Enid Annual Report 2012

The Cherokee Strip Conference Center -------------Enid Convention & Visitors Bureau

2012 Annual Report

Table of Contents Statement of Purpose . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Letter from the Mayor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4

Stake Your Claim

CSCC & ECVB Staff . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Letter from the City Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Accomplishments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Overview of Facility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 Signature Events . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 Customer Service Principles & Customer Satisfaction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 Financial Performance of the Cherokee Strip Conference Center . . . . . . . . . . . 12 Financial Performance of the Enid Convention & Visitors Bureau . . . . . . . . . . . 13 Community Involvement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 Future Outlook . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

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Cherokee Strip Conference Center / Enid Convention & Visitors Bureau

Statement of Purpose

Global Spectrum is committed to providing professional management by operating the facilities with the highest level of efficiency and professional integrity, being good corporate citizens and striving to exceed the expectations of our customers, clients and business partners.

The management and staff at the Cherokee Strip Conference Center and the Enid Convention & Visitors Bureau fulfill their missions by providing quality service with the corporate “How You Doin’?” customer philosophy. The entire team is dedicated to creating memories and experiences at the Cherokee Strip Conference Center and in Enid that will last a lifetime.

The Cherokee Strip Conference Center and Enid Convention & Visitors Bureau are dedicated to developing a partnership between government and private enterprise— generating new dollars and new opportunities within the Enid community. The conference center provides a venue for the city of Enid and its citizens to bring a variety of events to the marketplace.

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The People Who Make It Work

Enid Convention & Visitors Bureau Marcy Jarrett Director

Rob Houston

ECVB Communications Coordinator

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Cherokee Strip Conference Center / Enid Convention & Visitors Bureau

Shala Miller

ECVB Services Manager

The People Who Make It Work

Cherokee Strip Conference Center Keller Taylor

General Manager

Kristen Vencl

Chelsi Dotson

Aaron Mayfield

Carmelita Quinn

Director of Sales

Operations Manager

Event Coordinator

Shawna Stapleton Accounting Clerk

Housekeeping & Operations Coordinator

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Accomplishments

CSCC Holds Enid’s First Ink ‘n Iron Show Keller Taylor, Kristen Vencl

Nominated for Local Award

inside Cherokee Strip Conference Center during

“Ink ‘n Iron” in February. Attendees were able to purchase tattoos and see over 100 motorcycles

CSCC General Manager Keller Taylor and

Tattoo artists and motorcycles lined up

Director of Sales Kristen Vencl were nominated

on display throughout the hall during the weekend event. Entertainment ranged from midget

for the Enid Young Professionals’ 10 Under 40

wrestling to a local Battle of the Bands to best tattoo.

Award, recognizing Enid’s outstanding young business leaders. Taylor

Construction Begins on Enid Event Center

and Vencl were two of 42 nominees

several months before, the first

for the award. At the luncheon honoring the ten

beam on the new Enid Event Center

winners, the award presenter was quoted in

was placed in March. When complete

the Enid News and Eagle as saying, “This room

in the spring of 2013, the Enid Event

is filled with people who believe in you, who

Center will be a 73,000-square-foot

believe in the good work you are doing and

facility with 31,000 square feet of

are counting on you to continue making Enid

floor space and a seating capacity

a great place to call home.”

of around 3,500.

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While much of the dirt work began

August 2011

September 2011

Cherokee Strip Conference Center / Enid Convention & Visitors Bureau

October 2011

November 2011

December 2011

Accomplishments

Oklahoma Museum Association To Be the First State Conference in New Convention Hall

Enid CVB wins Merit Award

for Tourism Organization of the Year

Enid’s Renaissance project (the renovation of Convention Hall

and construction of Enid Event Center) and the city’s attractions were

Enid was well represented at the

major factors in the decision in March by the board of the Oklahoma

Oklahoma Red Bud Awards dinner in Okla-

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Museums Association (OMA) to bring its 2013

homa City in May. The Red Bud Awards are

annual conference to Enid. The board of OMA,

sponsored by the Oklahoma Travel Industry

MUSEUMS

based in Oklahoma City, said its one-of-a-kind

Association and are Oklahoma’s yearly tourism

networking and learning opportunity for

awards. In its first year of existence, the Enid Convention & Visitors Bureau won

O K L A H O M A A S S O C I A T I O N

Oklahoma museum professionals, volunteers and board members

the Merit Award for Tourism Organization of the Year. The Merit Award is

will be September 25-27, 2013, with most of the events to be held

actually second place as we finished behind the Oklahoma City CVB, but to

in Enid’s newly-renovated Convention Hall. The conference is expected

earn such a prestigious award in our first year was a tremendous achievement.

to bring 150-200 people to Enid. The bid was crafted by the Enid Con-

vention & Visitors Bureau with assistance from several local partners,

Outstanding New Attraction.

including Leonardo’s Children’s Museum & Adventure Quest, and the

Cherokee Strip Regional Heritage Center.

Enid’s Kyle Dillingham provided the evening’s entertainment with an outstanding

The Cherokee Strip Regional Heritage Center won the Red Bud Award for

Lt. Gov. Todd Lamb, an Enid native, was co-host for the evening while

performance on his violin.

January 2012

February 2012

March 2012

April 2012

May 2012

June 2012

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Cherokee Strip Conference Center Venue Features • 300 On-site Parking Spaces (with ample additional parking) • Catering Kitchen • Administrative Offices • Home of Enid Welcome Center / Enid Convention & Visitors Bureau • Outdoor Plaza • Wireless Internet • Wheelchair Accessible Facility

Room Dimensions & Seating Capacities Room Name

Additonal items include: screen, projector, LCD projectors, TV/DVD, staging, microphones, podiums, easels, piano, phone line/speaker phone, coffee, table skirting, U.S. & Oklahoma flags

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Dimensions

Sq. Ft.

Theatre

Classroom

Conference

Rect.

Rounds

82’ x 144’

11,808

1200

360

500

800

600

Harvest

75’ x 48’

3,600

250

100

100

200

160

Cattleman’s

82’ x 48’

3,936

400

120

100

300

200

Buffalo

82’ x 48’

3,936

400

140

100

300

200

Heritage Board Room

27’ x 24’

648

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Springs

27’ x 27’

729

50

24

32

40

32

Cimarron

27’ x 27’

729

50

24

32

40

32

Chisholm Trail

35’ x 24’

840

80

40

40

60

48

Prairie-Buckskin

36’ x 24’

850

70

28

32

36

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Indian Nations

24’ x 22’

528

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Pioneer Hall

Cherokee Strip Conference Center / Enid Convention & Visitors Bureau

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Enid Welcome Center

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Signature Events

Junior Welfare League of Enid

Society for the Prevention

Girl Scouts of Western Oklahoma

For eight consecutive years, the Junior Welfare

of Cruelty to Animals

Cherokee Strip Conference Center partnered with

League of Enid has held its annual Charity Gala

The Enid chapter of the SPCA turned again to the

Girl Scouts of Western Oklahoma to kick off the

in December at the Cherokee Strip Conference

Cherokee Strip Conference Center to hold their

anual Girl Scout cookie campaign in February 2012,

Center. This black-tie optional event allows the

12th annual Wine & Food Festival. The black-tie

with the second annual Cookie Creations. Partici-

Junior Welfare League to raise money to provide

fundraiser draws more than 600 attendees each

pating local restaurants were assigned their own

grants for several local charities and organizations

year, raising more than $47,000 for the Enid SPCA

Girl Scout cookie and were asked to come up with

each year. It features gourmet hors d’oeuvres

animal shelter.

a dessert using that cookie. The event was again

and a live and silent auction.

considered a success and plans are to continue the annual event.

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Cherokee Strip Conference Center / Enid Convention & Visitors Bureau

Service & Customer Satisfaction

Global Spectrum, management company

of the Cherokee Strip Convention Center and the Enid Convention and Visitors Bureau, has a company-wide customer service program called “How You Doin’?”. Our catch phrase encourages all of our employees to engage in conversation with customers to not only assist them and make their experience more enjoyable, but for the Cherokee Strip Convention Center to gauge its performance. We truly believe in providing the best possible experience for our patrons that attend our events as well as the planners who produce them. Our “How You Doin’?” program has proven to be a valuable part of our success.

Our approach begins with a simple question, “How You Doin’?”, but it’s more

than that. It is going beyond and treating our customers the way they want to be treated. It is all about giving our customers the ultimate experience.

Top Ten Customer Service Principles Customer First: Use all resources available to serve internal and external customer interactions.

24-Hour Rule: Act with an appropriate sense of urgency when responding to any and all requests.

Golden Rule: Treat co-workers and customers with complete respect, fairness and courtesy.

Enthusiasm: Work with a passion toward achieving individua, team and organizational growth and success and encourage others to do the same.

Listen: Ask open-ended questions, be attentive and clarify understanding to improve accuracy of responses.

Think “Yes”: Consistently demonstrate a can-do approach in thoughts and actions.

Be Professional: Represent Global Spectrum in an ethical and positive manner with all interactions.

Positive Attitude: Solve problems creatively by making decisions that positively impact the entire organization.

Everybody Sells: Suggest and implement new ways to drive and improve our business.

Do It Now; Deliver on the things you have committed to doing and/or are accountable for producing.

Dear Marcy, Thank you, thank you, thank you!

…to you and your staff and all the remarkable people in Enid for an extraordinarily wonderful day. You did an amazing job coordinating our event. We work with many destinations and have never had a more successful event. The credit for that success lies entirely with you, your staff, and your incredible tourism partners. We will be back.

Blessings, Glenda Carr

Friends International Tours Marcy, Thank you for your help in showing us all the sites in Enid. You were an excellent tour guide and we all had an awesome day. Thanks for sharing your lovely town and its history.

Delores Culley

Executive Director, WCHS Hi to your entire staff and city!

Just a note to let you know what a great day we had in your city yesterday. We enjoyed it all from beginning to end. Our warmest thanks for your most gracious hospitality. Wow!

I am especially delighted with the Stir-Up Cookbook. Though I cook very little these days, I always enjoy reading them and particularly this kind, since it gives you a feel for the cuisine for the area. My grandfather made the run in ‘89 and settled near Kingfisher, so I could relate to many things in your museums.

Thank you! Thank you! Eva Berry

The entire CSCC staff was excellent to work with during the event.

Excellent preparation before the event. Staff went above and beyond during the event to ensure that both client and public had a positive experience.

Lynne Benkendorf

Eagle Marketing & Smokin Red Dirt BBQ

Kristen Vencl, Chelsi Dotson and your entire staff were very courteous and the setup was great. Thanks for helping make Allison’s day amazing!

Susan Purdy

Allison’s Bridal Shower

We felt very welcome and at home from the start. Our daughter’s wedding reception was perfect. Awesome people to work with, especially Kristen and Chelsi. Your staff made it very easy for us! Excellent!

Julie Scheffler

Scheffler-Guffy Wedding

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Cherokee Strip Conference Center / Enid Convention & Visitors Bureau

Financial Performance

ECVB Financial Performance Expenses

Revenue

Current Budget Budget Variation

Sales Tax Revenue . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 375,000 . . . . . . . . . (375,000) Investment Income . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200 . . . . . . . . . . . . . (200) Advertising Income . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9,700 . . . . . . . . . . . (9,700) Event Revenue . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0 Budget Carry Forward . . . . . . . . . . . . 40,000 . . . . . . . . . . (40,000) Total Revenues . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 424,900 . . . . . . . . (424,900)

Current Budget

Actual Budget Variation Salaries & Benefits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181,246.12 . . . . . . . . 181,344.00 . . . . . . . . . . . . 97.88 Pre-Employment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0 . . . . . . . . . . . . 300.00 . . . . . . . . . . . 300.00 Automobile . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,229.23 . . . . . . . . . . 1,500.00 . . . . . . . . . . . 270.77 Bank Charges . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185.40 . . . . . . . . . . . . 320.00 . . . . . . . . . . . 134.60 Member Dues/Subscriptions . . . . . . . . . . 3,245.55 . . . . . . . . . . 3,810.00 . . . . . . . . . . . 564.45 Misc. Expenses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0 . . . . . . . . . . . . 800.00 . . . . . . . . . . . 800.00 Postage & Shipping . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,772.66 . . . . . . . . . . 3,000.00 . . . . . . . . . . (772.66) Volunteer Appreciation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25.00 . . . . . . . . . . . . 300.00 . . . . . . . . . . . 275.00 Professional Services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13,765.00 . . . . . . . . . 10,000.00 . . . . . . . . . (3,765.00) Staff Development . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127.33 . . . . . . . . . . 4,700.00 . . . . . . . . . . 4,572.67 Insurance/Workers Comp . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,111.06 . . . . . . . . . . . . 640.00 . . . . . . . . . . (471.06) Supplies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,621.91 . . . . . . . . . . 4,700.00 . . . . . . . . . (1,921.91) Telephone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,955.78 . . . . . . . . . . 2,000.00 . . . . . . . . . . (955.78) Subtotal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 214,285.04 . . . . . . . 213,414.00 . . . . . . . . . (871.04)

Industry Conventions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,579.04 . . . . . . . . . . 7,200.00 . . . . . . . . . . 2,620.96 Capital Asset Purchase . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0 Business Meetings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 864.70 . . . . . . . . . . 1,000.00 . . . . . . . . . . . 135.30 FAM Tours . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73.17 . . . . . . . . . . 2,000.00 . . . . . . . . . . 1,926.83 Local Membership Organizations . . . . . . . . 956.33 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0 . . . . . . . . . . (956.33) Out-of-town Sales/Sales Calls . . . . . . . . . 3,939.28 . . . . . . . . . . 6,000.00 . . . . . . . . . . 2,060.72 In-town Sales . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0 . . . . . . . . . . . . 500.00 . . . . . . . . . . . 500.00 Promotional Items . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,440.51 . . . . . . . . . . 3,000.00 . . . . . . . . . . . 559.49 Resource Materials . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94.90 . . . . . . . . . . . . 500.00 . . . . . . . . . . . 405.10 Site Tours . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74.62 . . . . . . . . . . 3,000.00 . . . . . . . . . . 2,925.38 Print Materials . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59,467.87 . . . . . . . . . 86,222.00 . . . . . . . . 26,754.13 Public Relations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8,643.33 . . . . . . . . . . 6,500.00 . . . . . . . . . (2,143.33) Research . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,292.15 . . . . . . . . . . 5,300.00 . . . . . . . . . . (992.15) Servicing/Event Support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,280.62 . . . . . . . . . . 6,050.00 . . . . . . . . . . (230.62) Incentives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15,105.32 . . . . . . . . . 18,508.00 . . . . . . . . . . 3,402.68 Special Projects / Grant Funds . . . . . . . 86,307.30 . . . . . . . . . 88,000.00 . . . . . . . . . . 1,692.70 Reserve . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0 Subtotal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195,119.14 . . . . . . . 233,780.00 . . . . . . . . 38,660.86 Total Operating Expense . . . . . . . . 409,404.18 . . . . . . . 447,194.00 . . . . . . . . 37,789.82 Net Operating Surplus . . . . . . . . . . . 15,495.82

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Community Involvement

The Cherokee Strip Conference Center and Enid Convention & Visitors Bureau proudly support numerous community activities and organizations through memberships, volunteering and serving on boards.

The involvement of our staff is critical to helping support the Enid community.

• American Red Cross - Cimarron Valley Chapter

• Enid AM Ambucs

• Enid Noon Ambucs

• Enid First

• Enid Kiwanis Club

• Enid Regional Development Alliance

• Enid Rotary Club

• Enid Symphony

• Enid Young Professionals

• Girl Scouts of Western Oklahoma

• Greater Enid Chamber of Commerce

• Inspire Greater Enid

• Leadership Greater Enid

• Juliette Low Leadership Society

• Main Street Enid

In addition to the support we provide organizations through our volunteering efforts, we look forward to partnering with local organizations for fundraising opportunities at the renovated Convention Hall and new Enid Event Center in the coming years.

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Cherokee Strip Conference Center / Enid Convention & Visitors Bureau

Future Outlook

While the Cherokee Strip Conference Center has served Enid and the surrounding area very well since opening its doors in 1987, it will step aside late in 2012 as two new facilities are set to open on Enid’s historic downtown square. The brand new Enid Event

Center, scheduled to open spring of 2013, will offer 30,000 square feet of exhibition space and 3,400 spectator seats. This facilitiy will be the crown jewel of northwest Oklahoma with a two-level concourse, two meeting rooms with exhibit space view, state-of-the-art restrooms, concessions and a complete back of house.

The renovated, historic Enid Convention Hall, opening fall of 2012, will be attached to the Enid Event Center. The convention hall showcases a 10,000-square-foot ballroom and a 4,000-square-foot junior ballroom. It also offers 7,000 square feet of meeting rooms and comes complete with a concourse, balcony, restrooms, kitchen and back of house.

As these state-of-the-art facilities are being built, the Global Spectrum team at the Cherokee Strip Conference Center continues to work diligently at booking events not only for 2012-13 in the current facility, but also for events in the new Enid Event Center and Enid Convention Hall. We continue to strive for excellence in customer service through the utilization of Global Spectrum’s “How You Doin’?” principles. A key component of our success lies in our teams’ commitment to be well-trained, professional and innovative.

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The Cherokee Strip

Enid Event Center

Enid Convention

Conference Center

& Convention Hall

& Visitors Bureau

123 W Maine

301 S. Independence

123 W. Maine

Enid, OK 73701

Enid, OK 73701

Enid, OK 73701

580-616-7362

(coming Nov. 2012)

580-233-3643

kvencl@enideventcenter.com

580-616-7361

info@VisitEnid.org

keller.taylor@enideventcenter.com

www.visitenid.org

www.enideventcenter.com