hospitality industry produced a $21.5 billion economic impact in 2023 according to an independent study commissioned by the San Antonio…
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