| "The Official Tourism Marketing Agency for Broward County, Florida"
The GFLCVB team is ready, willing and able to serve you. We can help you plan your vacation or your meeting. From your initial inquiry to dining and entertainment recommendations to the plane ride home, our experienced and professional staff is your concierge to the community. Our offices are located at 100 East Broward Boulevard, Suite 200
Fort Lauderdale, Florida 33301
(954) 765-4466 • Fax: (954) 765-4467
For a free vacation planning kit call (800) 22 SUNNY. For people with disabilities, communication aids or services are provided upon request at (954) 765-4466 or gflcvb@broward.org |
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Created by the Board of Broward County Commissioners in 1987, the Greater Fort Lauderdale Convention & Visitors Bureau (GFLCVB) is a governmental agency funded by a portion of the five percent (as of July 1, 1996) tax on hotel rooms. The 38-member staff of the GFLCVB promotes the Greater Fort Lauderdale area as a premier year-round leisure and meeting destination.
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Communications |
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 The Communications Division helps generate positive media coverage for Greater Fort Lauderdale by arranging media tours, creating news releases and a wide range of publications including the Vacation Planner, Visitors Map & EventsCalendar, Superior Small Lodging Directory, Meeting Planners Guide, CVBuzz e-newsletter and more. The department oversees the ongoing development of the www.sunny.org website plus the creation, production and placement of the destination's tourism advertising, and is also responsible for an extensive audio visual library and community outreach. | | Francine Mason | vice president | (954) 765-4466 | | Jessica Taylor | media relations director | (954) 767-2444 | | Stacie Faulds | creative director | (954) 767-2443 | | Kim Canter | communications coordinator | (954) 767-2445 | |
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| M. Silver Associates Public Relations |
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| Starmark International |
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| 1815 Griffin Road Dania, FL 33004 | | Lisa Hoffman | senior account supervisor | (954) 874-9000 | |
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Sports Development |
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 The Greater Fort Lauderdale Sports Development Office, with the support of the Florida Sports Foundation, is a one-stop shop to plan a professional, amateur or recreational sports event. | | John Webb | senior vice president | (954) 767-2455 | | Carol Hudson | sports development sales manager | (954) 767-2470 | | Saskia Fisher | sports development project coordinator | (954) 767-2455 |
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Convention Sales  The convention sales department is responsible for booking city-wide meetings at the Greater Fort Lauderdale/Broward County Convention Center and at individual hotels throughout Broward County.
Click here for the Convention Sales Territory Map. | | Christine Tascione, CMP | vice president,
convention & group sales | (954) 767-2466 | | Michele Bemis, CMP | national convention sales manager: southeast 40+ rooms | (954) 767-2459 | | Stacy Copeland | national convention sales manager: midwest 40+ rooms, international, GLBT | (954) 767-2460 | | Elena Gladstone | national convention sales manager: west 40+ rooms, convention center space | (954) 767-2461 | | Angella Lopez | national convention sales manager: mid-south 40+ rooms, multicultural, religious, fraternal | (954) 767-2458 | | Aly Zelaya | convention sales coordinator: 40 rooms or less southeast, midwest, west, mid-south, social | (954) 767-2481 | | Valerie Troutman | convention sales assistant: family reunions | (954) 767-2457 | | Suzanne Kaufman | convention sales assistant | (954) 767-2462 | |
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Washington, D.C. Sales Office | 1800 Diagonal Road, Suite 130 Alexandria, VA 22314; fax: (703) 684-6848 | | Tom Durkin | regional vice president: mid-atlantic | (703) 684-0456 | | Dion James Zanfordino | regional sales manager: 500 rooms or less, mid-atlantic and northeast | (703) 684-0456 | | Dwann Jackson | regional sales assistant | (703) 684-0456 | |
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Greater Chicago Sales | 360 East South Water Street, Unit #1007, Chicago, IL 60601 | | Nora Gorman | regional director of sales | (312) 233-8300 | |
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Multicultural Business Development |
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 The Multicultural Business Development department is tasked to ensure that organizations and families of color select Greater Fort Lauderdale as the destination of choice for conferences and family reunions. | | Albert Tucker | vice president, multicultural business development | (954) 767-2456 | |
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Strategic Client Services Staff |
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 Strategic Client Services is a multi-purpose division responsible for providing visitor/partner services. Working as the "concierge to the community," we offer an array of services to city-wide conventions from hotel reservations to arranging planning sites. In addition, we assist in the coordination of the SunSational Service program. | | Kelly Tortoriello | vice president | (954) 767-2476 | | Debbi Toreson | convention marketing services manager | (954) 767-2471 | | Loren Forcier | housing services manager | (954) 767-2474 | | Kristen Mooney | housing service representative | (954) 767-2472 | | Guadalupe “Lupi” Gonzalez | housing service representative | (954) 767-2473 | | Stacey Davis | client services assistant | (954) 767-2475 | |
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Tourism Sales Staff |
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 The Tourism Sales Department sells Greater Fort Lauderdale to tour operators, wholesalers and retail travel agents in the domestic and international arena. We attend trade shows, arrange sales missions in major cities and design vacation package programs for tour operators. | | Alfredo Gonzalez | vice president, tourism and international business | (954) 767-2446 | | Fernando Harb | director of sales | (954) 767-2448 | | Josh Winston | tourism sales manager | (954) 767-2451 | | Justin Flippen | tourism project coordinator | (954) 767-2463 | | Raquel Flores | tourism sales assistant | (954) 767-2447 | |
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| U.K. Sales Office |
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| Ignite Sales & Marketing, Broadway House 21 Broadway, Maidenhead, Berks SL6 1NJ, ENGLAND | | Damian O'Grady | director of sales & marketing | 44-1628-778863 | |
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| Argentina Sales Office |
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| Maipu 999 Ciudad de Buenos Aires, C1006ACL, ARGENTINA | | Ariel Brizzola | managing director | (5411) 4893-3003, ext. 32 | | Florencia Carreras | managing director | (5411) 4893-3003 | |
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| Colombia Sales Office |
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| Calle 19 No. 4-20, Local 10, Bogota AA26725, COLOMBIA | | Leonardo Pedraza | general manager | (571) 281-6511 | |
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To accomplish its goals, the GFLCVB is divided into five major divisions: 
