The DuPage Conference & Guests Bureau (DCVB) inducted 5 new members to its board of administrators, because the group focuses on the alternatives that lie forward for DuPage County via 2026.
New members embrace Mark Doles, government director, DuPage Airport Authority; Adam Henrikson, normal supervisor, Hyatt Lodge Oak Brook Chicago; Matt LaFond, government director, Cantigny Park; Alicia LaVire, vice chairman of promoting and visitor companies, The Morton Arboretum; and Jonathan Kruger, director of promoting, Science of Spirituality Meditation Heart. Every new member will serve a two-year time period.
DCVB’s board of administrators consists of 26 leaders with varied backgrounds working in collaboration to make sure development and sustainability of DuPage’s customer business — an vital sector of DuPage’s financial system.
”What a good time proper now for DuPage,” DCVB Board of Administrators chairman Brett Hintz mentioned in a information launch. “With lodge knowledge displaying a rise in enterprise journey, a optimistic forecast for worldwide visitation and large occasions on the horizon, DuPage is primed to capitalize on market alternatives culminating with the 2026 Presidents Cup at Medinah Nation Membership. Thanks to our 5 new and 21 returning board members for his or her assist and worthwhile management as we maintain ahead momentum.”
DuPage County is the second largest generator of journey and hospitality enterprise in Illinois, second solely to Chicago. At its annual assembly held in October, DCVB launched DuPage County’s 2022 customer impression numbers, highlighting the energy of the business and vacation spot: tourism income reached $2.99 billion — surpassing the $2.86 billion generated in 2019. Different key markers all confirmed development over the prior 12 months, with greater than 25,000 tourism-related jobs (+14.5% YOY), $893 million in payroll (+15.2% YOY), $90 million in native tax receipts (+28.5% YOY) and $208 million in state tax receipts (+35.7% YOY).
”The panorama proper now’s in contrast to something I’ve seen for DuPage,” DCVB Govt Director Beth Marchetti mentioned within the launch. “DuPage traditionally was a conferences vacation spot. The demand we skilled in 2022 helped us obtain our potential within the leisure market. Nationally, leisure is slowing to extra typical ranges, however our aim is to maintain the beneficial properties made on this vital market. DuPage has an unparalleled mixture of facilities for leisure, conferences and occasions, and sports activities tourism. Now all of them have to align shifting ahead and I consider now we have the right combination of management on our board to assist us obtain that.”
Marchetti acknowledged that the DCVB will stay aware of an ever-evolving tourism atmosphere however agency on this long-term imaginative and prescient for DuPage’s positioning within the market.
“DCVB’s philosophy and that of the board has all the time been strategic and sustainable development,” she mentioned. “Immediately, we’re in an excellent place due to that.”
