Greater Philadelphia Tourism Marketing Corporation

Greater Philadelphia Tourism Marketing Corporation

The Greater Philadelphia Tourism Marketing Corporation (GPTMC) was founded in 1996 by the City of Philadelphia, the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and the Pew Charitable Trusts. It is a private, non-profit organization whose mission is to promote tourism and economic growth in Philadelphia and the surrounding four counties (Bucks, Chester, Delaware, and Montgomery). [http://www.gophila.com/Go/AboutUs Greater Philadelphia Tourism Marketing Corporation] ]

The GPTMC is funded through a Philadelphia County hotel tax, the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, the Delaware River Port Authority, the William Penn Foundation [ [http://www.williampennfoundation.org The William Penn Foundation - Home ] ] and the Independence Foundation. [ [http://www.independencefoundation.org Independence Foundation ] ]

Among GPTMC's activities, it encourages local, regional, and national travel reporters to write about tourism opportunities in Philadelphia. The corporation claims to have generated 2,971 stories in 2003, which reached an estimated 925 million people. It also produces and distributes advertising directed at potential visitors and event planners and creates and promotes hotel packages for special events.

Board of Directors

As of January 2008: [http://www.gptmc.org/Go/AboutUs/whoweare.aspx#leaders Who We Are :: gophila.com - The Official Visitor Site for Greater Philadelphia ] ]
*Manuel N. Stamatakis, chairman of GPTMC Board; founder and CEO of Capital Management Enterprises
*Robert Asher, co-chairman of the board of Asher's Chocolates
*Robert W. Bogle, president and CEO of the Philadelphia Tribune
*Donald R. Caldwell, president and CEO of Cross Atlantic Technology Fund
*Nicholas DeBenedictis, chairman and CEO of Aqua America, Inc.
*Bernard Guet, general manager of the Park Hyatt Philadelphia
*Janet Haas, chair of The William Penn Foundation
*David L. Hyman, partner, Kleinbard, Bell & Brecker, LLP
*James R. Matthews, vice-chairman of the Montgomery County Board of Commissioners
*David Newhart, general manager of The Inn at Penn
*Jonathan Newman, chairman of the Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board
*Pedro Ramos, managing director of the City of Philadelphia
*John F. Street, mayor of Philadelphia
*Meryl Levitz, GPTMC's president and CEO

ee also

*Delaware Valley

External links

* [http://www.gptmc.org Greater Philadelphia Tourism Marketing Corporation]
* [http://www.uwishunu.com Uwishunu, a GPTMC art and events blog]

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