Tunica, Mississippi will host #SoMeT 2011!
It is with great pleasure and excitement that we would like to announce the host of 2011 Social Media Tourism Symposium. Congratulations Tunica, MS!
All three finalists, which included Savannah, GA and Knoxville, TN – presented excellent proposals and each of the cities were more than capable to host the event. Savannah compiled all the final bid information in a creative Tumblr blog format while Knoxville included a fun video. If you attended #SoMeT last year, you will enjoy it. See it here.
But in the end, Tunica did the best job. Not only did they conduct a resourceful campaign to secure votes – but they addressed all of our concerns with great detail, while providing the best value for our attendees.
More information will follow soon. We will be conducting a site visit in the next few weeks to review the meeting space and select the host hotel. To see the Tunica bid presentation, visit this link.
Congratulations to staff of the Tunica CVB and all of their industry partners that made this possible. Thank you all for your support and participation in the process!
We will begin developing the symposium content soon. We are looking forward to all of your input as we begin to build one of the tourism industry’s strongest and most dynamic social media educational programs in 2011!