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TAHLEQUAH, OKLAHOMA – The Cherokee Nation’s second working conference on tourism will be held Monday, June 5, from 2 p.m. until 4 p.m. in the Health Division Conference Room at the Cherokee Nation Tribal Complex south of Tahlequah.
The Cherokee Nation Supreme Court is one of the many historic buildings which helps cultivate tourism within the Cherokee Nation. 
Topics to be addressed include tourism infrastructure, tourism experiences, market segments and public/private synergy and feasibility.
The conference, entitled “Working Conference on Cultural Tourism Development,” is one in a series of sessions to brainstorm ideas with large and diverse groups of tourism professionals to increase regional and state tourism.
“Participants’ input and support will provide the diversity of perspectives needed to strengthen the planning process. This initiative is also an invaluable opportunity to exchange ideas and learn how we can work together to help grow cultural tourism in Oklahoma,” said Chad Smith, Principal Chief of the Cherokee Nation.
The previous session dealt with numerous issues surrounding cultural tourism in Oklahoma, including what groups should manage a tourism plan, what organizations lead tourism in different regions in the state, and how the Cherokee Nation can best work with different businesses, governments and organizations to grow tourism in northeastern Oklahoma.
Subsequent meetings will be held on July 3, August 7 and September 4, all Mondays, from 2 p.m. until 4 p.m., at locations to be announced later. Members of the press working and writing for the state’s tourism industry as well as representatives from local, state, and national businesses and governments are invited to participate in these meetings.
A comprehensive Cherokee Nation Cultural Tourism Plan will result from this series of meetings and should be finished by September, 2006. The plan will be implemented in phases beginning in 2007.
For more information on the Working Conference on Cherokee Nation Cultural Tourism Development, contact Linda Turnbull-Lewis, phone: 918-458-9322 or 918-453-1932 (cell) or by e-mail. For the Cherokee Nation Tourism Planning Office, contact Carolyn Woodruff, phone: 918-207-3954.
CN To Sponsor Business Safety Class
KANSAS, OKLAHOMA – The Cherokee Nation Small Business Assistance Center will host a class on Safety and Security in your business on Monday, June 5 at 6 p.m. at the Northeast Technology Center in Kansas.
The class will offer information on dual control, check and balances, inventory control, and theft.
The class is free to the public and will be taught by Sue Floyd of the Oklahoma Small Business Development Center.
For more information about the Safety and Security in your business class contact Crystal Washington, phone: 918-453-5531.
| Related Cherokee Nation contact information: |
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Mike Miller, Cherokee Nation Director of Communications Phone: 918-456-0671 (ext.2210) Fax: 918-458-5580 E-mail: Communications@cherokee.org
Larry Daugherty, Advertising Manager |
Steven Swogger, Agriculture Liaison Natural Resources Department Phone: 918-456-0671 (ext.2546) FAX: 918-458-7673 E-mail: sswogger@cherokee.org
Bradley D. Peak, Cherokee Nation |