Tourist Development Council June 11th Full Board Book

Table of Contents Letter of Invitation 1. TDC Board Attendance Sheet - 06.11.2020 2. Agenda.06.11.2020 3. May 14th TDC Meeting Minutes 3. May 28th Workshop Minutes 4.A. DTPB Activity Report 4.B. Cultural Council Activity Report 4.C. Sports Commission Activity Report 4.D. Film & TV Monthly Newsletter 4.E. Film & TV Production Report 4.F. CC Statement & Financial Operations Analysis, Budget & Prior Year 4.G. CC. Marketing Update 4.H. CC. 'Pace' Revenue Report 4.I. CC Food & Beverage Operating Report 4.J. ERM Project Status Report 4.K. PBI Traffic Report 4.L. Hotel Pipeline Report 4.M. Contract Tracking Report 5.A.-1. TDC Dashboard Current Month & YTD 5.A.-1.a. PBC Hotel Performance 04.2020 5.A.-1.b. Bed Tax Collections 5.A.-1.c. Report Out Metrics 5.B. Boca Raton Bowl Tri-Party Revisit Funding Approval 6.A. PBC Convention Center Expansion CSL Study 6.B Financial Audits of All Agencies Approved 6.C. FY2021 Budget Checkpoint Update-Phase Discussion

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June 5, 2020

TO:

Commissioner Mary Lou Berger, TDC Chair, and all TDC Board Members

FROM:

Glenn P. Jergensen, Executive Director Tourist Development Council

SUBJECT:

Thursday, June 11, 2020 TDC BOARD MEETING

The Palm Beach County Tourist Development Council will meet on Thursday, June 11, 2020 in the Palm Beach County Convention Center, Ballroom ABC at 650 Okeechobee Boulevard, West Palm Beach, Florida 33401. Parking garage will be available for parking. The subject board meeting packet is enclosed. The meeting will begin at 9:00 a.m. If you have any questions regarding this information, please give us a call at 233-3130.

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Verdenia C. Baker, County Administrator Denise Coffman, Deputy County Attorney Chuck Elderd, FTC George Linley, Sports Commission Dave Lawrence, Cultural Council Deborah Drum, ERM Jorge Pesquera, Discover David Anderson, Convention Center / Spectra Venue Management Vincent McPhail, Convention Center/Spectra Food and Hospitality Jodi Cross, Florida Restaurant and Lodging Association Regional Sales Manager (Agenda) Joan Hutchinson, TDC Ernie Pena-Roque, TDC

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Palm Beach County Tourist Development Council 2195 Southern Boulevard, Suite 500, West Palm Beach, Florida 33406 D-(561) 233-3130 D-FACSIMILE (561) 233-3113

TDC BOARD MEETING ATTENDANCE SHEET REVISED EFFECTIVE June 11th, 2020

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STAFF Verdenia C. Baker, County Administrator Denise Coffman, Deputy County Attorney Dave Lawrence, Culture George Linley, Sports Chuck Elderd, Film & TV Jorge Pesquera, Discover Deborah Drum, ERM Dave Anderson, PBCCC Vincent McPhail, PBCCC Glenn Jergensen, TDC Ernie Pena-Roque, TDC Joan Hutchinson, TDC

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TOURIST DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL June 11, 2020 Palm Beach County Convention Center Ballroom ABC West Palm Beach, Florida AGENDA 1.

ROLL CALL

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AGENDA ADDITIONS AND DELETIONS – MOTION TO APPROVE

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MOTION TO APPROVE MAY 14th & 28th TDC MEETING & WORKSHOP MINUTES*

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MOTION TO RECEIVE AND FILE THE CONSENT ITEMS FOR JUNE 2020 MARKETING AGENCIES REPORTING A. DTPB ACTIVITY REPORT* B. CULTURAL COUNCIL ACTIVITY REPORT* C. SPORTS COMMISSION ACTIVITY REPORT* D. FILM & TV MONTHLY NEWSLETTER* E. FILM & TV PRODUCTION REPORT* PBC CONVENTION CENTER OPERATING REPORTS F. CONVENTION CENTER INCOME STATEMENT & FINANCIAL OPERATIONS ANALYSIS COMPARED TO BUDGET & PRIOR YEAR* G. CONVENTION CENTER MARKETING UPDATE* H. CONVENTION CENTER “PACE” REVENUE REPORT* I. CONVENTION CENTER FOOD & BEVERAGE OPERATING REPORT* OTHER TDC SUPPORTED AGENCY/DEPARTMENTS REPORTS J. ERM PROJECT STATUS REPORT* K. PBI TRAFFIC REPORT* L. HOTEL PIPELINE REPORT* M. CONTRACT TRACKING REPORT*

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OLD BUSINESS – DISCUSSION ITEMS A.

TDC TOURISM PERFORMANCE METRICS 1.

TDC DASHBOARD CURENT MONTH & YTD* a.

Discover Hotel Performance Dashboard* b.

Bed Tax Collections* c.

Report Out Metrics*

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Boca Raton Bowl Funding Approval*

-Glenn J.

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Motion to Approve

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NEW BUSINESS – DISCUSSION ITEMS A.

TDC- PBCCCC Expansion CSL Study John Kaatz- Receive & File*

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TDC- Financial Audits of all Agencies Approved by Finance Committee* Receive and File

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FY2021 Budget Checkpoint Update/Phase Discussion*- Glenn J.

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Marketing Recovery & Stimulus Process to the BCC*- Glenn J.

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SPORTS COMMISSION 1.

Two Minute Update- George Linley

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CONVENTION CENTER 1.

Spectra Venue Management a.

Two Minute Update- Dave Anderson

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Spectra Hospitality a.

Two Minute Update- Vincent McPhail

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DISCOVER 1.

Two Minute Update- Jorge Pesquera

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FILM & TV 1.

Two Minute Update- Chuck Elderd

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CULTURAL COUNCIL 1.

Two Minute Update- Dave Lawrence

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ERM 1.

Two Minute Update- Deb Drum

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BOARD COMMENTS

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PUBLIC COMMENTS

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ADJOURNMENT The next board meeting will be July 9th, Location to be Determined *Attachment included

Tdc/tdcmtgs2020/Agenda.06.11.2020

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TOURIST DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL May 14, 2020 9:00AM Webex Video Conference Call MINUTES 1.

ROLL CALL Present Commissioner Mary Lou Berger, Chair Jim Bronstien, Vice Chair Jeffrey Mayers Jim Mostad Don Dufresne Davicka Thompson Commissioner Kelly Shoaf John Tolbert

Absent Commissioner Christina L. Romelus

Staff Verdenia C. Baker, County Administrator Denise Coffman, Deputy County Attorney Glenn Jergensen, TDC Joan Hutchinson, TDC Ernie Pena-Roque, TDC Patricia Ramirez, TDC Dave Lawrence, Cultural Council Jennifer Sullivan, Cultural Council Kathleen Alex, Cultural Council George Linley, Sports Commission Michael Zeff, Sports Commission Jared Fleet, Sports Commission Missy Gard, Sports Commission Scott Glinski, Sports Commission Chuck Elderd, Film & TV Commission Michelle Hillery, Film & TV Commission Christy Andreoni, Film & TV Commission Phyllis Man, Film & TV Commission Jorge Pesquera, DTPB Evan Lomrantz, DTPB Rich Basen, DTPB Nick Parks, DTPB Gustav Weibull, DTPB Kelly Cavers, DTPB Sergio Piedra, DTPB Ashley Svarney, DTPB Deborah Drum, ERM Dave Anderson, Convention Center/Spectra Venue Management Vincent McPhail, Convention Center/Spectra Food and Entertainment 1

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Mike Brodnicki, Convention Center Laura Beebe, Airports Cody Benkelman, Palm Beach International Airport Lacy Larson, Marketing Palm Beach International Airport

Other Jodi Cross, FRLA Kelly Smallridge, Business Development Board Ben Durgan, Government Affairs & Communications Michael Buczyner, WPTV – Channel 5 Claude Delorme, Miami Marlins Michael Jacobs, Economic Council Ryan Hughes, WPTV – Channel 5 Vicki Chouris, South Florida Fair 2.

AGENDA ADDITIONS AND DELETIONS – MOTION TO APPROVE There is an addition to the Agenda, it is the Extension of the Spectra Hospitality Agreement due the COVID-19 for one year, 6.B.

Motion to approve addition of the Item 6.B. to the Agenda is made by Commissioner Shoaf and seconded by Jim Bronstien. Motion passes unanimously by 8 -0 with Commissioner Christina Romelus absent.

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MOTION TO APPROVE MARCH 12th TDC MEETING MINUTES* Motion to approve March 12th TDC Meeting Minutes is made by Don Dufresne and seconded by Davicka Thompson. Motion passes unanimously by 8-0 with Commissioner Christina Romelus absent.

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MOTION TO RECEIVE AND FILE THE CONSENT ITEMS FOR MAY 2020 MARKETING AGENCIES REPORTING A. DTPB ACTIVITY REPORT* B. CULTURAL COUNCIL ACTIVITY REPORT* C. SPORTS COMMISSION ACTIVITY REPORT* D. FILM & TV MONTHLY NEWSLETTER* E. FILM & TV PRODUCTION REPORT* PBC CONVENTION CENTER OPERATING REPORTS F. CONVENTION CENTER INCOME STATEMENT & FINANCIAL OPERATIONS ANALYSIS COMPARED TO BUDGET & PRIOR YEAR* G. CONVENTION CENTER MARKETING UPDATE* 2

H. CONVENTION CENTER “PACE” REVENUE REPORT* I. CONVENTION CENTER FOOD & BEVERAGE OPERATING REPORT* OTHER TDC SUPPORTED AGENCY/DEPARTMENTS REPORTS J. ERM PROJECT STATUS REPORT* K. PBI TRAFFIC REPORT* L. HOTEL PIPELINE REPORT* M. 1991 – 2019 FILM & TV PRODUCTION HISTORY* N. CONTRACT TRACKING REPORT* O. QUARTERLY AGENCY FINANCE REPORTS 3.31.2020 Motion to receive and file the Consent Items for May 2020 is made by Jim Bronstien and seconded by John Tolbert. Motions passes unanimously by 8-0 with Commissioner Christina Romelus absent.

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OLD BUSINESS – DISCUSSION ITEMS A.

TDC TOURISM PERFORMANCE METRICS 1.

TDC DASHBOARD CURRENT MONTH & YTD* a.

Discover Hotel Performance Dashboard* b.

Bed Tax Collections* c.

Report Out Metrics*

Jergensen In 2001 we had the 911 impact in New York City, we saw a 10% reduction in bed taxes.

Then, 2009 we have the recession at that time we had a 20% reduction in bed taxes. But what we are seeing today is certainly something we have not seen before.

Bed Tax Collection – For the month of March 2020 collected in April 2020 was at $4.4M it is (44%) decrease over the prior year Budget for the month was $8.2M or 4% above last year. March Tax Exempt rental receipts of $3.2M, decreased of (40%) compared with last year. The Total FYTD’20 collections were at $35.1M, lower than last fiscal year’s $36.6M by (4.1%) reflecting the first impact of COVID-19 on the fiscal year.

Total Fiscal Year 2020 Budgeted Growth at 4%, current projections estimate a (33%) decline in bed tax collections for the fiscal year. The Rooms sold for March were 263,555 or (42%) lower than the previous year. Rooms available for March 545,662 which is up 3.5%. Hotel Rooms active in the County 17,602 with the BEN opened March 1st.

Occupancy for March was at 48.3%, down (44%) over PY. Occupancy in the beginning of March was 86.1%. Occupancy March CYTD was 71%, down (14.3%). Average daily rate for CYTD was at $233.79, (14%) lower than previous year. The revenue/available per room was at $112.88 lower by (52%) in March.

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Hotel Room sales in March decreased (50%) at $58.4M. Non-hotel room sales decreased (12%) at $10.8M. Non-Hotel Room Sales FY20 Year to Date increased by 20% at $80M. FYTD 2020 Taxable Revenues Fiscal Year decreased (4.1%) at $572M. Airport activities for the month of March, 416,473 passengers (47%) lower and estimated seat capacity was down (10%) over last year with 810,225 seats. Passenger rolling average went down (1.5%) 6,667,585 over last year.

Leisure and Hospitality Employment for March not reflective of true COVID-19 impact.

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PBI- Airport Update

Laura Beebe, Director PBI

Beebe Laura Beebe, Airports Director presented a PowerPoint Presentation COVID-19 Airline Impacts.

• Reductions in departures declined (73.1%) for domestic and (94%) for International flights. Airlines are reducing capacity.

• Aircraft worldwide and domestic remain idle. Domestic airline responded with more flexibility in rebooking/cancelling flights.

• Restricting access to provide more space. Ceasing or streamlining meal service, enhancing the cleaning procedures, requiring the flight attendants to ware facial covering. Supporting temperature checks by TSA. • Modest increases are anticipated beginning June/July 2020, recovery period will be slow. After 911 there was a (30%) decline in air traffic demand.

• The Governor declared an executive order requiring all persons coming from areas with substantial community spread to quarantine for 14 days from the date of entry.

• PBI is experiencing significant declines in revenue streams, including airline fee & charges, parking revenues, and concession revenues from rental cars, food & beverage, and retail sales. In parking alone, in April 2019 we made $1.25M, for April 2020 we made less than $80,000.

• PBI Operational Plan: Building consumer confidence: Highlighting operational changes for the protection of the public and employees, encouraging compliance with CDC and County safety policies through social media and in-terminal messaging.

Jergensen There is a question about the quarantine for the New York travelers coming to town, is the executive order still in effect?

Beebe It was extended by Executive Order 20-112. It is in place until a new order is issued.

There is not a definitive date to stop the quarantine requirement. We are asking the Florida Department of Transportation for further clarity on that.

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Commissioner Shoaf How is the order enforced?

Beebe When a traveler comes in from a New York destination, they are met at the gate by a Department of Health contractor. They are required to fill out a healthcare form, they are informed regarding the quarantine requirement, and there is a sign and an overhead announcement regarding the quarantine requirement. But as far as of enforcement I do not know if the Department of Health has any mechanism.

Commissioner Shoaf I have a comment and a question. We have a local distillery that is producing hand sanitizer, would something like that be helpful? One of the things that we find in the city is we can get hand sanitizer but not dispensers. If you have the dispensers, would that be a resource for you. I will connect to you via email and see if there is an opportunity there.

I work closely with the Honor Flight, they are looking at their September flights and they are trying to decide what they are going to do, because part of the Honor Flight experience is a crowd at the airport for the homecoming. There are several older folks, who are in their 80s, 90s in sometime 100+ years old who come out for these flights.

They are trying to decide if they need to cancel those flights.

Beebe Many airports now are closing to everybody except ticketed passengers. I think September would not be the best time to plan that flight.

Tolbert Are we seeing any other kind of temperature checks or other testing for those coming out of New York City or high-risk areas prior to landing?

Beebe Just to be clear, the Department of Health protocol is not a health check. They still have the traveler form; nobody is doing any sort of health screening. However, if someone is sick at the airport, we have an on-site fire rescue person who does do a wellness check and will transport to a local hospital, if is necessary. There is a push to have TSA staff start to do temperature checks at the security check points.

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Beebe Please be aware that even with the restriction for individuals coming from the New York area there are some exemptions or certain workers such as airline crew and some essential workers still coming from there. Although an individual may claim to be from that area, they may not be subject to the quarantine because there is a minor exemption.

Baker The Executive Order from the County on 2020-0028 outlines those critical individuals to which the hotels are open. Everybody that does not have a temperature is not necessarily clear, they can be asymptomatic and can be shedding and it takes from five to seven days for the fever and other symptoms to display. They can still be infected and infecting others, the temperature is not necessary a clearance.

Bronstien Do we have to seat at the table with the State in terms of opening up to New York access again?

Beebe The quarantine Order came out of the Governor Office. We have contact with the Florida Department of Transportation, but they are taking directions from the Governor office.

Baker We are speaking with the Governor’s Office on these issues. Let us not get a false sense of security. New Yorker’s are flying out of New Jersey and other areas and New York is not the only hot spot, until the Federal Government decides to cut down certain flights.

We cannot control where people come from.

Beebe There are individuals from different areas coming in from connecting flights as well.

Thompson As we move forward with the reopening and marketing plans, is there any messages specifically we should include in materials we are developing travelers?

Beebe Our marketing director is in communication with the Discover staff as well. Right now, we are focusing on safety messages and ensuring that passengers feel confident that they 6

are safe in the airport. It is very premature for us to do a strong push to travelers throughout the airport. I believe probably toward the season we will start seeing the numbers pick up a little. We are going to be reluctant to do any hard messaging about traveling through the airport beyond that we are safe and taking all appropriate measures to ensure passengers’ safety. A lot of this will be decided by the Federal Government as far as different safety measure being implemented in the airport.

Jergensen I want to let everybody know that Laura Beebe and Lacy have been part of the recovery team for marketing. Since day one they have been at the table with all the agencies.

Beebe And we will certainly let Discover know when we feel like is the right time to start marketing in specific markets. At this point the numbers are very low and the flights are low, and we do not expect to have a better idea when we are going to be back, maybe in the June time frame. We expect to see some recovery in November or December, but maybe a 50% recovery. The airlines are losing millions of dollars per day, they are going to have to figure this out. Jet Blue alone is losing $10M per day.

Jergensen We are going to get additional data from Fort Lauderdale and Miami and keep you informed.

Pesquera We do have access to that information from Fort Lauderdale and Miami. The International Sanitation Supplies Association initiative that has been implemented in other destination may also be something we consider for the airport. We will be talking about that tomorrow.

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NEW BUSINESS – DISCUSSION ITEMS A.

TDC- FY2020 & FY 2021 FINANCIAL UPDATESG. Jergensen TDT REVENUES and OPERATING BUDGETS OPERATIONS IMPACT FROM COVID 19 30 Minutes Bed Tax Collections Impact Reforecast FY2020 Agency Operating Budgets Re-Budget FY 2021 Agency Operating Budgets

Bronstien We came out of our Finance Committee meeting with some conservative projections, but we need to keep re-evaluating this every month as we get more information. The 7

agencies have to take some cuts. It is hard to market something no one is interested in doing right now, which is travel. Dealing with the reserves numbers and looking at the agencies cost cuts, there may be opportunities to re-direct some of the stimulus funds we have, looking at the special events project funds and possibly the first and fourth penny.

The expansion of the baseball stadium has been put on hold. There are a lot of different items that need to be reduced and some others that we might be able to use for rebuilding ourselves over the next 18 months or two years.

Jergensen There was a decrease on Hotel room nights sold of (33%), this percentage is driving our reduction in bed taxes, which is the (33%). Hotel room revenues went down about ($300M) year over year. Non-Hotel room revenue was fairly strong in February even in March just ($5M) down. We are scheduling three check points to look at before we call 2021 budget. The first check point is the March collections collected in April with about $1M higher than we have forecasted in our planning models, would be 31.5% for the year, but the next five months will be critical. We were very conservative projecting for those months. Check points will be done June 1st and July 1st, and this will let us understand the month of May. It is very hard to make a (21M) reduction when we only have six months left in the year. The agencies acted very quickly, turning off contracts and moving contracts out to the next fiscal year, reducing all advertising, putting them on hold until the right time, and you will see this in the marketing recovering plan. We worked with ERM, Deb Drum and Michael Stahl to see if there was any additional funds that were available from our beaches re-nourishment program that we can defer in this current year and put those funds into marketing when it is the right time. We were able to take $2M from ERM and we will put it into the stimulus, we are also looking at our reserves position.

For 2021 we are projecting a 25% increase, significant recovery. We looked at all we could to create the marketing stimulus, looking at the reserves, special project funds that have been building over time. The agencies met their targets of a total cut of $12M. This includes personnel, G & A, marketing. Stimulus dollars are being taken from reserves and the $2M from beach renourishment. This stimulus will be used for marketing when the time is right to begin promotions. Marketing will be done in phases, beginning with our local community and stay and play promotions. Phase 2 will target drive markets; this promotion will continue through Q4 and the beginning of Q1of next year. Once PBIA reaches an appropriate level to warrant, we will start advertising to our traditional markets. The $2M ERM money does not affect any current beach renourishment projects. ERM was fortunate to receive Federal funding from past hurricanes and these excess funds are what we will be utilizing. I did promise Deb Drum that if we have a bad hurricane season and it looks like she will need some of these funds, we will reanalyze our use of those funds and give some back as needed. The distribution of that money would be based on the distribution levels outlined by the ordinance.

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Mostad Have we ever deviated from the ordinance as far as the distribution breakdown goes?

Can we approve having some nimbleness to distribute marketing dollars where it is most needed.

Jergensen We have not done that in the past, but that nimbleness is available to us. But we will have to take everything back the BCC in order to transfer money. All of the agencies have been working together to make sure the monies are put in the right place.

Tolbert I know you said that beaches will not be affected by reutilizing the $2M of ERM money, but everything I hear is that the recovery will begin with beaches and outdoor settings. I am happy to hear that everyone is coming together in a very cohesive manner. But I don’t see high school sports coming back anytime soon, have we looked at the best way to spend this money.

Jergensen George will address this more, but we are hearing that sports will be back in the fall and George has interest from various events that want to come back. We will look at each sport grant to determine which come back sooner rather than later.

Linley In terms of recovery from youth to professional sports we are trying to understand the County position. We are working on an event recovery plan which aligns with the Discover plan and stages. But before we host an event of any type hotels have to be open and the County has to allow the event to take place. Having said that, there are some sports which are planning their comeback. Equestrian sports are planning a summer series. Baseball events want to start as soon as possible with plans to social distance around the diamond. Major league baseball is talking of relaunching and they are looking at spring training facilities.

Bronstein We had discussed putting stimulus dollars into Special Projects so that we can move money to where it is needed and phase it differently as different organizations, events, and activities come back at different times.

Jergensen Stimulus will be put into an account where it will only be used for marketing.

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Thompson Have we tried to recover some money from the CARES act?

Jergensen We have applied for this but have not heard anything yet.

Baker Treasury specifically prohibits us from using the CARES dollars for revenue loss.

Jergensen We recommended to put the Roger Dean project on hold. With this downturn we could not afford to move forward with that amount of spending. This was approved and we explained the situation to the teams. They were surprised but understood. Page 40, next steps I would like your thoughts and approval to take this plan forward to the BCC for approval.

Bronstein We are proposing that reserves will be taken down to 7%, we are looking at taking $1.5M from special projects; I would like to propose that we up that to $2M, we take $2M from ERM and put it into special projects to distributed where needed and be flexible with allocation, we have R&R this year at $3M; can we take that down to $2.5M and free up another $500,000? The State has a 5% holdback, will the State release this for use.

Jergensen I haven’t seen anything from the State, I don’t think we will see anything. The holdback is not a reserve, it is a forced savings account and eventually flows through. As for the R&R, we will need that for projects which have been deferred for years and also, now that we have turned off Roger Dean we will have more R&R projects there and for these reasons I would not recommend taking any money from R&R. Bronstein OK, I withdraw that portion of the motion.

Mostad I support everything Jim recommended and support any motion put forward to that respect.

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Tolbert With the unknown would it be useful to create scenarios for a stronger turndown of say 80% – 90% to help us to understand what this would look like and have a plan.

Jergensen We have done that especially given a possible resurgent of the virus in the fall. We will come back to you if this happens.

Shoaf In regard to R&R are we saving money where we can, like regular maintenance since no one is in the Convention Center. I support the motion as put forward.

Jergensen Yes, we are looking at everything to save money. The Convention Center has implemented layoffs and regular maintenance where we can. The agencies have all taken personnel cuts.

Motion to reduce the reserve positions for 2020 and 2021 to 7.5%, taking $2M for stimulus money out special projects, take $2M from ERM and move it into special projects to be spent nimbly where needed across projects, and move this proposal forward to the Board of County Commissioners for approval is made by Jim Bronstein and seconded by Davicka Thompson. Motion passes unanimously 8-0 with Commissioner Christina Romelus absent.

Marketing Stimulus Proposals Impact on 1st & 4th Cent Obligations Five Year Trend FY 2020 through FY 2024 Discussion

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Jergensen 6.A. We would like to extend the Food & Beverage contract at the Convention Center for one year. With everything that is happening we do not want to go out for bid during this time. With your approval we will ask the BCC to delay the bid process by one year.

Motion to approve the extension of the food & beverage contract for one year made by John Tolbert and seconded by Davicka Thompson. Motion passes unanimously 8-0 with Commissioner Christina Romelus absent.

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Mostad The County is considering backing out of the agreement the Governor put forth to reopen the County to nonessential lodgers. This is being discussed at the BCC tomorrow and maybe Verdenia can speak to this. Speaking on behalf of the hotel industry, unprecedented measures have been taken across the industry to ensure hotels are ready to open. Hotels have put forth best practices for reopening.

Tolbert I agree, the industry is taking tremendous steps across the board to ensure cleanliness and safety. I am concerned about the lack of information about what we are supposed to do in the case that a guest is under a 14-day quarantine.

Mostad I would like the board and the TDC to send a resolution to the BCC recommending the County to join the Governor’s plan to open up the County to low risk visitors.

Mayers I agree, the hospitality industry is ready to open and anything we can do to help that happen we should.

Baker Thank you for your comments. I am in support of tourism. What has been successful for the working groups is that they put together their recommendations and plan for reopening and take them to the BCC so the public can see that there is a plan in place.

Unfortunately, not everyone is on the same page. There are some hotels out there that are still taking reservations from the outside and they are not following the rules. When we open hotels and beaches and take people in from all over, we put our community at a higher risk. If you do this, I recommend that you do it in stages. This is why I created working groups, so we could come up with a plan and open in stages.

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PUBLIC COMMENTS Michelle Jacobs – President of the Economic Council Speaking on behalf of the Tourism Work Group. Kelly Smallridge and I have been working to plan for a reopening of PBC. For us to begin to craft recommendations for the BCC that are all inclusive we started to ask questions about Palm Beach County Executive Order 2020-002A. Essentially this order does not allow nonessential travel to PBC and does not allow for the beaches to be open. For these things to change the BCC will have to give that direction to the County Administrator to rescind the order or amend 12

the order. I agree with you all that the hoteliers have taken amazing steps to ready for reopening. We are planning to make that recommendation to Ms. Baker later today and we plan to provide a phased plan moving into phase 1. Bizhelppbc.com for more information.

Roger Amidon – President of the Palm Beach Marriot We have tens of thousands of hospitality workers who need to get back to work to provide for their families. I understand making a cautious approach, but we need to go back to work. Marriott has put together protocols for reopening as has FRLA. Baker You all can speak to your commissioners and make public comments to the BCC. But understand that my concern is that there is no plan in place in the event that someone checks into your hotel who is sick. They may feel fine when they get on the plane and a few days later they are in your hotel moving about and they are contagious. We need to talk through these things.

Jergensen I am going to recommend we delay the marketing portion of this meeting for two weeks so we can put our full attention to the marketing presentations.

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ADJOURNMENT TDC MEETING Motion to adjourn the meeting and reconvene at a later date to hear and vote on the marketing plans made by Jim Bronstein and seconded by Davicka Thompson. Motion passes unanimously 8-0 with Commissioner Christina Romelus absent.

The next board meeting will be June 11th, location to be determined. *Attachment included

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TOURIST DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL May 28, 2020 9:00AM Webex Video Conference Call MINUTES

MARKETING WORKSHOP TOURIST DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL WORKSHOP May 28, 2020

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ROLL CALL Present

Absent

Jim Bronstein, Vice Chair Jeffrey Mayers Jim Mostad John Tolbert Davicka Thompson Don Dufrense Commissioner Kelly Shoaf

Commissioner Mary Lou Berger, Chair Commissioner Christina L. Romelus

Staff Verdenia C. Baker, County Administrator Denise Coffman, Deputy County Attorney Glenn Jergensen, TDC Joan Hutchinson, TDC Ernie Pena-Roque, TDC Dave Lawrence, Cultural Council Jennifer Sullivan, Cultural Council George Linley, Sports Commission Michael Zeff, Sports Commission Chuck Elderd, Film & TV Commission Michelle Hillery, Film & TV Commission Phyllis Man, Film & TV Commission Jorge Pesquera, DTPB Evan Lomrantz, DTPB Gustav Weibull, DTPB Rich Basen, DTPB 1

Kelly Cavers, DTPB Julie Bishop, ERM Dave Anderson, Convention Center/Spectra Venue Management Laura Beebe, Airports 2.

AGENDA ADDITIONS AND DELETIONS – MOTION TO APPROVE Motion to approve agenda additions and deletions was made and approved.

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OLD BUSINESS- STATE OF TOURISM in PBC Weibull Presented the State of Tourism in Palm Beach County • Palm Beach County lodging bottomed out at 18% with essential lodgers only allowed in hotels.

• May is expected to be at 30% as the County reopens • Forecast for 2020 – occupancy at 52% for the year. Pre-COVID we were looking at 72% occupancy.

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NEW BUSINESS – DISCUSSION ITEMS A.

TDC- FY2020 & FY 2021 Proposed Recovery Plan Discussion Proposal Presentations by TDC Marketing Agencies DISCOVER- Recovery Marketing Platform Proposal- 25 minutes Basen Research shows that people plan to or want to resume some type of travel with a first trip being likely to the beach.

The recovery plan is built around trust and safety to drive hotel occupancy.

Parks Discover strategy is designed around geographic expansion, starting locally and expanding outward to the drive market and lastly to fly market driving the message, we are a healthy and safe place to visit.

Promotions will begin with Stay & Play promoting on website, video, and social media. We are ready with “Open Palms”.

Phase 1 is now through the end of July. Beginning with owned marketing and little paid promotion. Estimating $60,000 per month.

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Phase 2 – July – Sept. 30. Targeting drive markets with a goal to hit 40% occupancy. There may be offers of free nights for Florida and Georgia residents, a media investment match with Expedia, and a destination partnership with American Express. Focus will emphasize, we are less crowded than locations to our south.

Expand spending to $215,000 per month with a media mix Phase 3 – opening to the fly markets. This timing is dependent on airlines and other factors but ideally, we would target for October and the Fall. Target is to get occupancy up to 65% gearing up for a successful 2021 season.

Possible branding activations at select airports to entice current travels to Palm Beach County.

Estimated spending $300,000 per month There will be a concurrent strategy to entice Groups and Meetings with each phase of marketing.

Mostad Currently, Governor DeSantis has a 14 day mandatory self-quarantine for visitors from certain states. I suggest we keep a close watch on this to determine the right time to market in those states.

Thompson Is there a contingency plan if there is a second wave of the virus?

Jergensen We will pull marketing from any hot spot feeder destinations.

Tolbert Hoteliers are looking for a formal protocol on what they should do if a visitor tests positive while here. We would like the County to tell us what we should do.

Baker We are concerned about that as well. If someone is sick and hotels turn them away, and airports and airlines turn them away and sick people are left in Palm Beach County, what happens.

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Commissioner Shoaf left the meeting.

FILM & TV- Recovery Marketing Palm Beaches TV-

5 minutes

Elderd This summer programming will focus on our outdoor areas and activities like boating.

Hillery Relaunching Palm Beaches TV online, Roku, and on mobile devices. There will be an emphasis on social media.

We will adopt the “Open Palms� campaign and rebroadcast original content. We will also continue to offer virtual travel to those staying at home. Inviting audiences to rediscover the Palm Beaches.

Mann We will be producing FaceBook watch parties with our 33 hours of original content. These watch parties will be hosted by Glenn Jergensen with guest appearances. First party launches on June 2.

Travel & Traditions with Burt Wolf has re-aired 9,517 times on PBS stations.

NBC is airing Golf Advisor Round Trip. Rebroadcasts have generated a value of $423,000 with no additional costs to the TDC or Film Commission.

Tolbert How can we grow viewership? Can we add the PBTV tagline to our adverisements?

Elderd We will continue to promote the rebroadcasting of shows as we develop new content. We will work with Discover to add a PBTV tagline to materials.

CULTURAL COUNCIL- Recovery Cultural Tourism - 10 minutes Lawrence Cultural organizations will be slow to reopen, especially the performing arts.

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Sullivan The Mosaic campaign will be a multi-month campaign of shows, art, and culture.

Phase 1 – Stay & Play, July – Sept. online coupons will be available to institutions which are open and opening.

Phase 2 – Drive market – August – October. Promotions and offers will be available for Miami, Orlando, Tampa, and Ft. Myers.

Phase 3 – Fly market – targeting Boston, New York, and Washington. Restart with the Arts message. Create activations with social influencers.

SPORTS COMMISSION- Recovery Sports Tourism - 10 minutes Linley We will focus on marketing which supports Discover’s phased plan.

Zeff 90% of sport planners want to return to their games. 61% say they will return by summer. 82% of parents say they will let their kids play within a three-hour drive of home.

We are using the “Game On” messaging and working with the industry to plan for a return to sports. Currently, we are expanding our virtual tours of our facilities.

We will be marketing, Stay Local, Play Local, Support Local.

Linley We are discussing strategies for how to safely host sporting events. We are identifying sports which support social distancing such as, equestrian summer circuit, golf, tennis, BMX, cycling, boating, motor sports, and aquatic sports.

Over the last 60 days we have submitted over 60 bids for athletic events scheduled between 2021 – 2025. Of the 60 bids submitted 29 are for NCAA events.

We were awarded an international tennis competition taking place in 2021 and a US Lacrosse tournament in January 2021.

CONVENTION CENTER- Recovery Meetings & Events- 5 minutes

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Anderson The convention center is closed until July. The good news is that most events plan to reschedule rather than cancel. We are using this time to focus on capital improvements. The Courtyard Sky Room is progressing and building painting has begun.

We are working on obtaining the GBAC certification through ISSA. County IT is expanding our bandwidth.

We have a new Staff/Client Liaison who will work with clients on safety plans, including offering outdoor meeting options.

Food & Beverage is looking at ways to reduce movement around a meeting location by offering hot and cold boxed delivered meals.

Bronstein Will events shuffle, with events staying more regional?

Anderson Yes, in the short term. We are seeing events which were scheduled for Vegas and other States now wanting to stay in Florida.

Mayers I have heard about events looking to obtain COVID insurance which currently is not available. George have you heard anything about this?

Linley Yes, there has been a lot of talk on this subject. Mostly, the thought is that insurance will be developed but it will be cost prohibitive for most events. So, planners are looking at indemnifications against illness.

Mostad Asked if stimulus money can be placed in Special Projects fund and what the process would be to move where it is needed.

Jergensen

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I am analyzing the best way to handle the stimulus and what will be allowable by the County. But we know that each agency will have to produce a budget that will include the stimulus dollars.

Thompson Asked to be kept informed on marketing efforts.

Bronstein Wanted to give a shout out to Verdenia Baker for her heroic efforts to keep the County running during this time.

Jergensen If approved, these marketing plans along with the agency budgets will be presented to the BOCC in July for approval.

BOARD DISCUSSION & DIRECTION Motion to proceed to the BOCC with these plans was made by Jeffrey Mayers and seconded by Jim Bronstein. Motion passes unanimously by 6-0 with Commissioner Berger, Commissioner Shoaf, and Commissioner Romelus absent.

4. PUBLIC COMMENTS No comments 6.

ADJOURNMENT The next board meeting will be June 11th, To be determined.

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TO:

Glenn Jergensen, Executive Director - TDC

FROM:

Jorge Pesquera, President/CEO

DATE:

May 29, 2020

RE:

Discover The Palm Beaches Monthly Activity Report May 2020

The following is a summary of TDC Performance measures for the month of May 2020. This report demonstrates trends relative to owned visitor digital footprint, advertising impressions, social media engagement, and booked room nights for the Month of May. We continue to be negatively affected by the COVID-19 crisis.

April 2020 Hotel Performance 

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There were 12 hotels temporarily closed removing nearly 3,000 rooms out of inventory, a 13% drop 

Properties that closed were mostly on the beach or luxury. A few midscale hotels were closed but all economy and budget properties were open

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With 14,736 rooms available this put inventory at pre 2009 recession levels when hotel converted to condos

The number of room nights sold in The Palm Beaches decreased by 77% 

Florida decreased by 79%. The Palm Beaches held its market share of 4.1%

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The US decreased by 68%

An unprecedented 89,000 room nights were sold for the month. 

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The previous record low was set in September 2001 with 199,000 room nights sold

Occupancy decreased by 74% to 20.1%, the worst month on record 

The rolling 12 month average puts occupancy at 2012 levels at about 64%.

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Budget hotels preformed best with 33% occupancy

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Florida decreased by 72% to 21.5%. The Keys had the lowest occupancy at 7% while Jacksonville had the highest with 26%.

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The US decreased by 64% to 24.5%

The average daily rate (ADR) was $135 down 37%, ranking 2nd to The Keys $143 

The rolling 12 month average puts ADR at 2018 levels at about $178.

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Luxury properties that were open could command $440 per night

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Florida decreased by 51% to $78

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The US decreased by 44% to $73

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RevPAR was down 83% to $27, which was the highest in the State

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Room night revenue was down 86%

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April CYTD Hotel Performance 

The total number of room nights sold is down 27% for the first 4 months of the year 

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Florida and the US has decreased by 29%

Occupancy is down 26% to 60% 

Florida decreased 26% to 58%

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The US decreased 28% to 46%

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The average daily rate was down 0.9% to $244

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RevPAR was down 27% to $146, driven mostly by occupancy

Q1 Visitation 

Total visitation to The Palm Beaches between Jan. and Mar. 2020 was 2.14 million, down 11% 

This is roughly the same level of visitors as 2016

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Visitation from nearby Florida markets took the biggest hit, declining 14%

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International markets showed the least decline only a 7% drop

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There was only a 4% decrease in Canadian visitors, as border restrictions did not go into effect until Mar. 21st and remains in effect until May 21

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The UK decreased by 2% with travel restrictions in effect as of March 17

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Bahamian visitation continued to grow, perhaps seeking shelter

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Visitation from South America took a 20% hit

Spending was little affected declining 1.8% to $1.63 billion 

Total lodging spend was essentially flat, however room night revenue was down 12%. Group attrition and cancellations could have offset this loss

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Food & beverage was also flat, with being closed for the last 2.5 weeks of the quarter

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Recreation and retail took the biggest hits

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

Section

Table of Contents Page

Performance Measures ..........................................................................4 Marketing Advertising/Paid Media ..........................................................................5 Owned Views Digital Footprint ...............................................................5 Consumer & Travel Industry Database.....................................................5 Public Relations - Earned Media Impressions ............................................6 Public Relations - Social Media Engagement .............................................7 Group Sales Booked Room nights Hotel Lead program............................................... 9 Group Level Booked Room Nights (CC Shared) ....................................... 9 Citywide Actualized FY Room Nights for Convention Center (Shared)......... 9 Destination Review ............................................................................. 10 Site Participation ................................................................................10 Research Reports.............................................................................. 11 Data Dictionary ................................................................................. 15

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Performance Measures - TDC FISCAL YEAR 2018 - 2019 PERFORMANCE MEASURES

Advertising Impressions

Target

Year End Target

Actual

Current Month MAY

% of Annual Target

YTD

632,000

231,145,380

34.0%

12,000,000

893,868

8,935,009

74.5%

394,145

181

400,653

206,000,000 254,459,489 212,180,000

9,175,817

192,022,487

90.5%

650,000,000 807,667,108 679,250,000

Owned Views Digital Footprint

N/A

N/A

Consumer & Travel Industry Database increase

375,375

396,477

Earned Media Impressions

FISCAL YEAR 2019 - 2020

101.7%

Social Engagement

525,000

1,601,515

1,522,500

56,459

1,219,817

80.1%

Booked Room Nights - Hotel lead Program

148,000

165,881

160,000

2,045

53,364

33.4%

Group Level Booked Room Nights (CC Shared)

50,000

54,159

53,000

0

31,191

58.9%

Group Level Actual FY Room Nights for CC Shared

30,000

39,590

35,000

0

5,895

16.8%

Destination Reviews

40

79

65

0

19

29.2%

Destination Site Participation

70

111

90

3

58

64.4%

*Excludes Legacy accounts. **Minor deviation in production results after year end may occur based on change (increase/decrease) request in room block.

D T P B OBJECTIVES

2019 - 2020

Leisure /Consumer – Increase Consumer and Travel Industry database to 394,145 –

Generate 12,000,000 in Owned Views Digital Footprint

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Generate 1,522,500 Social Engagements

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Generate 679,250,000 Advertising Impressions

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Generate 212,180,000 Earned Media Impressions

Meetings & Conventions – Book 160,000 DTPB only room nights (Hotel Meetings Leads) –

Generate 53,000 Group Level Booked Room Nights Convention Center Shared

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Generate 35,000 Group Level Actual FY Room Night for Convention Center Shared

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Generate 65 participants in Destination Reviews

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Generate 90 Destination Site Participants

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Marketing Traditional Impressions

Digital Impressions

Advertising / Paid Media - Traditional & Digital FYTD

Month / Month

May impressions are down YOY as a result of pausing all media due to Coronavirus Owned Views Digital Footprint 12,000,000 Total Year to Date 8,935,009

10,000,000 8,000,000 6,000,000

12,000,000

4,000,000 2,000,000 0 FY 2020 Oct

Nov

Dec

Jan

Feb

Fiscal Year 2020 Target Mar

Apr

May

Jun

Jul

Aug

Sep

Consumer & Travel Industry Database

Marketing & Leisure Sales

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Marketing Public Relations Month / Month

- Earned Media Impressions FYTD 220,000,000 200,000,000 180,000,000 160,000,000 140,000,000 120,000,000 100,000,000 80,000,000 60,000,000 40,000,000 20,000,000 0

10,000,000 8,000,000 6,000,000

9,175,817

8,582,965

4,000,000 2,000,000 0

May-19

219,164,555

May-20

192,022,487

FY2019

FY2020

Major wins include features in USA Today, CNN Travel and 34 television clips

Total Impressions YTD 192,022,487

210,000,000 195,000,000 180,000,000 165,000,000 150,000,000 135,000,000 120,000,000 105,000,000 90,000,000 75,000,000 60,000,000 45,000,000 30,000,000 15,000,000 0

212,180,000

FY2020 Oct

6

Nov

Dec

Jan

Marketing & Leisure Sales

Feb

FY 2020 Year End Target Mar

Apr

May

Jun

Jul

Aug

Sep

Marketing Public Relations -

Social Media Engagement for March 2019 and 2020

May 2019

May 2020

Competitor Insights: 

This month, we had the second highest Instagram follower growth percentage out of our competitive set! Our account grew by 2% (2.3% last month) while @thefloridakeys grew the most at 2.1%.

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We received the fifth most engagements on Instagram in our competitive set, only behind @thefloridakeys, @visitorlando, @ftmyersanibel and @visitlauderdale

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In addition, we’re ranking fifth on Facebook in terms of engagements, flat to last month.

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5.

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The Beaches of Fort Myers & Sanibel Visit St. Pete/Clearwater Visit Sarasota County Visit Lauderdale DTPB Visit Florida Keys

Marketing & Leisure Sales

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DTPB MONTHLY SOCIAL MEDIA REPORT MAY 2020

KEY INSIGHTS

With the rapid decline in performance of virtual experiences, we pivoted back to a mostly image based social content strategy, which kept engagement rates rising.

Impressions are back up this month even without the help of paid social media and influencers.

Testing different engagement tactics has been working on Instagram: for example, asking what people are grateful for or If they are also craving a piece of key lime pie.

MONTHLY SOCIAL RECAP

360,626

482,178

8.3%

4.6%

2.3%

MoM Change

MoM Change

MoM Change

MoM Change

MoM Change

Facebook ER

Twitter ER

.6%

Total Followers

7.3%

12%

2.6%

Total Impressions Instagram ER

27.8%

TOP PERFORMING CONTENT CROSS-CHANNEL

Instagram Most Engaged 1.6K Engagements 9.3% ER 17.4K Impressions

Facebook Most Engaged 793 Engagements 8.3% ER 9.6K Impressions

Twitter Most Engaged 192 Engagements 4.2% ER 4.6K Impressions

LinkedIn Most Engaged 108 Engagements 10.4% ER 1K Impressions

BOTTOM PERFORMING CONTENT CROSS-CHANNEL

Instagram Least Engaged 190 Engagements 4.4% ER 4.3K Impressions

Facebook Least Engaged 27 Engagements 1.4% ER 1.9K Impressions

Twitter Least Engaged (Twitter Trivia) .2% ER 1,060 Impressions

LinkedIn Least Engaged (Golf Skills challenge at Boca Resort)

4.3% ER 302 Impressions

Group Sales and Services Booked Room Nights - Hotel Lead Program Month / Month

FYTD

Group Level Booked Room Nights (CC Shared) Month / Month

FYTD

Citywide Actualized FY Room Nights for Convention Center (Shared) 8,000

40,000

7,000

35,000

6,000

30,000

5,000

25,000

4,000

20,000

3,000

15,000

2,000

10,000

1,000

5,000

0

0

35,784

35,000 30,000

5,895

Oct

Nov

Dec

Jan

Feb Mar FY 2019

Apr

May Jun FY 2020

Jul

Aug

Sep

FY 2019

FY 2020 YTD Total

These numbers are subject to change as we continue to collect hotel pickup.

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Group Meetings & Destination Services

Goal

Group Sales and Services Destination Reviews 80

35

70

30

60

25 50

20 40

79

15

65

30

10

20

5

40 19

10

0

0

Oct

Nov

Dec

Jan

Feb

Mar

Apr

FY2019

May

Jun

Jul

Aug

Sep

FY2019

FY2020

FY2020 YTD Total

Goal

Site Participation 20

110

18

100

16

90

14

80

12

70

10

60

111 50

8

90

40

6

30

70 58

4 20

2

10

0 Oct

Nov

Dec

Jan

Feb FY 2019

Mar

Apr

May FY 2020

Jun

Jul

Aug

Sep

0 FY 2019

FY 2020 YTD Total

Goal

Site visits were held virtually.

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Hotel Performance Dashboard April 2020 Palm Beach County Ranking vs. Florida Destinations1* (Monthly Comparison)

ADR/RevPAR

Occupancy

PBC Performance*—April 2020

Hotel Performance by Location2* —April 2020

Hotel Performance by Region2*—April 2020

ADR/RevPAR

Occupancy

ADR/RevPAR

Occ

Growth in ADR by Currency Exchange Rates4 —April (2019 vs. 2020)

ADR/RevPAR

Occupancy

Hotel Performance by Scale3*—April 2020

1. Ranking derived by Discover The Palm Beaches by comparing STR data for PBC and all 12 major Florida markets.

2. Region and Location breakdowns are customized segments for Discover The Palm Beaches.

3. Scale breakdowns are customized segments for Discover The Palm Beaches based on average rate from the previous calendar year.

4. USD—U.S. Dollar, GBP—British Pound, CAD—Canadian Dollar, BRL—Brazilian Real, EUR—Euro, COP—Colombian Peso, ARS-Argentine Peso, MXN-Mexican Peso

*Source: STR, INC. REPUBLICATION OR OTHER RE-USE OF THIS DATA WITHOUT THE EXPRESS WRITTEN PERMISSION OF STR IS STRICTLY PROHIBITED.

Research compiled and published by Discover The Palm Beaches (DTPB), can only be reproduced through expressed written approval from the DTPB Research Department. For questions please contact research@thepalmbeaches.com.

Hotel Performance Dashboard CYTD—Jan. to Apr. 2020 Palm Beach County Ranking vs. Florida Destinations1* (Calendar Year-to-Date Comparison) ADR/RevPAR

Occupancy

PBC Performance*—Jan. to Apr. 2020

Hotel Performance by Location2* —Jan. to Apr. 2020

Hotel Performance by Region2*—Jan. to Apr. 2020

ADR/RevPAR

Occupancy

ADR/RevPAR

Occ

Growth in Rooms Sold vs. Rooms Available Jan. to Apr. (2019 vs. 2020)

ADR/RevPAR

Occupancy

Hotel Performance by Scale3*—Jan. to Apr. 2020

1. Ranking derived by Discover The Palm Beaches by comparing STR data for PBC and all 12 major Florida markets.

2. Region and Location breakdowns are customized segments for Discover The Palm Beaches.

3. Scale breakdowns are customized segments for Discover The Palm Beaches based on average rate from the previous calendar year.

4. USD—U.S. Dollar, GBP—British Pound, CAD—Canadian Dollar, BRL—Brazilian Real, EUR—Euro, COP—Colombian Peso, ARS-Argentine Peso 5. CYTD—Calendar Year-to-Date *Source: STR, INC. REPUBLICATION OR OTHER RE-USE OF THIS DATA WITHOUT THE EXPRESS WRITTEN PERMISSION OF STR IS STRICTLY PROHIBITED.

Research compiled and published by Discover The Palm Beaches (DTPB), can only be reproduced through expressed written approval from the DTPB Research Department. For questions please contact research@thepalmbeaches.com.

The Palm Beaches Performance Ranking April 2020 The Palm Beaches Ranking vs. Florida Destinations1* (April 2020)

The Palm Beaches Ranking vs. Florida Destinations1* (January to April 2020)

*Source: STR 1. Ranking derived by Discover The Palm Beaches by comparing STR data for PBC and all 12 major Florida markets.

Research compiled and published by Discover The Palm Beaches (DTPB), can only be reproduced through expressed written approval from the DTPB Research Department. For questions please contact research@thepalmbeaches.com.

PBC Visitation Dashboard Q1 2020 Q1 (Jan.-Mar.) Visitation to The Palm Beaches

Q1 2020 International Visitation to The Palm Beaches by Country

International Visitation to The Palm Beaches Total International

Q1-2018 246,710

Q1-2019 232,870

Q1-2020 217,000

% Change -6.8%

Canada Europe South America Caribbean Asia-Pacific Central America Middle East-Africa Mexico

138,500 41,000 31,900 12,700 9,100 7,500 3,600 2,400

126,400 39,800 28,900 13,600 9,600 7,800 4,800 2,200

120,900 38,200 23,200 14,400 7,300 7,100 3,800 2,100

-4.4% -4.0% -20% 5.9% -24% -9.0% -21% -4.5%

Millions

Annual Visitation vs. Rolling Year Apr. ‘19 to Mar ‘20 9 8

7.4M

7

0.74

8.2M

8.0M

(-3.3%)

0.69

(-3.3%)

0.75

0.75

0.70

2.73

2.81

2.88

2.78

(-3.5%)

3.93

4.41

4.46

4.64

4.48

(-2.3%)

2016

2017

2018

2019 Q2-2019 to Q12020

6 5

7.9M

8.0M

2.68

Q1 2020 (Jan.-Mar.) Visitation to The Palm Beaches

Q1 (Jan.-Mar.) Spending by Sector

QTR Total $1.63B in 2020 $1.66B in 2019 $1.63B in 2018

4 3 2 1 0

International Florida Domestic, Excl. FL

*Source: DTPB estimates extrapolated from aggregate card usage data provided by VisaVue® Travel and data from other independent research sources such as Florida Department of Revenue, STR, Euromonitor, TNS, Tourism Economics. *MSA Definitions—BALTIMORE-D.C. - WASHINGTON-BALTIMORE, DC-MD-VA-WV; BOSTON - BOSTON-WORCESTER-LAWRENCE, MA-NH-ME-CT; CHICAGO - CHICAGO-GARY-KENOSHA, IL-IN-WI; DETROIT - DETROIT-ANN ARBOR-FLINT, MI, FT PIERCE - FORT PIERCE-PORT SAINT LUCIE, FL; HARTFORD - HARTFORD, CT; JACKSONVILLE - JACKSONVILLE, FL; LOS ANGELES - LOS ANGELES-RIVERSIDE-ORANGE COUNTY, CA; MELBOURNE MELBOURNE-TITUSVILLE-PALM BAY, FL; MIAMI-FT LAUDERDALE - MIAMI-FORT LAUDERDALE, FL; NEW YORK - NEW YORK-NORTHERN NEW JERSEY-LONG ISLAND, NY-NJ-CT-PA; ORLANDO - ORLANDO, FL; PHILADELPHIA - PHILADELPHIA-WILMINGTON-ATLANTIC CITY, PA-NJ-DE-MD; ST LOUIS - SAINT LOUIS, MO-IL; TAMPA-ST PETE - TAMPA-SAINT PETERSBURG-CLEARWATER, FL

Research compiled and published by Discover The Palm Beaches (DTPB), can only be reproduced through expressed written approval from the DTPB Research Department. For questions please contact research@thepalmbeaches.com.

DATA DICTIONARY Term

Definition

Actualized Room Nights

Room night pickup from contracted groups, under the contract block, receiving incentive dollars

Advertising Impressions

Impressions refer to the amount of views an ad receives by consumers.

Average Daily Rate (ADR)

Room revenue divided by rooms sold, displayed as the average rental rate for a single room.

Booked Room Nights

The number of room nights contracted by DTPB between a meeting planner and a hotel.

Consumer & Travel Industry Represents number of contacts in the DTPB electronic database Database as of a certain date. Includes: consumers, meeting planners, travel agents, tour/receptive operators, partners, members, vendors.

Destination Review An invited Group of targeted and qualified, Meeting/Convention Professionals or Travel Trade Travel Influencers who have expressed interest and delivered an RFP for our consideration, and are brought to the destination to experience Palm Beaches visitation assets pertinent to theirs or their clients goals and interests, with the intent to influence their meetings and travel decisions to our Destination.

Digital Media Online advertising such as web banners, mobile, email, social media, search, etc.

DTPB

Discover The Palm Beaches

Earned Media Impressions

Publicity gained through promotional efforts other than paid media advertising, which refers to publicity gained through advertising, Impressions refer to the amount of views an ad receives by consumers.

FY

Fiscal Year (October 1 to September 30)

FYTD

Fiscal Year-to-Date. Measures are calculated using the sum of the values from October 1 of the given fiscal year.

Groups Services

Groups that DTPB has serviced and that are travelling in the month Rooms sold divided by rooms available multiplied by 100.

Occupancy is always expressed as a percentage of rooms occupied.

Advertising and media coverage that has been payed to be distributed

Occupancy (Occ) Paid Media Paid Website Traffic

Marketing initiatives, such as pay-per-click (PPC) advertising, which focuses on driving traffic to a website

Percent Change

Amount of growth - up, flat, or down - this period versus same period last year (month or year-to-date). Calculated as ((TY - LY) / LY).

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DATA DICTIONARY Term

Definition

RevPAR Room revenue divided by rooms available.

(Revenue Per Available Room) Rooms Sold

The number of rooms nights sold or rented (excludes complimentary rooms).

Sessions (formerly visitors)

Total number of visits to the DTPB website and micro-sites (one individual may visit www.ThePalmBeaches.com 3 times which would result in 3 sessions).

Site Participation

Personalized and customized Individual visits to the Destination by either Meeting/Convention or Travel Trade planning professionals brought to the Palm Beaches to experience Palm Beaches visitation assets pertinent to theirs or their clients goals and interests, with the intent to influence their meetings and travel decisions to our Destination.

Social Media Engagement

Actions from fans/followers of DTPB through sharing, commenting, tweeting, pinning, liking, and watch content on DTPB social media outlets.

Traditional Media

Traditional media includes: Print, Broadcast (Radio/ Television), Out-of-Home (Billboards, Public Transit, etc.)

Twelve Month Moving Average Calculated using the sum of the values of the given month and of the preceding eleven months.

Unique Users/Visitors

Represents the number of individuals (now called also: new users) to the DTPB website and micro-sites (one individual may visit www.ThePalmBeaches.com 3 times which would result in 1 unique visitor).

YOY

Year over Year A method of evaluating two or more measured events to compare the results at one time period with those from another time period (or series of time periods), on an annualized basis.

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May 2020 PERFORMANCE DASHBOARD FY 2019 Performance Indicator PR Impressions Website Sessions

Goal

FY 20203 Actual

FY Goal

1,200,000,000 1,399,782,315 1,200,000,000

Current Month

FYTD

% to Goal

274,606,566

2,047,076,830

171%

600,000

515,745

530,000

12,915

306,785

58%

34,233

32,319

35,000

33,757

33,757

54%

Facebook

15,000

12,755

13,700

13,263

13,263

54%

Instagram

6,233

7,551

9,000

8,340

8,340

54%

13,000

12,013

12,300

12,154

12,154

49%

16,432

21,380

27,000

22,103

22,103

44%

Cultural Concierge Program Leads1

550

835

1,000

3

601

60%

Visitors to the Cultural Council2

12,500

13,945

12,500

0

5,206

42%

Cultural Organization Partner Referrals

48,000

46,282

46,000

2,356

24,475

53%

Tourism Partner Referrals

3,700

4,681

4,000

121

2,396

60%

Co-op Packages Sold

50

57

55

0

45

82%

Social Media Followers (Total)

Twitter

Tourism Email Subscribers

Bolded items indicate TDC-designated performance indicators for FY 19-20

Offline leads are reported quarterly.

FY 2019 totals include visitors to The Satellite pop-up space in CityPlace.

3 All metrics have been adversely affected by the COVID-19 crisis.

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HIGHLIGHTS COVID-19 (CORONAVIRUS) IMPACT The Cultural Council team continues to work remotely and serve as a steady source of information, resources and encouragement for the cultural community of Palm Beach County.

Tourism advertising remained paused, with the Council’s marketing team communicating with constituents primarily through social media, the internet, press and email.

Road to Recovery: In May, the Council launched a new webpage listing cultural organizations that partially or completely reopened to the public, and will continue to update the page and promote open venues on social media.

PR & SOCIAL MEDIA Video - “The Arts are Essential in Palm Beach County”: In alignment with the global #GivingTuesday movement on May 5, the Cultural Council created and shared an inspirational video via social media, email and the Council’s website. The video featured COVID-friendly footage from various Palm Beach County cultural organizations and destinations, and sets up the Council’s recovery messaging of “reconnecting with the arts.” The video received coverage in The Palm Beach Post, Palm Beach Daily News, PBC TV Channel 20 and WPTV. Other Highlights: PR and social media efforts also featured virtual cultural experiences and National Travel & Tourism Week, as well as attaining national coverage online of the Council’s Hire a Musician program. The Council also published a video to social media featuring moving testimonials from creative professionals who received grants from the Palm Beach County Artist Relief Fund.

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GlobeNewswire – May 13 ▪ “Home Learning Fun with Virtual Arts Activities from The Palm Beaches” ▪ Total Potential Reach: 189,723,513 Parade – May 7 ▪ “Wondering How to Celebrate Mother’s Day During Quarantine? Here Are 30 Virtual Mother’s Day Ideas” (highlighting the Council's Hire a Musician program) ▪ UMV: 2,332,218 MSN, The Palm Beach Post (print & digital), Palm Beach Daily News – May 5 ▪ “Coronavirus Florida: Local nonprofits set to take part in global fundraising endeavor Tuesday” ▪ Total UMV: 72,662,805 ▪ Circulation: 245,000 (The Palm Beach Post)

INDUSTRY RELATIONS Meeting of the Minds: The Council hosted this virtual meeting on May 7 for key central Palm Beach County government, non-profit, business and tourism leaders. The call focused on COVID-19 updates/challenges and a discussion on recovery efforts.

Discover The Palm Beaches Town Hall: On May 8, Discover hosted a town hall to discuss COVID-19 updates and to celebrate Travel Rally Day 2020. Cultural Council President and CEO Dave Lawrence participated in this discussion to provide a cultural sector update for attendees.

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HIGHLIGHTS INDUSTRY RELATIONS Creative Mornings: The Council co-hosted the May 15 virtual meeting for creative professionals on Zoom. Attendees were encouraged to use one the backgrounds created by the Cultural Council to support #palmbeachculture during the meeting.

Virtual Cultural Sector Marketing Meeting: On May 21, the Council organized a virtual meeting with cultural marketing leaders to provide an update on the Council’s COVID-19 planning and resources and provided a forum for organizations to share their COVID-19 updates and plans for recovery efforts.

CULTURAL CONCIERGE PROGRAM As the initial re-opening phase of Palm Beach County businesses, resorts and hotels began in May the Cultural Concierge program supported the safe return of travelers by closely monitoring cultural venue re-openings, hours, and health assurance practices to align with the efforts of event planners, hotels and tourism sales and services: • • • •

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Met with Visit West Palm Beach Waterfront and Delray Beach Visitor Information Center managers about re-opening plans, safety measures for visitors and staff/volunteers Reviewed FRLA COVID-19 safely standards, PCMA’s COVID-19 Recovery Dashboard, IMPACTS COVID-19 research; monitored Skift, MPI and PCMA Tourism Forecasts Met with President of the Concierge Association of the Palm Beaches; researched shortterm luxury condo rental market For The Canopy by Hilton West Palm Beach: Assisted design firm’s effort to lease 2-D paintings/photos by local artists for 2nd floor pre-event spaces; looped in Council’s artist services coordinator to facilitate art selection, contact artists and recommend placement; toured property Updated 2020 Cultural Concierge Program Plan Sent WPB historical trivia questions to DTPB colleagues for upcoming association sales promotion Pursued additional walking map recommendations from partners in the Convention Center/Downtown WPB district Served on scholarship committee to determine class for 2020 FRLA Florida Eats Scholarship Awards Additional Industry Engagement/Updates: o DTPB Virtual Travel Rally Day o Virtual Marketing Meeting of the Minds o AFAR: Weekly, AFARLive! Roundtables on luxury leisure travel market o MPI Webcast: Strategies for Increasing Audience Engagement at Virtual Events o Knight Foundation Webcast: Taking Back Our Streets—Rebalancing Streets for Culture, Commerce and Community o Visit Florida Webcast: Travel & Art, Culture, Heritage and Performance Selected as team member for Hospitality + Events Fight Back/HEFB-20 Virtual Hackathon, to hack new solutions for cross-industry COVID-19 related challenges, including, but not limited to: Hospitality, Events, Healthcare, Healthcare Design, Medical Facility, Insurance, and Technology.

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TDC Board Monthly Report June 2020

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Sports Tourism Production – Through March 31 The Palm Beach County Sports Commission’s portfolio of events through the midway point of FY 20 revealed another record setting pace for sports tourism in The Palm Beaches. Unfortunately, the COVID-19 pandemic decimated the sports travel and event industry and has disrupted our Sports Commission’s ability to host events during the spring and summer months of FY 20. The attached semiannual report shows Sports Commission hosted events from October 1, 2019 through March 31, 2020. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the last day sports in Palm Beach County was held on March 8th.

The Palm Beach County Sports Commission delivered an impressive collection of tourism generating sports events during the first six (6) months of FY 20. In total, our Sports Commission hosted 91 events, which represented 23 different sports. The list includes an array of national and international events, including some of the most prestigious amateur sports properties taking place in the United States. This portfolio of events generated 172,132 room nights for Palm Beach County’s hospitality industry.

Summary of Event Report for October 1, 2019 – March 8, 2020:  91 sports events = 23 different sports  172,132 room nights have been actualized  The room night projection is a 34% increase compared midway point for FY 19  Economic impact = $130,127,600

Semiannual Report Fiscal Year 2020

Semiannual Report October 1 – March 31, 2020 • 91 sports events attracting visitors from across the state/nation/globe

• 23 different sports represented • Our Sports Commission hosted its last event on March 8th due to the pandemic

172,132 trackable hotel room nights were created through the midway point of FY 2020

Sports related room nights increased by 43,823 in FY 20 compared to the midway point of FY 19.

16 sports events were televised nationally

$130,127,600 of economic impact was created

Palm Beach County Sports Commission - Sports Tourism Report FY 20 - October 1, 2019 - March 31, 2020 Event Name

Sport

Event Date

Venue

Actual Room Nights

Miami Heat Training Camp

Basketball

October 1-5, 2019

Keiser University

349

Hardball 360 Fall Classic

Baseball

October 2-6, 2019

FITTEAM Ballpark of the Palm Beaches

466

Shark Invitational (NCAA D2 Men's & Women's Golf Tournament)

Golf

October 7-8, 2019

PGA National Resort & Spa

97

Perfect Game World Wood Bat Association (WWBA) World Championship Weekend

Baseball

October 10-14, 2019

Roger Dean Chevrolet Stadium

5,497

Honda Classic High School Invitational

Golf

October 11-12, 2019

PGA National Resort & Spa

132

Blue Line Hockey - Columbus Day Discovery Showdown

Hockey

October 11-13, 2019

Palm Beach Skate Zone, Palm Beach Ice Works, Glacier Ice Arena

1,222

Rattler Roundup XXV

Judo

43750

Congress Middle School

N/A

United States Tennis Association (USTA) Columbus Day Open

Tennis

October 12-14, 2019

Delray Beach Tennis Center

416

Babe Ruth League Baseball - Halloween Slam

Baseball

October 16-20, 2019

Okeeheelee Park & Lake Lytal Park

317

Florida Youth Soccer Association (FYSA) Palm Beach Gardens Classic

Soccer

October 18-20, 2019

Klock Fields, PGA Park, Mirasol Park, FITTEAM Ballpark of the Palm Beaches, Dyer Park

633

Perfect Game 14U World Championship

Baseball

October 18-21, 2019

FITTEAM Ballpark of the Palm Beaches

890

USTA Father/Daughter National Championship

Tennis

October 25-27, 2019

Ibis Country Club

9

Student Athlete Community Service Network (SACSN) National Collegiate Main Event

Baseball

October 25-27, 2019

Roger Dean Chevrolet Stadium

TBD

Sunshine State Conference Cross County Championships

Cross Country

October 26, 2019

South County Regional Park

82

Monster Mash Lacrosse Bash

Lacrosse

October 26-27, 2019

FITTEAM Ballpark of the Palm Beaches, Dyer Park

17

World Comes to the Palm Beaches

Baseball

October 30-November 5, 2019

FITTEAM Ballpark of the Palm Beaches, Santaluces Athletic Complex, Gardens Park

2,277

Event Name

Sport

Event Date

Venue

Actual Room Nights

WODaMania Beachfront

CrossFit

November 2, 2019

City Beach, Singer Island

N/A

Men's Senior Baseball League (MSBL) Fall Classic

Baseball

November 3-16, 2019

FITTEAM Ballpark of the Palm Beaches, Roger Dean Chevrolet Stadium

6,184

11th Annual Arrigo Dodge Ram Extreme Rodeo

Rodeo

November 8-9, 2019

South Florida Fairgrounds

TBD

Delray Beach Riptide Fall Shootout

Lacrosse

November 9-10, 2019

Seacrest Soccer Complex

2,127

Babe Ruth League Board Meeting

Baseball

November 9-16, 2019

PGA National Resort & Spa

149

Perfect Game Youth Florida South Florida Fall Invitational

Baseball

November 15-17, 2019

FITTEAM Ballpark of the Palm Beaches

122

SoFlo Turkey Shootout

Lacrosse

November 16-17, 2019

FITTEAM Ballpark of the Palm Beaches

77

Florida Motorcycle Road Racing Association (FMRRA) Series

Motorsports

November 17, 2019 February 10, 2020

Palm Beach International Raceway

TBD

Intercollegiate Women's Lacrosse Association (IWLCA) President's Cup & Annual Meeting

Lacrosse

November 20-24, 2019

International Polo Club & Palm Beach County Convention Center

13,281

NAIA Women's Soccer National Championship Opening Round

Soccer

November 22-23, 2019

Keiser University

59

Dick Moroso Memorial 3-Day Bracket Championship & Citrus Nationals

Motorsports

November 22-24, 2019

Palm Beach International Raceway

TBD

Chris Evert/Raymond James Pro-Celebrity Tennis Classic

Tennis

November 22-24, 2019

Delray Beach Tennis Center, Boca Raton Resort & Club

89

US Youth Soccer - Olympic Development Program Girls Thanksgiving Interregional

Soccer

November 22-28, 2019

Florida Atlantic University, Spanish River Athletic Complex

1,604

Uncommitted Showcase

Baseball

November 23-24, 2019

FITTEAM Ballpark of the Palm Beaches, Roger Dean Chevrolet Stadium

N/A

American Junior Golf Association (AJGA) Rolex Tournament of Champions

Golf

November 23-28, 2019

PGA National Resort & Spa

1,009

US Youth Soccer National League Girls 14U Fall Championship

Soccer

November 24-27, 2019

The Gardens North County District Park

517

Equestrian Holiday & Horses Circuit

Equestrian

November 26 - January 5, 2020

Palm Beach International Equestrian Center

14,955

Event Name

Sport

Event Date

Venue

Actual Room Nights

OrangeTheory Fitness Half Marathon & 5K

Running

November 30, 2019

Boca Raton

TBD

Boca Raton Beach Classic

Basketball

December 1-2, 2019

Florida Atlantic University (FAU) Arena

688

NCAA Division II Volleyball South Region Tournament

Volleyball

December 5-7, 2019

Lyyn University - de Hoernle Sports & Cultural Center

135

NCAA Division II Men's Soccer Quarterfinal

Soccer

December 5-7, 2019

Lynn University - Bobby Campbell Stadium

120

Delray Beach Pickleball Classic

Pickleball

December 6-8, 2019

Delray Beach Tennis Center

414

"Little Mo" Internationals in Florida

Tennis

December 6-11, 2019

PGA National Resort & Spa

1,550

FITTEAM Palm Beaches Marathon

Running

December 6-8, 2019

Meyer Park Amphitheatre

1,919

Conference USA Football Championship Game

Football

December 7, 2019

FAU Stadium

249

Perfect Game Youth Florida South Florida Challenge

Baseball

December 7-8, 2019

FITTEAM Ballpark of the Palm Beaches

119

NASA Florida

Motorsports

December 7-8. 2019

Palm Beach International Raceway

TBD

USSSA Santa Slam

Softball

December 7-8, 2019

Lake Charleston Park, Seminole Palms Park, Okeeheelee Park, John Prince Park

TBD

Lou Groza Award Celebration

Football

December 9, 2019

Kravis Center for the Performing Arts

22

Florida Youth Silver Gloves Boxing Championships

Boxing

December 13-15, 2019

Westgate Recreation Center

60

Don Law South Florida Junior Open

Golf

December 14-15, 2019

Osprey Point Golf Course

35

Future Phenoms College Combine

Lacrosse

December 14-15, 2019

The Gardens North County District Park

N/A

West Palm Beach Invitational

Basketball

December 20-21, 2019

Keiser University

606

Cheribundi Boca Raton Bowl

Football

December 21, 2019

FAU Stadium

1,850

Event Name

Sport

Event Date

Venue

Actual Room Nights

US Kids Golf Foundation Holiday Classic

Golf

December 21-22, 2019

PGA National Resort & Spa

463

College Winter Training Camps

Swimming

December 22, 2019 January 19, 2020

Various Palm Beach County Aquatic Facilities

1,459

Holiday Basketball Classic of the Palm Beaches

Basketball

December 26-30, 2019

Dwyer High School, Palm Beach Gardens High School, & The Benjamin School

1,068

Coast to Coast Winter Showcase

Baseball

December 27-31, 2019

Rodger Dean Chevrolet Stadium

127

Hurricane Junior Golf Tour South Florida Kickoff

Golf

December 28-29, 2019

The Links at Madison Green

142

XPE Combine NFL Prep Training

Football

January 1-April 29, 2020

XPE Sports

903

Charger Classic

Basketball

January 3-5, 2020

Suncoast Community High School

TBD

Junior Honda Classic

Golf

January 4-5, 2020

PGA National Resort & Spa

136

SuperCar Week

Motorsports

January 4-12, 2020

Palm Beach International Raceway

TBD

US Equestrian Annual Meeting

Equestrian

January 8-11, 2020

Hilton West Palm Beach

707

Winter Equestrian Festival

Equestrian

January 8 - March 29, 2020

Palm Beach International Equestrian Center

42,664

Florida Women's Hockey League Tournament

Hockey

January 10-12, 2020

Palm Beach Skate Zone

TBD

Florida Lacrosse Festival

Lacrosse

January 11-12, 2020

Lake Lytal Park

TBD

NexStar Lacrosse National Recruiting Showcase

Lacrosse

January 11-12, 2020

Caloosa Park

75

Game Day USA Junior All-American Games

Baseball

January 17-19, 2020

FITTEAM Ballpark of the Palm Beaches & Jupiter Community Park

227

College Prep Invitational Horse Show

Equestrian

January 17-19, 2020

Jim Brandon Equesrian Center

109

Wellington Soccer Shootout

Soccer

January 17-20, 2020

Village Park

N/A

Event Name

Sport

Event Date

Venue

Actual Room Nights

American Youth Soccer Organization (AYSO) State Games

Soccer

January 17-20, 2020

Okeeheelee Park

390

Gainbridge LPGA at Boca Rio

Golf

January 20-26, 2020

Boca Rio Golf Club

1,332

St. Louis Cardinals Fantasy Camp

Baseball

January 23-28, 2020

Roger Dean Chevrolet Stadium

1,035

Les Grandes Dames USTA Senior Women's Tennis Tournament

Tennis

January 28-February 3, 2020

City of Palm Beach Gardens Tennis Center

384

Champions Racing School

Motorsports

January 30-31, 2020

Palm Beach International Raceway

64

Palm Beach Masters Series

Equestrian

January 30-March 3, 2020

Deeridge Farms

5,195

Hurricane Junior Golf Tour Palm Beach Junior Open

Golf

February 1-2, 2020

Westchester Country Club

59

Gauntlet of Polo

Polo

February 5-March 8, 2020

International Polo Club

n/a

Florida State Golf Association (FSGA) Women's International Four-Ball

Golf

February 12-13, 2020

The Wanderers Club

44

Delray Beach Riptide & Palm Beach Men's Lacrosse Cross Over Weekend

Lacrosse

February 14-15, 2020

Seacrest Soccer Complex

230

Delray Beach Open by VITACOST.com

Tennis

February 14-23, 2020

Delray Beach Tennis Center

919

Florida Judo Association (FJA) Cherry Blossom Open XXV

Judo

February 15,2020

Congress Middle School

36

Jupiter President's Day Cup

Soccer

February 15-16, 2020

Jupiter Community Park

N/A

East End Volleyball Sunshine Series Stop at Singer Island

Beach Volleyball

February 15-16, 2020

Singer Island

36

Florida Coast Cup

Soccer

February 15-17, 2020

The Gardens North County District Park

602

Major League Baseball (MLB) Spring Training

Baseball

February 21- March 24, 2020

FITTEAM Ballpark of the Palm Beaches; Roger Dean Chevrolet Stadium

37,600

The Honda Classic

Golf

February 24-March 1, 2020

PGA National Resort & Spa

9,434

Event Name

Sport

Event Date

Venue

Actual Room Nights

Statewide Amateur Hockey of Florida (SAHOF) State Championships

Hockey

February 28-March 1, 2020

Palm Beach Skate Zone

369

Quebec Softball Training Camp

Softball

February 29 - March 8, 2020

Lake Charleston Park

TBD

Palm Beach Challenge College & International Baseball Festival

Baseball

March 1 - 24, 2020

Santaluces Athletic Complex

2,703

Orange Bowl Committee Board Retreat

Football

March 6-7, 2020

Boca Raton Resort & Spa

31

Festival of Fire - Blazing Trails

Motorsports

March 6-7, 2020

Palm Beach International Raceway

TBD

Tim Rand Invitational

Gymnastics

March 6-8, 2020

Palm Beach County Convention Center

2,583

Wellington March Madness

Basketball

March 7-8, 2020

Wellington Village Park

662

Total Room Nights

Total Room Nights

172,132

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Professional Golf Returns to Florida’s Golf Capital®: The Palm Beaches NEWS | MAY 8, 2020

The PGA Tour announced that The Palm Beaches will serve as the host to the return of televised golf with TaylorMade Driving Relief, a $3 million charity skins match supported by UnitedHealth Group to raise money and awareness for the American Nurses Foundation and CDC Foundation, two organizations helping to lead COVID-19 relief efforts. The match will be held Sunday, May 17 at Seminole Golf Club in Juno Beach and will feature an all-star showdown of Rory McIlroy and Dustin Johnson versus Rickie Fowler and Matthew Wolff.

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All four golfers will donate their time for the 18-hole competition, with McIlroy/Johnson playing for the American Nurses Foundation and Fowler/Wolff playing for the CDC Foundation. “With four of the PGA TOUR’s top stars in Rory, Rickie, Dustin and Matthew of Team TaylorMade participating and UnitedHealth Group serving as the foundation of charitable giving, and Farmers Insurance providing an additional bonus pool, golf fans around the world can look forward to a unique, interactive and entertaining event that will help those in need,” said PGA TOUR Commissioner Jay Monahan.

The charity match marks the first time a golf event will be broadcast from Seminole Golf Club. Known often as a very private venue, the club is excited to open its doors to the benefit game. “Seminole Golf Club is honored to host this charitable event and welcomes all golf fans and sports enthusiasts to tune in to the broadcast to see these world-class players take on our course,” said Jimmy Dunne, President of Seminole Golf Club. “This match is a pure public service, with all money raised providing COVID-19 relief to those most in need in Florida and around the country, and Seminole is thrilled to have the opportunity to contribute to such a worthy cause at this difficult time.”

As the United States continues efforts to reopen, The Palm Beaches are proud to ensure a safe return to sports as the event will follow all mandates from the city, county, and state. With the selection of Seminole Golf Club, the charity event adds yet another premier event to Palm Beach County’s elite resume as Florida’s Golf Capital®. The County is home to The Honda Classic (PGA Tour), Gainbridge LPGA at Boca Rio, the Boca Raton Championship (PGA Tour Champions), and several amateur championships including the NCAA Division III men’s and women’s tournaments.

“We’re grateful to the four exceptional PGA TOUR players for donating their time, as well as all the sponsors for helping elevate this unique fundraising event, which will feature the first worldwide broadcast of a golf competition from Seminole Golf Club,” said Pete Bevacqua, President, NBC Sports Group.

The players have emphasized an excitement to return to action as they hope the event will offer fans much-desired sports entertainment. “It’s been difficult to witness what so many are enduring over the last several weeks due to the COVID19 pandemic. I’m excited and thankful to TaylorMade and UnitedHealth Group for

making this event possible and providing us with the opportunity to show our support of those on the frontlines. I hope that we can provide some respite and entertainment for those tuning in across the globe,” said McIlroy.

Fowler is also excited to be able to raise money for charity in the unique competition. “When I heard about this event, I couldn’t get involved fast enough. It’s special to be able to have an impact and raise charitable contributions through our sport and to do it with Matthew as a partner. I know how much I have missed sports and golf, especially, so to be one of the first events returning to television is very exciting and I’m proud to have Farmers, one of my sponsors, be a partner of this event as well,” said Fowler.

Live coverage of the TaylorMade Driving Relief will take place May 17 from 2-6 p.m.

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Tennis Returns to The Palm Beaches with Televised Pro Showcase NEWS | MAY 20, 2020

The Palm Beach County Sports Commission is partnering with Universal Tennis Rating and the Tennis Channel to host a three-day woman’s tennis event in West Palm Beach, Fla., May 22-24. Three top-10 Americans will compete, as Tennis Channel’s 2020 (Re)Open Tour returns live tennis to fans around the world. The star-studded tennis event follows TaylorMade Driving Relief, a charity golf event on Sunday, May 17 at Juno Beach’s Seminole Golf Club, as the second made-fortelevision sports program to take place in Palm Beach County in the last week.

The competition will follow enhanced safety precautions, with screening, cleaning and social distancing for everyone involved. The games are being held at a private court without spectators or public access, and contain only singles matches.

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Players will provide their own drinks and towels, and each will be given their own set of marked balls for use during the match.

“Sports will always serve as a beacon of hope in trying times and this premier tennis showcase is a great beacon for sports in our community,” said George Linley, PBCSC Executive Director. “We are excited to welcome the world’s best tennis players to The Palm Beaches and are supporting their efforts to take the right steps to ensure a safe return to live sports.”

Tennis Channel’s coverage begins with the first matches Friday, May 22, from 12 p.m.-3 p.m. ET, a schedule it follows throughout the weekend. The players are Americans Alison Riske (No. 4), Amanda Anisimova (No. 5) and Danielle Collins (No. 8), joined by Ajla Tomljanovic, Australia’s second-ranked women’s singles player).

Unlike an exhibition, the four will play for prize money and for results that will be included in each’s Universal Tennis Rating (UTR), a system that provides real-time, head-to-head rating comparisons based on performance.

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Palm Beach County Sports Commission Awarded Elite Lacrosse Tournament in 2021 NEWS | JUNE 1, 2020

The Palm Beach County Sports Commission (PBCSC) has won the bid to host the inaugural Eye of the Hurricane, which is a national lacrosse tournament produced

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by Legendary Sports Group (LSG). The event will take place January 16-17 at Gardens North County District Park in Palm Beach Gardens.

The tournament will feature elite lacrosse clubs from across the country with over 80 teams expected to participate. The event is open to boys’ and girls’ lacrosse teams, from fifth grade through high school, with more than 1,400 players and coaches and 3,800 spectators projected to attend. Over the two-day event, a coaches’ clinic will be held for local youth and high school lacrosse coaches.

The state-of-the-art Gardens North County District Park opened in summer 2019 on 82 acres of land in the immaculate and inviting city of Palm Beach Gardens. The site features 10 lighted Bermuda grass multipurpose fields and the award-winning Palm Beach Gardens Tennis & Pickleball Center, which contains 18 Har-Tru courts for tennis and 12 pickleball courts. The park is also home to three concession stands, one meeting room, a splash pad, a playground, a ninja fitness course and a fitness trail.

“Some of the best tournaments in the country are hosted at destinations. The Palm Beaches in January couldn’t be a better location for this event,” said Dave Cottle, LSG’s Senior Lacrosse Advisor. “Great fields, great weather, easy to get to – having the top teams in each age bracket coming together is going to make Eye of the Hurricane a top-notch tournament for years to come.”

LSG produces several prominent events each year and services clients nationally.

LSG’s profile includes the Naptown Lacrosse Challenge and the Maryland Interscholastic Athletic Association Lacrosse Championships. LSG also owns the Naptown Half Marathon & 10K/5K and the Alumni Challenge 5K. “Teaming up with Legendary Sports Group to add another premium lacrosse event to Palm Beach County’s resume could not be more exciting,” said George Linley, PBCSC Executive Director. “Eye of the Hurricane will bring lacrosse players and families to Palm Beach Gardens for an unforgettable weekend of lacrosse.”

To take a virtual tour of Gardens North County District Park or for information on bringing an event to Palm Beach County, please visit PalmBeachSports.com.

Sports-Development Sports Development Executive Summary In FY 20, the Palm Beach County Sports Commission (PBCSC) is deploying an aggressive sales and sports development effort to grow the number of sports tourisms generating events taking place in The Palm Beaches. The PBCSC continues to cultivate relationships with event owners, as well as identify, solicit, secure and retain sports events to grow room night actualization. Below is a recap of sports development efforts that have taken place during the month of May in FY 20.

Event Bids & Development A primary mechanism for event solicitation is through the Event Bid and Development process. To recognize potential bid opportunities, the PBCSC will be at the forefront of the industry and engage with event owners.

Bid submission is a highly effective tool to recruit sporting events. Attached is a comprehensive list of the bids that have been submitted in FY 20, and below is a breakdown of the development efforts over the past month: 

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NCAA Division I Men’s College Basketball Holiday Tournament o November 23-28, 2020 o 400 projected participants o 1,400 projected room nights NCAA Division II Men’s Golf Championship Fall Preview o October 5-6, 2020 o 210 projected participants o 200 projected room nights College Properties Group Lacrosse Camp o December 2020 / January 2021 o 350 projected participants o 700 projected room nights AJGA Fall Series o November 26-28, 2020 o 350 projected participants o 700 projected room nights Labor Day Slam Lacrosse Tournament o September 5-7, 2020 o 1,080 projected participants o 1,100 projected room nights

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Ballroom Dancesport Competition o August 20-22, 2020 o 400 projected participants o 365 projected room nights Nap Town Lacrosse Tournament o August 3-5, 2020 o 1,400 projected participants o 1,390 projected room nights Sunshine State Games Lacrosse State Championships o July 10-11, 2020 o 1,080 projected participants o 700 projected room nights The MIC Tournament o October 9-11, 2020 o 2,000 projected participants o 2,100 projected room nights

NCAA DII Baseball Marketing Plan The Palm Beach County Sports Commission development team coordinated with the NCAA to better understand the needs and goals of the NCAA when choosing a host destination. After further discussion, the PBCSC revisited the submitted bid and decided to create extra enhancements to elevate our event bid and that would maximize our best chances to be selected as a host destination. The community impact that an NCAA championship has on a destination is ever lasting and we would love to be selected to host once again. You can find an attached document which include the slides we have added to our current bid. NCAA DII Baseball Championship enhancements include local marketing campaigns, Social media promotion, local media collaboration (ESPN West Palm). On-site enhancements were also suggested and include live radio broadcast from the ballpark, interactive FanFest, and On Field Promotions. To engage the community, we suggested creating a local food drive during the championship to increase attendance with a cause and as well as many more enhancements. We believe by submitting these extra customer service elements that we can increase our chances at being selected to host the championship.

COVID-19 The Covid-19 outbreak has greatly impacted the sports/entertainment and tourism industry, as well as all business sectors. Nearly 30 sports events that were projected to generate over 40,000 room nights have been postponed for March through June. Starting a few weeks ago, the Palm Beach County Sports Commission has assisted the Tourist Development Council and Discover the Palm Beaches with

understanding the full extent of the impact/closure on our local tourism partners including our hotels and sports venues. The information received of the impact of this outbreak on our community in a very short time frame was very shocking.

Over the past couple weeks, we have been in constant communication with our event partners with events coming up June through December to check-in and see how they are doing through all of this, as well as provide local information as they are looking to make decisions on possible postponement, etc.

Lastly, the Sports Development department has been full steam ahead as it looks to garner and generate new event opportunities for 2021 and beyond. For our 2020 events, much of the work of winning that business was completed 2 to 4 years ago, so it is imperative we continue to be aggressive on the new event front to help Palm Beach County recover from this epidemic.

Palm Beach County Sports Commission Bid Calendar - FY20 Event Name

Event Date

Participants

Spectators

Total Visitors

Total Room Nights

Projected Facility

Result

NCAA Division I Men's College Basketball Holiday Tournament (formerly the Cancun Challenge)

November 23-28, 2020

400

2500

2900

1400

Palm Beach Atlantic University

Working on Venue Availability

NCAA Division II Men's Golf Championship Fall Preview

October 5-6, 2020

210

315

525

200

PGA National Resort & Spa

Awarded the Event

College Properties Group Lacrosse Camp

December 2020/January 2021

200

350

550

400

The Gardens North County District Park

Working on Proposal

American Junior Golf Association (AJGA) Fall Series

November 26-28, 2020

350

525

875

700

PGA National Resort & Spa

Working on Venue Availability

Labor Day Slam Lacrosse Tournament

September 5-7, 2020

1080

1620

2700

1100

Various Facilities Throughout Palm Beach County

Working on Venue Availability

Ballroom Dancesport Competition

August 20-22, 2020

400

600

1000

365

PGA National Resort & Spa

Awarded the Event

Nap Town Lacrosse

August 3-5, 2020

1404

2100

3504

1390

Various Facilities Throughout Palm Beach County

Working on Venue Availability

Summer Exposure Lacrosse Tournament

August 1-2, 2020

1440

2160

3600

1400

Various Facilities Throughout Palm Beach County

Working on Venue Availability

Sunshine State Games Lacrosse State Championships

July 10-11, 2020

1080

1620

2700

700

Various Facilities Throughout Palm Beach County

Working on Venue Availability

The MIC Tournament

October 9-11, 2020

2000

3000

5000

2100

The Gardens North County District Park

Event Postponed due to COVID-19

NCAA Division I Men's College Basketball Holiday Tournament (formerly the Jamaica Classic)

November 20-22, 2020

200

2,500

2700

700

Palm Beach Atlantic University

Working on Venue Availability

Florida Sports Foundation Summit

September 6-8, 2021

80

80

160

240

Marriott Singer Island, Hilton West Palm Beach, PGA National Resort & Spa, Boca Resort

Working on Proposal

IWLCA President's Cup & Annual Convention

November 15-20, 2022 & November 1419, 2023

9,000

12,000

21000

15,000

International Polo Club, The Gardens North County District Park & Palm Beach County Convention Center

Working on Proposal

Tim Rand Invitational

March 4-7, 2021

1,500

2,250

3750

1,500

Palm Beach County Convention Center

Working on Proposal

NCAA Division III Men's Golf Championship

May 16-19, 2023

310

930

1240

2,500

PGA National Resort & Spa

Submitted Bid Proposal

NCAA Division III Women's Golf Championship

May 9-12, 2023

194

580

774

1,500

PGA National Resort & Spa

Submitted Bid Proposal

NCAA Division III Men's Golf Championship

May 14-17, 2024

310

930

1240

2,500

PGA National Resort & Spa

Submitted Bid Proposal

NCAA Division III Women's Golf Championship

May 21-24, 2024

194

580

774

1,500

PGA National Resort & Spa

Submitted Bid Proposal

NCAA Division III Men's Golf Championship

May 20-23, 2025

310

930

1240

2,500

PGA National Resort & Spa

Submitted Bid Proposal

NCAA Division III Women's Golf Championship

May 13-16, 2025

194

580

774

1,500

PGA National Resort & Spa

Submitted Bid Proposal

Palm Beach County Sports Commission Bid Calendar - FY20 Event Name

Event Date

Participants

Spectators

Total Visitors

Total Room Nights

Projected Facility

Result

NCAA Division III Men's Golf Championship

May 12-15, 2026

310

930

1240

2,500

PGA National Resort & Spa

Submitted Bid Proposal

NCAA Division III Women's Golf Championship

May 19-22, 2026

194

580

774

1,500

PGA National Resort & Spa

Submitted Bid Proposal

Inaugural Perfect Game Baseball & Softball Professional Development Convention

October 5-8, 2020

1,500

1,500

3000

3,000

PGA National Resort & Spa, Palm Beach County Convention Center, Hilton West Palm Beach, Boca Resort

Working on Proposal

Perfect Game WWBA Underclass World Championships

October 1-5, 2020

4500

6750

11250

8,000

FITTEAM Ballpark of the Palm Beaches, Roger Dean Chevrolet Stadium, Santaluces Athletic Complex

Working on Venue Availability

Perfect Game WWBA Sophmore World Championships

September 24-28, 2020

1440

2160

3600

2,800

FITTEAM Ballpark of the Palm Beaches, Roger Dean Chevrolet Stadium, Santaluces Athletic Complex

Working on Venue Availability

Perfect Game WWBA Florida Qualifier

September 18-21, 2020

720

1080

1800

1,000

FITTEAM Ballpark of the Palm Beaches, Roger Dean Chevrolet Stadium, Santaluces Athletic Complex

Working on Venue Availability

USA Weightlifting American Open Series 2 & Youth National Championship

June 15-20, 2021

1600

2400

4000

1,600

Palm Beach County Convention Center, South Florida Fairgrounds, PGA National, Hilton West Palm Beach

Working on Bid

USA Weightlifting American Open Series 3

September 9-12, 2021

1600

2400

4000

1,600

Palm Beach County Convention Center, South Florida Fairgrounds, PGA National, Hilton West Palm Beach

Working on Bid

Professional Disc Golf Association National Tour Event

June 10-13, 2021

144

1000

500

450

Okeeheelee Park/ Commons Park RPB

Working on Event Details

United States Disabled Open Golf Championship

May 2021, May 2022

80

500

1000

400

PGA National Resort & Spa

Working on Event Details

US Youth Soccer Association President's Cup

July 13-17, 2022

860

1,290

2150

2,150

The Gardens North County District Park

Finalizing Proposal

US Youth Soccer Association National Championships

July 25-31 2022

1,800

2,700

4500

6,000

International Polo Club

Finalizing Proposal

Perfect Game Softball

November 13-15, 2020

430

645

1075

450

Seminole Palms Park, Okeeheelee Park, John Prince Park

Working on Venue Availability

1,000

3,000

4000

3,500

Okeeheelee Water Ski

Working on Event Details

International Wake & Waterski Federation (IWWF) Super July 22-31, 2021 or November 4-13, 2021 World Championships

USA BMX National Event

January 15-17, 2021 / April 23-25, 2021 or October 22-24, 2021

600

1,800

2,400

1920

Okeeheelee BMX

Submitted Bid Proposal

Legendary Sports Group Eye of the Hurricane

January 16-18, 2021

1,400

2,100

3,500

2,160

The Gardens North County District Park

Finalizing Proposal

International Wake & Waterski Federation (IWWF) Pan American Wakeboard Championships

May 27-21, 2020

160

800

960

450

Okeeheelee Water Ski

Event Postponed

First Responder Games

September 9-20, 2020

2000

1000

3000

1050

Various Facilities Throughout Palm Beach County

Finalizing Alternate Dates

South Florida Thunder Football

March 21, April 4, & June 6, 2020

80

500

580

50

Jupiter Community High School

Event Postponed

NCAA Division I Men's & Women's Golf National Championships

May 17-31, 2023

414

1,160

1,574

6,000

PGA National Resort & Spa

Submitted Bid Proposal

Palm Beach County Sports Commission Bid Calendar - FY20 Event Name

Event Date

Participants

Spectators

Total Visitors

Total Room Nights

Projected Facility

Result

NCAA Division I Men's & Women's Golf National Championships

May 15-29, 2024

414

1,160

1,574

6,000

PGA National Resort & Spa

Submitted Bid Proposal

NCAA Division I Men's Golf Regional Championship

May 14-17, 2023

111

350

461

800

PGA National Resort & Spa

Submitted Bid Proposal

NCAA Division I Men's Golf Regional Championship

May 12-15, 2024

111

350

461

800

PGA National Resort & Spa

Submitted Bid Proposal

NCAA Division I Men's Golf Regional Championship

May 11-14, 2025

111

350

461

800

PGA National Resort & Spa

Submitted Bid Proposal

NCAA Division I Women's Golf Regional Championship

May 6-10, 2023

138

414

552

700

PGA National Resort & Spa

Submitted Bid Proposal

NCAA Division I Women's Golf Regional Championship

May 4-8, 2024

138

414

552

700

PGA National Resort & Spa

Submitted Bid Proposal

NCAA Division I Women's Golf Regional Championship

May 3-7, 2025

138

414

552

700

PGA National Resort & Spa

Submitted Bid Proposal

NCAA Division II Men's Golf Championship

May 22-26, 2023

156

390

546

1,500

PGA National Resort & Spa

Submitted Bid Proposal

NCAA Division II Men's Golf Championship

May 19-23, 2025

156

390

546

1,500

PGA National Resort & Spa

Submitted Bid Proposal

NCAA Division II Men's Golf Championship

May 18-22, 2026

156

390

546

1,500

PGA National Resort & Spa

Submitted Bid Proposal

NCAA Division II Women's Golf Championship

May 16-20, 2023

144

360

504

1,100

PGA National Resort & Spa

Submitted Bid Proposal

NCAA Division II Women's Golf Championship

May 13-17, 2025

144

360

504

1,100

PGA National Resort & Spa

Submitted Bid Proposal

NCAA Division II Women's Golf Championship

May 12-16, 2026

144

360

504

1,100

PGA National Resort & Spa

Submitted Bid Proposal

NCAA Division II Volleyball Championship

December 7-9, 2023

176

600

776

800

Rubin Arena at Palm Beach Atlantic University

Submitted Bid Proposal

NCAA Division II Volleyball Championship

December 12-14, 2024

176

600

776

800

Rubin Arena at Palm Beach Atlantic University

Submitted Bid Proposal

NCAA Division II Volleyball Championship

December 11-13, 2025

176

600

776

800

Rubin Arena at Palm Beach Atlantic University

Submitted Bid Proposal

NCAA Division II Baseball Championships

June 3-10, 2023

272

3,500

3,772

2,000

FITTEAM Ballpark of the Palm Beaches

Submitted Bid Proposal

NCAA Division II Baseball Championships

June 1-8, 2024

272

3,500

3,772

2,000

FITTEAM Ballpark of the Palm Beaches

Submitted Bid Proposal

NCAA Division II Baseball Championships

May 31-June 7, 2025

272

3,500

3,772

2,000

FITTEAM Ballpark of the Palm Beaches

Submitted Bid Proposal

NCAA Division II Baseball Championships

May 30-June 6, 2026

272

3,500

3,772

2,000

FITTEAM Ballpark of the Palm Beaches

Submitted Bid Proposal

Palm Beach County Sports Commission Bid Calendar - FY20 Event Name

Event Date

Participants

Spectators

Total Visitors

Total Room Nights

Projected Facility

Result

DEKAFIT Presented by Spartan Race

13-Jun-20

2,000

3,000

5,000

625

Palm Beach County Convention Center

Working on Proposal

AVP America Junior East Coast Championships

June 13-14, 2020

400

600

1000

450

Riviera Beach

Awarded the Event

Conference USA Baseball Championships

May 25-30, 2021 / May 24-29, 2022 / May 23-28, 2023

272

4,000

4,272

1,000

FITTEAM Ballpark of the Palm Beaches

Submitted Bid Proposal

AAU Gymnastics National Championships

June 16-19, 2022

1,500

3,000

4,500

2,700

Palm Beach County Convention Center or South Florida Fairgrounds

Submitted Bid Proposal

Wilson Premier Classic

September 11-14, 2020

900

1,350

2,250

1,350

FITTEAM Ballpark of the Palm Beaches & Roger Dean Chevrolet Stadium

Finalizing Proposal

AAU Karate National Championships

June 23-27, 2021 or June 30-July 4, 2021

1500

3000

4500

3,600

Palm Beach County Convention Center or South Florida Fairgrounds

Working on Bid

AAU Taekwondo National Championships

June 23-27, 2021 or June 30-July 4, 2021

1,500

3,000

4,500

3,600

Palm Beach County Convention Center or South Florida Fairgrounds

Working on Bid

U90C Management Group Premier SuperCopa

June 17-20, 2021 / June 16-19, 2022 / June 15-18, 2023

3,000

4,500

7,500

4,500

The International Polo Club, The Gardens North County District Park, Village Park

Working on Bid

Prep Baseball Report Florida Summer Championships

July 23-26, 2020

600

900

1500

750

FITTEAM Ballpark of the Palm Beaches

Working on Proposal

AAU National Convention

October of 2022

500

500

1000

2,000

Palm Beach County Convention Center

Working on Proposal

TEAMS Conference & Expo

October 2-6, 2023

1,000

1,000

2,000

3,000

Palm Beach County Convention Center

Awarded the Event

CONCACAF U15 Championships

August of 2020

800

1,200

2,000

2,500

The Gardens North County District Park, International Polo Club, Village Park

Working on Proposal

Pro Footvolley Tour

April of 2020

Researching

Researching

Researching

Researching

Riviera Beach, Delray Beach

Fact Finding

Mid-American (MAC) Conference Men's Golf Championship

April 22-25, 2021 / April 21-24, 2022 / April 20-23, 2023

75

300

375

375

PGA National Resort & Spa, The Club at Ibis, Banyan Cay, The Seagate

Finalist

Mid-American (MAC) Conference Women's Golf Championship

April 22-25, 2021 / April 21-24, 2022 / April 20-23, 2023

90

360

450

450

PGA National Resort & Spa, The Club at Ibis, Banyan Cay, The Seagate

Finalist

Florida Coast Cup

February 15-17, 2020

1,500

2,250

3,750

1,125

North County District Park

Awarded the Event

21,808

53,122

74,930

63,825

TOTAL Projections

Palm Beach County Sports Commission Site Visits - FY20 Organization

Event

Location

Site Visit Date

MIC Football USA

MIC Football USA

International Polo Club / Village Park & The Gardens North County District Park

3/12/2020

International Waterski & Wakeboard Federation

IWWF Super World Championships

Okeeheelee Water Ski

2/29/2020

Trip Sports

Cruzan Classic - College Basketball Tournament

Palm Beach County Convention Center

2/26/2020

Spartan Race

DEKAFIT Presented by Spartan Race

Palm Beach County Convention Center

2/25/2020

Legendary Sports Group

LSG MLK Lacrosse Tournament

The Gardens North County District Park, Lake Lytal Park, Village Park, International Polo Club

2/24/2020

First Responder Games

First Responder Games

The Gardens North County District Park, Lake Catherine Park, Burns Road Community Center, DoubleTree PBG, Bowlero - Jupiter Lanes

2/21/2020

US Rowing

US Rowing & Coastal Rowing North America Events

Carlin Park, Jupiter Inlet, Ocean Cay, North Palm Beach Rowing

2/12/2020

NCAA

NCAA DIII Men & Women Golf Championships

PGA National Resort & Spa

2/11/2020

International Waterski & Wakeboard Federation

IWWF Pan American Wakeboard Championships

Skark Wake Park

2/5/2020

Blue Star Media

Blue Star Media Lacrosse Series

The Gardens North County District Park

1/31/2020

U90C Sports

Premier Super Copa

The Gardens North County District Park, International Polo Club, Village Park

1/27/2020 - 1/28/2020

United States Equestrian Federation

Various Event Opportunities

Palm Beach International Equestrian Center & Jim Brandon Equestrian Center

1/8/2020 - 1/11/2020

Mid-American Athletic (MAC) Conference

MAC Men's & Women's Golf Championships

PGA National Resort & Spa

12/17/2019

Octagon

Gainbridge LPGA at Boca Rio - STEM Program Event

South Florida Science Center

12/2/2019

Palm Beach County Sports Commission Site Visits - FY20 Organization

Event

Location

Site Visit Date

US Youth Soccer

US Youth Soccer Olympic Development Program & National League Fall Championships

International Polo Club

11/23/2019

Corrigan Sports

IWLCA President's Cup

The International Polo Club, Village Park

11/4/2019

Pylon 7v7

Pylon 7v7 State Championships

The Gardens North County District Park, International Polo Club, Village Park

10/30/2019

Conference USA

Conference USA Baseball Championships

FITTEAM Ballpark of the Palm Beaches

10/11/2019

3v3 Live

3v3 Live National Championships

The Gardens North County District Park

10/5/2019 - 10/7/2019

DII NCAA Baseball National Championship Marketing/Community Engagement Strategies

Local Marketing Campaigns • Advertising within local restaurant partners – Chick-fil-A, Duffy’s Sports Grill

• Billboards on Interstate 95 or Turnpike • Employee ticket offers to local large businesses (i.e. hospitals, government agencies, first responders, etc.)

Social Media Channels • Promotion across all social media outlets • Facebook • Twitter • Instagram • Youtube • Advertising campaigns leading up to the event

• Live Q & A with NCAA Rep about the Championship

• ESPN West Palm - live show from the ballpark during the tournament • ESPN ‘hype weeks’ leading up to the tournament (could include coaches from teams in contention, FITTEAM Ballpark/TDC/Sports Commission staff) • Interactive FanFest • Simple Interactive Games • Cornhole • Pitch Speed Radar • Dunk Tank • Kids get to run the bases after the game is over or possibly get to be on the field during the national anthem • Hot Dog / Eating Contest

Community Engagement •

50/50 raffle on-site at all games to benefit local community agencies in need

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Create Food Drive to increase attendance with a cause (Food donations accepted at the ballpark during all games)

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Local promotion that encourages high school seniors to engage w/ the Sports Commission, FITTEAM Ballpark (possibly school district) and to be recognized at the ballpark during the Championship

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Opportunity for D2 championship athletes to work w/ local PAL, Little League, etc., on a community service project while in town for the tournament (would be a significant media event that I’m sure most of our mutual partners would get behind)

Communications-Digital Marketing Marketing & Promotions Designed and/or distributed E-Blasts o

Palm Beach County Wins Bid for Elite Lacrosse Tournament in 2021 •

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Rediscover The Palm Beaches video email blast series • As a part of the Sports Commission’s efforts to remain top of mind for event owners, targeted emails were created that highlighted various events and venues in The palm Beaches •

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Press release highlighting the PBCSC’s winning bid to host an 80-team, boys and girls’ lacrosse tournament at Gardens North County District Park in 2021

Videos featured include:  Fishing in the Glades: Fishers of Men Fishing Tournament

 Cycling: Bill Bone Florida State Criterium Championships:  World Series of Beep Baseball May eNews Newsletter roundup •

In a change from the past method of newsletter distribution, the new website has enabled us to link to each story with an individual link, which will ultimately create more shareability and traffic

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The stories in this newsletter included:  Take a Virtual Tour of PGA National Resort & Spa  Professional Golf Returns to Florida's Golf Capital®: The Palm Beaches  Annual Sports Awards Honor Local Athletes, Coaches  The Par-fect 18 Holes of Golf in Palm Beach County  Take a Virtual Tour of Palm Beach International Raceway

Virtual Tours Virtual Tour Emails were sent utilizing our robust sport event owner database, introducing sports venues within The Palm Beaches to national and international event owners, rights holders and national governing bodies including:

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Palm Beach International Raceway

PGA National Resort & Spa

This email covered the raceway, including its drag strip, mud bog, and other amenities, and was specifically targeted to racing event owners and relevant event partners. The email had an exceptional open rate of 33.87 percent.

This email highlighted PGA National Resort & Spa and its available amenities but also emphasized the multitude of events that are held here including golf events from the youth level (Optimist Junior Championships), collegiate level (DIII Golf Championships), to professional events (The Honda Classic). Golf event owners were targeted for this email along with relevant partners. The email received a solid 30 percent open rate.

Delray Beach Tennis Center The email for the Delray Beach Tennis covered the various facilities, courts, and events held at the Center and at their second location. While the emphasis was tennis, a specific focus was placed on incorporating pickleball and the various other events held at the Center. The email targeted several event owners and partners from various racquet sports.

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Palm Beach County Sports Hall of Fame Palm Beach County Sports Hall of Fame Annual Sports Awards • Executed a comprehensive social marketing campaign to announce the finalists and winners of the Annual Sports Awards with the event being postponed • Finalists and winners were announced via custom videos and graphics posted to the PBCSC’s Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter accounts • Press releases were sent to local and national media announcing each winner • The announcements were covered locally by CBS 12, the Palm Beach Post, and the Sun-Sentinel •

Releases included: • Dwyer Track and Field Standout Named High School Female Athlete of the Year • •

Palm Beach Gardens' Bryan Canedo Named High School Male Athlete of the Year Lake Worth Christian Girls' Volleyball Coach Named High School Coach of the Year

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Website

The Palm Beach County Sport Commission created a series of sport-specific web pages focused on sports that lend themselves to social distancing. The above golf page example, focused on the best 18 holes in Palm Beach County. In addition to the golf page, motorsports, watersports, and an endurance sports page will be created.

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Social Media & Digital Advertising Social Media  Internally managing the PBCSC social media engagement  Developed monthly calendar of social media posts across multiple platforms – Month of May  Efficiently managing HubSpot marketing software to track our social media engagement, email distribution and more  Designed Social media graphics to in partnership with the Film & Television Commission promoting the airing of the 2019 U.S Polo Championship Game on the Palm Beaches TV. This show invites viewers to relive the action from last year’s championship from the comfort of their home.

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Highlighted Social Media Posts

High School Male Athlete of the Year finalists

High School Female Athlete of the Year winner

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Palm Beach International Raceway virtual tour

Big Break The Palm Beaches

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The Newsletter of the Palm Beach County Film and Television Commission | June 2020

IN THIS ISSUE 1

PBTV WATCH PARTY

2

MUCK CITY SERIES

3

ART ADVENTURES PBS

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GOLF IN JUNO BEACH

5

TENNIS BOUNCES BACK

6

LARGE PARKS IN PBC

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G-STAR & AFFLUX

2195 Southern Boulevard, Suite 520 West Palm Beach, FL 33406

pbfilm.com

THE PALM BEACHES TV KICKS OFF FACEBOOK WATCH PARTY A new marketing initiative is underway to help recover tourism in The Palm Beaches. The Palm Beaches TV, Palm Beach County’s Official Tourism TV Channel, is set to launch a Facebook Watch Party in June that will run for 13 weeks. The purpose of the Watch Party is to bring awareness to our destination and welcome visitors back. New episodes are being created by repurposing existing content from The Palm Beaches TV. The video shorts include Glenn Jergensen, Executive Director of the Palm Beach County Tourist Development Council as the host as well as other community leaders and stakeholders to participate as on-camera guest appearances. The goal is to remind locals and visitors of the many leisure and recreational activities that are available to be enjoyed here in Palm Beach County. From sports, to natural environments, to culture and history, The Palm Beaches offers the best of everything. The Watch Party is an opportunity to welcome visitors to the safe and healthy environment that is found in The Palm Beaches—a destination ready to welcome guests with open palms.

Viewers are invited to tune into the Watch Party on the Palm Beach County Film & Television Commission’s Facebook page on Tuesday’s. Future episodes will explore the best golf holes in the County and a wild expedition on the open seas. Invite your friends and family to partake as each episode takes viewers on an experience to Re-Discover The Palm Beaches, The Perfect Place. Join the party and tune in for the fun at facebook.com/FreePermits.

Goliath Groupers on Hooked

THE GLADES SHINES IN NEW SERIES 4th and Forever: Muck City made its world premiere in May on CuriosityStream, a documentaryfocused streaming platform. The eight-episode docuseries chronicles the 2019 football season for Pahokee and Glades Central High School with behind-thescenes access, culminating in The Muck Bowl, the rival teams’ final showdown. The production company behind the project is Jupiter Entertainment, they followed the students, coaches, administrators and others around Pahokee and Belle Glade and worked with organizations such as Student ACES to prepare for college and beyond. “Our team was like a movie in itself,” Blue Devils coach DJ Boldin told The Gainesville Sun. “It was pretty cool to have them there because now we have something to look back on as a football team...how we turned the tide because we banded together through adversity.” Watch episodes of 4th and Forever at curiositystream.com/ series/430/4th-forever.

SEEK ADVENTURE THROUGH PBC ART A new episode of the innovative and eclectic series, Art Adventures of The Palm Beaches, is coming to South Florida PBS. Hosted by Art Hive magazine editors Angela Yungk and Jessie Prugh, the show is the ultimate guide to creative happenings and culture across The Palm Beaches, exploring all facets of the County’s thriving and vibrant arts community. In this episode, the ladies explore wearable art – where the worlds of fashion and art collide.

Hosts Yungk & Prugh Exploring Local Art

Art Adventures of is set to air Sunday, June 21 at 6:30pm on WPBT and Sunday, June 21 at 3:30pm on WXEL. The show is produced locally by Jeff Aderman at AA Video in collaboration with the Cultural Council for Palm Beach County. Gregory Ross of TimeIn Media is executive producer. The first episode of the series can be viewed on demand at The Palm Beaches.TV.

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FOCUS ON FILM LIVE GOLF SWINGS BACK Seminole Golf Club in Juno Beach hosted the long-awaited return of televised golf as pros competed to raise funds for COVID-19 relief efforts during the TaylorMade Driving Relief. Seminole’s challenging greens made their TV debut on May 17th during one of the first televised live sporting events since March. The charity event was broadcast by NBC and attracted more than two million viewers to The Palm Beaches as Rory McIlroy, Dustin Johnson, Rickie Fowler and Matthew Wolff caddied for themselves in a four-man skins match. Team Mcllroy and Johnson prevailed over Fowler and Wolff, earning $1.8M for the American Nurses Foundation. In total, $5.5M was raised for additional charities related to COVID-19 efforts thanks to the kind donations from millions of viewers at home. Learn more at tinyurl.com/ycpbnvqw.

McIlroy, Johnson, Fowler & Wolff

SAFE SET RECOMMENDATIONS Film Florida recently released “Recommendations for Clean & Healthy Production Sets” as the industry begins preparations for getting back to work coming out of the Coronavirus pandemic. 161 recommendations are included in the six-page document, addressing departments from catering to sound and talent from extras to minors. A Virtual Town Hall was held with 20 of Florida’s top industry professionals discussing how these guidelines can be implemented, and what the future of the industry may look like on set. "We believe our industry can be a very effective source for economic recovery with high wage jobs, immediate cash infusion for small businesses, and exposure of the state to potential tourists. However, the priority is for cast and crew members to feel safe and healthy and we hope we can play a small part in that,” said FF Exec. Director John Lux. See more at filmflorida.org.

SWEET CHARITY FROM U.S. SUGAR KO-MAR Productions has been busy documenting the extraordinary efforts of U.S. Sugar to help the community during uncertain times. Starting in early April with a giveaway of more than 15,000 masks to frontline health workers, KO-MAR had multiple crews onsite with cameras and drones to showcase the generosity of U.S. Sugar. In all, more than 120,000 servings of fresh green beans, 11,000 crates of sweet corn and 17,500 hot meals have been distributed to those in need.

Giveaway in Royal Palm Beach

The giving has spanned all of Palm Beach County from Royal Palm Beach to Pahokee and the Glades. From Greenacres to Stuart, KO-MAR has followed this unprecedented gift to the community. Visit ko-mar.com for more.

TENNIS PICKS UP IN THE PALM BEACHES Tennis is getting back in the swing of things through The 2020 (Re)Open Tour. Two recent matches were held at a private residence in Palm Beach County in May, which was closed to the public and adhered to strict social distancing and safe set guidelines. As part of the Universal Tennis Rating Pro Match Series, each round-robin tournament featured four top male and female tennis professionals. Both tournaments were broadcast on the Tennis Channel, which reaches over 52 million households of eager sports fans nationwide.

As Tennis Channel President Ken Solomon told The Morning Call, “We have natural social distancing...one of the hallmarks that makes tennis such a unique sport on a normal basis is you’re alone out there….We’re putting a lot of resources from a production, distribution and marketing standpoint into letting America know sports are back.” See more at tennischannel.com.

THE AWARD-WINNING PALM BEACHES TV

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Three programs currently airing on The Palm Beaches TV have been recognized by The 26th Annual Communicator Awards. The Best of SunFest and Honda Classic All Access earned top honors, the Award of Excellence, in the Branded Entertainment, Live Events and Streaming category. And the 2019 Student Showcase of Films (SSOF) Red Carpet Award Show, Florida’s largest student film competition and award show, received a Communicators Award of Distinction. The Communicator Awards is the leading international awards program honoring creative excellence for marketing and communications professionals. It is judged and overseen by the Academy of Interactive and Visual Arts (AIVA). More than 6,000 entries were received from companies within the U.S. and abroad. “This class of entries embodies the best of the ever-evolving marketing and communications industry” noted Eva McCloskey, managing director at AIVA. For more information, visit communicatorawards.com.

FOCUS ON FILM BOCA BRINGS IN TALENT Hairstylist to the stars Donna Marie Fischetto has made a transition from New York City to Boca Raton, where she will be represented by TransMedia Group to build a base of clientele in the entertainment production industry.

Fischetto has served a variety of roles on set, from department head to personal Donna Marie Fischetto stylist, and has enjoyed working with directors and actors to build a character through establishing the right look. “I’ve used Life Magazine archives to pinpoint styles throughout decades, bringing authenticity to a story through the aesthetics of a character,” said Fischetto. One of her most memorable projects was Disney’s Enchanted, where she worked with Patrick Dempsey for his loveable prince look.

“The sets were breathtaking. I love to work in this industry with other likeminded creatives!” Fischetto explained. Other notable projects have included Sex and the City, Baby Mama, Nurse Jackie, and so much more! Visit imdb.com/name/nm1072879 and dmariefischetto.wixsite.com/mysite for more.

BRINGING BACK THE BIG BREAK As sports fans around the world clamor for more content, The Palm Beaches is getting more time in the spotlight. The Big Break: The Palm Beaches, a popular golf reality show competition series that ran for 11 Competitor Clay Myers episodes originally in 2015, recently was part of a repeat airing event on June 1 on Golf Channel as part of a full-day marathon. The show features 12 competitors who were filmed over the course of two and a half weeks, including a schedule of golf competition, excursions across Palm Beach County, and lots of production interviews. The 23rd installment of the hit television series all took place against the PGA National Champion Course and the famed ‘Bear Trap.’ See more at golfchannel.com.

A TERRIBLY FUN NEW FILM Filmed locally in The Palm Beaches, The Terrible Adventure follows two affluent siblings faced with losing everything who spring into action to conquer a contest created by billionaire Billy Bob Branson. Written, directed and produced by Kel Thompson of America’s Production Company out of Boca Raton, this family-friendly adventure was the brain child of Thompson with contributions from his very own children, Jackson (12) and Olivia (9). “There was so much great content in the film I couldn't figure out what to exclude or how, and I never imagined I'd have such a rough time with too much great footage!” said Thompson. The film also features an original score, two title tracks, and even a line dance! Thompson is currently exploring distribution options on Netflix, Amazon Prime, and a theatrical release. Get a preview of the fun by viewing the trailer at facebook.com/TheTerribleAdventure.

DELRAY BROADCASTS ON FACEBOOK The City of Delray Beach created an awardwinning video series aimed at keeping citizens informed during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Posted regularly to the City of Delray Beach’s Facebook page, the webisodes won a Bronze Telly Award in the Social Video category.

Each installment keeps residents up-to-date with decisions being made by the City’s leadership through one-on-one interviews with local officials. In addition, the Coronavirus updates provide important data regarding COVID-19 case numbers and lets viewers know about the numerous testing sites available throughout Palm Beach County. These updates stretch beyond the City’s news desk with news packages that take their communications team out to the streets to bring viewers in-depth stories from the frontlines. Stay up-to-date and watch the video series at facebook.com/pg/ CityofDelrayBeach/videos.

FTC BIDS FAREWELL & BON VOYAGE TO IAN SAYLOR After nearly seven years with the Palm Beach County Film & Television Commission (FTC), Senior Production Coordinator Ian Saylor is pursuing his longtime dream of moving to Japan! “My time at the FTC has been wonderful and I value the team like they are my own family,” Ian shared. After starting as an intern, Ian has taken part in issuing over 2,000 permits, provided training, and worked with interns and students from job shadowing programs.

Ian will be working as an English Teacher in Japan, while using the skills and experience he’s honed with the County’s Tourist Development Council to launch his own tourism and film-related Ian Saylor content online. “I want to show others the joy and beauty that I see traveling abroad,” Ian explained. “It is a dream of mine to encourage others to experience life in different cultures as I have.”

To keep up with Ian’s journey, follow @IanGoesToJapan on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, YouTube and Twitch.

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FOCUS ON FILM EDUCATION CORNER AFFLUX JOINS G-STAR

LOCATION SPOTLIGHT LARGE PARKS WITH ROOM TO ROAM Palm Beach County ranks largest in the state and is home to several parks that offer large open spaces for recreation and film productions.

Riverbend Park/Loxahatchee Battlefield Park with its pristine Sunrise behind large banyan natural ecosystem and archeological significance, provides a peek into the past with a Cracker Farmstead where you can envision life as an early Florida settler and enjoy the wild and scenic Loxahatchee River. Located in Jupiter, the park is a great setting for nature, rustic, lifestyle and wellness brands.

Dyer Park in WPB has 560 acres of elevation changes that wind up and down the hills of the former landfill. The park includes a 5K Trail, seven miles of mountain biking, and for the tech crowd, a remote-controlled airplane Dyer Park at Sunset and helicopter field is available for drone permit holders. This park has many hills for fitness and photography and is a perfect backdrop for sports & lifestyle brands.

West Delray Regional Park hosts a popular five-mile mountain bike trail, as well as fishing, disc golf, equestrian trails, a launching area for canoes and kayaks and is home to a radiocontrolled airfield, boat lake and car track. This park is a great setting for fitness, BMX and outdoor products.

Aerial West Delray Regional Park

Burt Aaronson South County Regional Park is a massive park with nearly 900 acres of activities including 27 holes of golf, a nature center and a water park, as well as sports fields and Spectacular sunset location courts exposed to plenty of fresh air.

Since it is located on the western edge of Boca Raton, the unadvertised beauty of the park offers unobstructed sunsets over marshland. For updates on park status and more information, please visit discover.pbcgov.org/parks.

Afflux Studios, a major film, commercial, and music video production company with international clients including Atlantic Records, Barrett Jackson, British Airways, ESPN, FPL, Flo Rida, Hermes, Miami Dolphins, NASCAR, Red Bull, and Sony Records EU, is the latest addition to the G-Star Studios' Film Complex. G-Star Studios is one of the largest motion picture studios in South Florida and is owned by G-Star High School of the Arts, the only high school on the back lot of a major movie studio.

Bobby Keegan, a Founder of Afflux Studios and a G-Star graduate, said, “To have an entire commercial motion picture studio and a world-class sound stage to work with will add tremendously to what we can now offer our clients on a regular basis.” G-Star Founder Greg Hauptner added, “We are very proud to have a top quality company permanently on our back lot.” See more at gstarstudios.com.

FTC INTERN HEADS TO NYC Dylan Hansel continues to develop his passion for screenwriting after being accepted to New York University’s Tish School of the Arts to pursue a master’s degree. Ranked second in the nation by The Hollywood Reporter in 2019, Tish offers a Dramatic Writing track that will undoubtedly Dylan Hansel prepare Dylan for a career in writing for theater, TV and film. Dylan is a PBC resident who recently graduated from the University of Florida where he majored in economics with a minor in theater. He also served as President of DreamWave Productions, a filmmaking organization at UF. Dylan credits the FTC for his graduate admissions, noting that the letter of recommendation from Film Commissioner Chuck Elderd “undoubtedly played an important role in this outcome.”

Dylan hopes to apply his knowledge of economics and finance to the film and entertainment industry. To learn more about internship opportunities at the FTC, visit pbfilm.com/internship.

Co-Editors: Christy Andreoni & Phyllis Man, Assistant Editor: Kelly King, Contributors: Chris Cobb, Alberto Jordat, Ian Saylor, Lauren Tobin

* Co-Editors: Phyllis Man and Christy Tricoli Editor: King | please To be included in this newsletter please call561.233.1000 561.233.1000 or email Ctricoli@pbfilm.com To be*Assistant included in this Kelly newsletter email candreoni@pbfilm.com or call

BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS

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Dave Kerner, Mayor | Robert S. Weinroth, Vice Mayor Hal R. Valeche | Gregg K. Weiss | Mary Lou Berger | Melissa McKinlay | Mack Bernard Verdenia Baker, County Administrator

PALM BEACH COUNTY FILM & TELEVISION COMMISSION Film Commissioner Chuck Elderd | Deputy Film Commissioner & Director of Finance Michelle Hillery Director of Operations & Production Christy Andreoni | Director of Development & Marketing Phyllis Man PR & New Marketing Strategist Lauren Tobin | Locations & Creative Marketing Specialist Kelly King Senior Production Coordinator Ian Saylor | Office Administrator Alberto Jordat

Production Activity Report For April 2020 Variance Explanations Percentage change variances of ± 10% in performance statistics are typically explained in this section.

However, due to the widespread impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the entertainment production industry, this page will serve as an overall update on data collection and reporting measures across multiple categories.

Following a rapid increase in confirmed COVID-19 cases and public awareness in the United States in mid-March, a massive social distancing effort effectively shut down production sets across the country.

Many of the locations that fall under the FTC’s One-Stop Permitting process closed to public access amidst Governor DeSantis’ Stay At Home order, which went into effect March 26, 2020. As businesses were urged to begin working remotely from home whenever possible, studio projects and on-location productions alike were either postponed or cancelled in the interest of prioritizing public health. The Stay At Home order was not lifted in Palm Beach County until May 11, at which point Phase One of Governor DeSantis’ reopening plan was enacted. While the FTC’s services have continued uninterrupted and permit requests have been accepted and reviewed on a case-by-case basis, State of Florida Executive Orders made on-location production all but impossible during the entire month of April 2020.

Prior to the outbreak, production in Palm Beach County was experiencing an increase year-over-year.

The total number of permits issued from January 1-March 15, 2020 (just before the shutdown) was 85, compared to 71 for January 1-March 15, 2019, a 19% increase. Once social distancing measures escalated, 12 active and/or pending permits were either cancelled, postponed or wrapped early, not including all of the potential leads that did not move forward.

The monthly production data for April 2020 correlates with nationwide trends in production business impacts as President Trump initiated the “30 Days to Slow the Spread” program on April 2, leading to Stay At Home orders across the nation. In order to report data as accurately as possible and reflect the full-scale effect on our Palm Beach County production community, direct contact was made with each entity included in the monthly Production Companies & Support Services section (via an industry-wide survey) for estimated percentage adjustments to their average monthly production days, employees, freelancers, hotel room nights and production revenue. As a result of these data collection efforts, percentage change variances of ± 10% are as follows for April 2020 year-to-date production statistics: • • •

Production Revenue: 33% decrease Hotel Room Nights: 39% decrease Production Days*: 22% decrease

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Total Productions: 28% decrease Total Leads: 29% decrease Lead Responses: 29% decrease Lead Conversions: 33% decrease Website Unique Visitors**: 14% decrease

*Production Days includes reports of pre-production and post-production work that took place remotely within our local production community. **While permitting and location client website traffic has decreased significantly from organic searches and direct referrals, the FTC’s social media team has focused efforts on promoting local businesses, production stories, The Palm Beaches TV and recently released projects in order to drive more traffic to the website. Social media referrals to the website increased 15.91% in April 2020 compared to April 2019.

The FTC continues production community outreach to provide support and collect information regarding the long-term effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on the industry as a whole. The FTC will continue to monitor reports coming from other film commissions across the state and country to compare business impacts and trends in data accrual.

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January 2020 Production Activity Report April 202Production Activity Report PRODUCTION REVENUE

April 2019

YTD 2029

April 2020

$18,052,272

$76,934,093

YTD 2020

$3,529,877

12-MONTH ROLLING REVENUE May 2019 - April 2020 HOTEL ROOM NIGHTS

CHANGE

$51,738,298

-33%

$212,971,016 1,110

5,772

32

3,549

-39%

579

2,492

266

1,956

-22%

Permits Issued Non-Permitted Productions TOTAL PRODUCTIONS

26 20 46

112 104 216

0 5 5

81 75 156

-28% -28% -28%

State FC and Susan Simms Other Leads and Return Clients

4 29

19 107

1 14

4 85

-79% -21%

TOTAL LEADS

33

126

15

89

-29%

LEAD RESPONSES

33

125

15

89

-29%

LEAD CONVERSIONS

16

49

0

33

-33%

2,804

12,063

1,549

10,339

-14%

PRODUCTION DAYS

WEBSITE UNIQUE VISITORS

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4.F.

4.G.

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May 2020 Project Status Report Department of Environmental Resources Management Beaches: ERM’s Coastal Resources Program recently wrapped up a busy construction schedule in preparation for the start of hurricane season. Beaches are open for business countywide and ready to protect our 47 miles of Atlantic coastline from future storm impacts.

OPEN FOR BUSINESS

Sand Temperature Study: In partnership with Florida Atlantic University’s Department of Geosciences, ERM staff members are monitoring the temperature of beach sand in Jupiter. The purpose of the study is to determine how different types of sand impact sea turtle habitat. In particular, the sex of sea turtle hatchlings is known to be influenced by the temperature of the sand around the nest. Staff collect data from multiple temperature logging sensors, which are buried in the sand at varying locations and depths.

RETRIEVING THE TEMPERATURE SENSORS

Tarpon Cove: The next phase of the project will begin with the placement of donated sand from the Town of Palm Beach marina expansion project. The sand will be used to create two mangrove islands, a bird nesting island, and seagrass habitat. The project is located north of the previously-constructed islands, between Barcelona Road and Sunset Road. Placement is expected to continue for at least a year.

TARPON COVE

VOLUNTEER MANGROVE PLANTING

Lake Worth Lagoon Volunteer Planting: Sixteen members of Sea Turtle Adventures’ iCare program spent a week planting mangrove seedlings at ERM’s Ibis Isle restoration site. The mission of the non-profit program is to provide nature-based programs and life skills training to adults with disabilities.

Palm Beach County Board of County Commissioners Dave Kerner, Mayor, Robert S. Weinroth, Vice Mayor, Hal R. Valeche, Gregg K. Weiss, Mary Lou Berger, Melissa McKinlay, Mack Bernard

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Virtual Field Trips: Staff conducted a series of live virtual field trips for the Palm Springs Middle School Science Department. The trips took students through numerous natural areas and introduced them to the flora and fauna of different habitats.

VIRTUAL FIELD TRIPS

VIRTUAL FIELD TRIPS

Heron Nesting: Staff documented a record nesting season at a heron rookery in the Loxahatchee Slough Natural Area. 158 nests were found, more than double the 74 that were observed last year. Restoration efforts like Loxahatchee Slough provide critical habitat for these species, which in recent years have suffered sharp nesting declines throughout South Florida.

Derelict Vessel Removal: Palm Beach County received a grant from the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission to fund the removal of three derelict vessels. Two are near the north end of Peanut Island and one is at the Munyon Island docks. The grant covers 100% of the removal costs, and the vessels are slated to be removed in July.

HERON ROOKERY

Lake Worth Lagoon Initiative Legislative Funding Request: The 2021 Legislative Funding Request application period is open through July 31, 2020. Municipalities and special taxing districts located along the Lagoon and within its watershed are encouraged to submit shovel ready projects such as environmental restoration, septic-to-sewer conversions and stormwater system improvements aimed at improving the water quality and habitats of the Lagoon. Please visit http://discover.pbcgov.org/erm/LWLagoon/Funding-Request.aspx for more information and to download the application, or contact ERM-LWLI@pbcgov.org with any questions.

Based on Palm Beach County (PBC) Emergency Order No. 2020-005, all PBC Natural Areas have been reopened to the public. Such areas shall be open for the safe, responsible enjoyment of passive and limited active use. Such activities shall be done in accordance with CDC Guidelines and in compliance with the requirements set forth in Attachment 4 of the Emergency Order.

ERM will continue to monitor the status of the COVID-19 pandemic in our area and will communicate any changes in the status of our PBC Natural Areas as those changes are made.

Please be safe and continue to monitor our social media (@PBCERM on Facebook and Instagram) and website (www.pbcerm.com or www.pbcnaturalareas.com) for updates on the status of our PBC Natural Areas. For updates on other PBC operations and services, please visit the county’s dedicated COVID-19 page: http://discover.pbcgov.org/coronavirus/Pages/default.aspx.

Palm Beach County Board of County Commissioners Dave Kerner, Mayor, Robert S. Weinroth, Vice Mayor, Hal R. Valeche, Gregg K. Weiss, Mary Lou Berger, Melissa McKinlay, Mack Bernard

PALM BEACH INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT TRAFFIC REPORT for the period ended April 2020

Total Passengers Total Estimated Seat Capacity (1)

Percent Change

12 Months 12 Months ended ended April April 2019 2020

Percent Change

April 2020

April 2019

23,842

710,970

-96.6%

5,980,457

6,639,596

-9.9%

180,122

850,831

-78.8%

7,726,386

7,976,142

-3.1%

Estimated Load Factor (2)

13.2%

83.6%

-70.3%

Total Cargo Tons (3)

2,146

2,355

-8.9%

29,073

28,511

2.0%

105,770

405,826

-73.9%

3,804,180

3,922,252

-3.0%

Air Carrier Operations (4)

1,338

5,606

-76.1%

51,604

54,996

-6.2%

GA & Other Operations (5)

3,027

8,753

-65.4%

78,911

85,851

-8.1%

Total Operations (5)

4,365

14,359

-69.6%

130,515

140,847

-7.3%

Landed Weight (thousands of lbs)

77.4%

83.2%

-5.8%

(1) Estimated Seat Capacity; Adjusted Innovata/OAG Scheduled seats, actual capacity may vary (2) Percentage Change in load factor is stated in absolute difference (3) Freight plus mail in US Tons (4) Landings plus Takeoffs, includes cargo carriers (5) Per FAA Tower note: certain prior year statistics were revised Palm Beach County Department of Airports 846 PBIA, West Palm Beach , FL 33406-1470 www.pbia.org

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PALM BEACH INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT ENPLANEMENT TRAFFIC REPORT for the period ended April 2020 Airline Percentage of Market

April 2020 Enplaned Passengers Total Enplaned Passengers JetBlue Airways American Airlines Delta Air Lines Southwest Airlines United Frontier Airlines Spirit Airlines Air Canada Allegiant Air, LLC Bahamasair Sun Country Airlines Silver International Swift Air

14,234 5,129 4,559 2,352 1,818 371 5 -

Market Share 100.00% 36.03% 32.03% 16.52% 12.77% 2.61% 0.04% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00%

12 Months ended April 2020 Enplaned Passengers 2,994,925 859,864 579,984 752,684 250,897 305,902 120,017 45,743 43,299 24,530 6,961 2,101 2,058 885

Market Share 100.00% 28.71% 19.37% 25.13% 8.38% 10.21% 4.01% 1.53% 1.45% 0.82% 0.23% 0.07% 0.07% 0.03%

PALM BEACH INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT TRAFFIC REPORT for the period ended April 2020 Change in Enplanements by Airline

Total Enplaned Passengers JetBlue Airways American Airlines Delta Air Lines Southwest Airlines United Frontier Airlines Spirit Airlines Air Canada Bahamasair Sun Country Airlines Silver International Swift Air

April 2020

April 2019

Enplaned Passengers

Enplaned Passengers

14,234 5,129 4,559 2,352 1,818 371 5 -

373,018 108,645 80,571 70,360 40,571 29,021 21,984 13,385 6,345 1,329 546 118 143

Change in Month to Month enplanements Change (358,784) (103,516) (76,012) (68,008) (38,753) (28,650) (21,979) (13,385) (6,345) (1,329) (546) (118) (143)

Percentage Change -96.2% -95.3% -94.3% -96.7% -95.5% -98.7% -100.0% -100.0% -100.0% -100.0% -100.0% -100.0% -100.0%

AIRPORTS COUNCIL INTERNATIONAL Monthly Airport Traffic Statistics West Palm Beach, Florida, United States of America Palm Beach International Airport for the period ended April 2020

April 2020

April 2019

1,158

5,442

180

164

Total Air Transport Movements

1,338

5,606

General Aviation and Other Aircraft Movements

3,027

8,753

Total Aircraft Movements*

4,365

14,359

-

15,096

Domestic Passengers (enplaned + deplaned)

23,842

695,874

Total Terminal Passengers

23,842

710,970

Passenger Aircraft Cargo Aircraft

International Passengers (enplaned + deplaned)

International Cargo (loaded + unloaded)**

-

-

Domestic Cargo (loaded + unloaded)**

1,951

2,141

Total Cargo (loaded + unloaded)**

1,951

2,141

* Per FAA Tower ** In metric tons as required by ACI reporting standards includes Mail plus Freight

HOTEL INVENTORY STATUS

RECENTLY OPEN

UNDER CONSTRUCTION

FINAL PLANNING

6 Hotels 893 Rooms

11 Hotels 1,346 Rooms

8 Hotels 1,279 Rooms

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HOTELS ‘UNDER CONSTRUCTION’

11 Projects with 1,346 Rooms 2021/22

2020 Canopy

150 Rooms | WPB | March

Pioneer Inn

60 Rooms | RPB | March

Residence Inn

126 Rooms | PBG | April

Pioneer Inn

60 Rooms | Royal Palm Beach

Wyndham Gardens

110 Rooms | LWB | August

White Elephant

32 Rooms | Palm Beach | May

Hilton Curio

143 Rooms | Delray Beach

One West Palm

Amrit Ocean Resort

201 Rooms | West Palm Beach

Banyan Cay Resort

164 Rooms | Boca Raton

150 Rooms | RB | September

150 Rooms | WPB | October

Mandarin Oriental

June 2020

FY2020 CONTRACT TRACKING REPORT CONTRACT/VENDOR

CONTRACTURAL EXPENSES

EFF DATE

EXP DATE

RENEWAL (and/or) STATUS

SPORTS COMMISSION (R2017-1634)

$2,123,836

10/1/17

9/30/22

1st Amendment (R2018-1467) 2nd Amendment (R2019-1488)

CULTURAL COUNCIL (2017-1632)

$2,845,505

10/1/17

9/30/22

1st Amendment (R2018-1466) 2nd Amendment (R2019-1485

FILM & TV COMMISSION (R2017-1635)

$1,800,000

10/1/17

9/30/22

1st Amendment (R2018-1468) 2nd Amendment (2019-1487)

$18,500,000

10/1/17

9/30/22

1st Amendment (R2018-1465) 2nd Amendment (R2019-1486)

3/1/16

9/30/18

2-2 yr renewals

10/1/16 10/1/18

9/30/18 9/30/20

Amendment 1st of 2-yr renewal

DPBC (R2017-1633)

SUBCONTRACTS OVER $100,000

DPBC-Miles Media Group LLLP Website Design & Dev. Services R2016-0222 Amend R2016-1429 R2019-0184

$474,240 annually including monthly fees of $2,020.

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June 2020 DPBC-Miles Media Group, LLP R2018-1121 -Media Buy Creative

$680,000 (not to exceed) $560,000 pd mo. $46,666.66 Optional services not to exceed $100,000.

10/1/18

9/30/20

one (1) 2-yr renewal one (1) 1-yr renewal

DPBC-Miles Media Group, LLP R2019-1070-media placement Services (supplement to R2018-1121)

$7,000,000 per year

10/1/19

9/30/20

one (1) 2-yr renewal one (1) 1-yr renewal

DPBC-Zimmerman Agency LLC R2018-1120 PR

$192,000 @ $16,000 mo. optional services not to exceed $58,000 for a total of $250,000

10/1/18

9/30/20

one (1) 2-yr renewal one (1) 1-yr renewal

DPBC-Hills Balfour, LLC

$49,000 annually for an initial 3-year agreement for a total of $147,000

1/1/17

12/30/19

two additional terms of two years each.

10/1/19

9/30/21

1st of 2, 2-year auto renewals

$237,225 base annual 10/1/14 includes CRM, CMS & web-site consulting development & hosting services

9/30/17

Sole Source w/auto renewals of 2, 2-yrs.

Amend Ex. C Fee Services Paragraph VII allows for one time setup fee of $8,000 to change email vendor Total cost $245,225 1st year $165,225 2nd year $130,000 3rd year

12/15/15

9/30/17

1st Amendment

10/1/17

9/30/19

1st of 2, 2-yr auto renewals

2nd Amend. Retro to 10/1/18 to revise Ex. A (Services) & to decrease Scope of Work.

Decreases annual cost to $130,000 max, corrects rate

10/1/18

9/30/19

2nd Amend, with one 2-year auto Renewal remaining

DPBC-Simpleview, LLC (assigned From New Media Gateway, Inc.) Based destination Business System On line packages R2014-1800 R2015-1743

R2019-0563

2

June 2020 change to (5%) and replace Ex. C Fee Schedule 10/1/19 7/25/19

9/30/21 4/30/20

Final 2 year renewal n/a

7/1/18

9/30/19

two, 1-year renewals

10/1/19

9/30/20

1st of 2, 1-year renewals

$150,000 pd quarterly Advertising

9/1/19

8/31/2020

three, 1-year renewals

$144,000 not to exceed $180,000 including travel and other out-of-pocket expenses

12/1/15

9/30/20

1st of 2, 2-yr renewals (R2016-1309) 2nd of 2 2-yr renewals (R2018-1691)

DPBC-Professional Convention Management Association (PCMA) (sole Source)

$175,000

10/1/19

9/30/22

DPBC-Brand USA (sole source)

$410,000

Fall 2019

Summer 2020

CC-Global Spectrum L.P.

2020 funding -

7/1/17

9/30/22

CC-Spectra Food Services

Benefits received $260,000 over term

10/1/15

9/30/20

2/18/19

2/17/20

initial term, 4-1yr renewals

2/18/20

2/17/21

1st of 4-1yr renewals

DPBC-Convention, Sports & Leisure International, LLC (CSL) R2019-1069

$125,000 (no out of pocket)

ASAE (sole source)

$120,000 Marketing Partnership

Virgin Trains, USA (sole source) Culture-Push, Inc. Marketing Services (R2016-0012)

DPBC-Vox International, Inc.

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DPBC-LMG Management

2/18/19

2/17/20

2/18/20

2/17/21

initial term, 4-1yr renewals 1st of 4- 1yr renewals

DPBC_Interamerican Network Communicacao E Marketing LTDA

2/18/19

2/17/20

initial term, 4-1yr renewals

2/18/20

2/17/21

1st of 4-1yr renewals

DPBC-AviaReps

2/18/19

2/17/20

1st of 4-1yr renewals

(Mexico & Colombia)

2/18/20

2/17/21

2nd of 4-1yr renewals

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Hotel Performance Dashboard April 2020 Palm Beach County Ranking vs. Florida Destinations1* (Monthly Comparison)

ADR/RevPAR

Occupancy

PBC Performance*—April 2020

Hotel Performance by Location2* —April 2020

Hotel Performance by Region2*—April 2020

ADR/RevPAR

Occupancy

ADR/RevPAR

Occ

Growth in ADR by Currency Exchange Rates4 —April (2019 vs. 2020)

ADR/RevPAR

Occupancy

Hotel Performance by Scale3*—April 2020

1. Ranking derived by Discover The Palm Beaches by comparing STR data for PBC and all 12 major Florida markets.

2. Region and Location breakdowns are customized segments for Discover The Palm Beaches.

3. Scale breakdowns are customized segments for Discover The Palm Beaches based on average rate from the previous calendar year.

4. USD—U.S. Dollar, GBP—British Pound, CAD—Canadian Dollar, BRL—Brazilian Real, EUR—Euro, COP—Colombian Peso, ARS-Argentine Peso, MXN-Mexican Peso

*Source: STR, INC. REPUBLICATION OR OTHER RE-USE OF THIS DATA WITHOUT THE EXPRESS WRITTEN PERMISSION OF STR IS STRICTLY PROHIBITED.

Research compiled and published by Discover The Palm Beaches (DTPB), can only be reproduced through expressed written approval from the DTPB Research Department. For questions please contact research@thepalmbeaches.com.

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Hotel Performance Dashboard CYTD—Jan. to Apr. 2020 Palm Beach County Ranking vs. Florida Destinations1* (Calendar Year-to-Date Comparison) ADR/RevPAR

Occupancy

PBC Performance*—Jan. to Apr. 2020

Hotel Performance by Location2* —Jan. to Apr. 2020

Hotel Performance by Region2*—Jan. to Apr. 2020

ADR/RevPAR

Occupancy

ADR/RevPAR

Occ

Growth in Rooms Sold vs. Rooms Available Jan. to Apr. (2019 vs. 2020)

ADR/RevPAR

Occupancy

Hotel Performance by Scale3*—Jan. to Apr. 2020

1. Ranking derived by Discover The Palm Beaches by comparing STR data for PBC and all 12 major Florida markets.

2. Region and Location breakdowns are customized segments for Discover The Palm Beaches.

3. Scale breakdowns are customized segments for Discover The Palm Beaches based on average rate from the previous calendar year.

4. USD—U.S. Dollar, GBP—British Pound, CAD—Canadian Dollar, BRL—Brazilian Real, EUR—Euro, COP—Colombian Peso, ARS-Argentine Peso 5. CYTD—Calendar Year-to-Date *Source: STR, INC. REPUBLICATION OR OTHER RE-USE OF THIS DATA WITHOUT THE EXPRESS WRITTEN PERMISSION OF STR IS STRICTLY PROHIBITED.

Research compiled and published by Discover The Palm Beaches (DTPB), can only be reproduced through expressed written approval from the DTPB Research Department. For questions please contact research@thepalmbeaches.com.

PALM BEACH COUNTY Tourist Development Council Bed Tax Collections

GROSS COLLECTIONS MONTH: INDUSTRY (COLLECTION) SEP (OCT) OCT (NOV) NOV (DEC) DEC (JAN) JAN (FEB) FEB (MAR) MAR (APR) APR (MAY) MAY (JUN) JUN (JUL) JUL (AUG) AUG (SEP) TOTAL FISCAL

YR TO YR 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 % CHANGE 856,048 979,004 1,212,238 1,405,509 1,370,952 1,621,608 1,973,649 2,178,273 2,438,227 2,461,559 2,214,097 -10.05% 1,303,909 1,085,426 1,458,239 1,785,170 1,635,182 1,857,806 1,989,072 2,725,682 3,083,157 3,303,783 3,314,441 0.32% 1,575,564 2,096,435 1,895,712 1,794,668 2,516,341 2,751,115 3,640,904 3,594,244 4,200,587 4,035,601 4,372,073 8.34% 2,366,300 2,311,358 2,495,590 3,187,043 3,323,289 3,785,958 4,777,922 4,875,807 5,731,320 5,630,298 6,089,984 8.16% 2,618,096 2,706,159 3,269,850 3,453,672 3,576,572 5,065,319 5,005,030 5,159,226 5,870,815 6,219,210 6,889,246 10.77% 3,211,503 3,665,558 3,669,405 4,006,494 5,107,085 6,140,424 6,621,872 6,436,528 7,435,071 7,025,626 7,788,461 10.86% 3,203,425 3,666,329 4,019,958 4,656,021 4,746,723 6,690,922 7,868,716 7,734,850 7,768,676 7,895,698 4,406,423 -44.19% 2,316,526 2,581,217 2,848,562 2,851,113 3,408,662 4,416,637 4,257,059 4,453,561 5,266,893 5,369,516 1,044,080 -80.56% 1,550,036 1,991,337 1,932,872 2,125,978 2,480,364 3,002,756 3,231,119 3,314,631 3,532,056 3,673,563 N/A 1,505,335 1,301,299 1,659,601 1,830,471 1,910,875 2,512,755 2,643,059 2,933,218 3,031,361 2,883,950 N/A 1,468,828 1,718,439 1,613,916 1,818,223 1,795,741 2,468,872 2,802,300 2,902,478 2,814,249 3,122,264 N/A 1,243,615 1,377,936 1,410,235 1,609,331 1,970,481 2,422,236 2,307,485 2,226,361 2,655,543 2,581,689 N/A $23,219,185 $25,480,496 $27,486,177 $30,523,693 $33,842,267 $42,736,409 $47,118,186 $48,534,859 $53,827,955 $54,202,757 $36,118,806 N/A

YTD % CHANGE -10.05% -4.11% 1.02% 3.62% 5.68% 6.95% -4.09% -13.88% N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A

NET COLLECTIONS MONTH: INDUSTRY (COLLECTION) SEP(OCT) OCT (NOV) NOV (DEC) DEC (JAN) JAN (FEB) FEB (MAR) MAR (APR) APR (MAY) MAY (JUN) JUN (JUL) JUL (AUG) AUG (SEP) TOTAL FISCAL

YR TO YR 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 % CHANGE 843,207 964,318 1,194,055 1,384,427 1,350,387 1,597,284 1,944,045 2,145,599 2,401,654 2,424,636 2,180,886 -10.05% 1,284,350 1,069,144 1,436,365 1,758,392 1,610,654 1,829,939 1,959,236 2,684,797 3,036,909 3,254,226 3,264,725 0.32% 1,551,930 2,064,989 1,867,276 1,767,748 2,478,596 2,709,849 3,586,290 3,540,330 4,137,578 3,975,067 4,306,492 8.34% 2,330,805 2,276,688 2,458,156 3,139,237 3,273,440 3,729,168 4,706,253 4,802,670 5,645,350 5,545,843 5,998,634 8.16% 2,578,825 2,665,567 3,220,802 3,401,867 3,522,924 4,989,339 4,929,954 5,081,838 5,782,752 6,125,922 6,785,908 10.77% 3,163,330 3,610,574 3,614,364 3,946,397 5,030,479 6,048,317 6,522,543 6,339,980 7,323,545 6,920,242 7,671,634 10.86% 3,155,374 3,611,334 3,959,659 4,586,181 4,675,522 6,590,558 7,750,685 7,618,827 7,652,146 7,777,262 4,340,327 -44.19% 2,281,779 2,542,499 2,805,834 2,808,346 3,357,532 4,350,388 4,193,203 4,386,757 5,187,889 5,288,974 1,028,419 -80.56% 1,526,785 1,961,467 1,903,879 2,094,088 2,443,159 2,957,714 3,182,652 3,264,911 3,479,075 3,618,460 N/A 1,482,755 1,281,779 1,634,707 1,803,014 1,882,212 2,475,064 2,603,413 2,889,219 2,985,891 2,840,691 N/A 1,446,796 1,692,662 1,589,707 1,790,950 1,768,805 2,431,839 2,760,266 2,858,941 2,772,036 3,075,430 N/A 1,224,961 1,357,267 1,389,081 1,585,191 1,940,924 2,385,903 2,272,873 2,192,966 2,615,710 2,542,964 N/A $22,870,897 $25,098,288 $27,073,885 $30,065,838 $33,334,633 $42,095,363 $46,411,412 $47,806,836 $53,020,535 $53,389,716 $35,577,024 N/A

YTD % CHANGE -10.05% -4.11% 1.02% 3.62% 5.68% 6.95% -4.09% -13.88% N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A

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April 2020 $1,044,080

Bed Taxes Collections (Gross) % / YTD Var. / 2020

April 2019 $5,369,516

-80.56%

/

YTD 2019

$36,118,806 $41,941,291

Bed Taxes April

2020

April Occupancy 2020 20.1%

$53,400,000 $47,200,000 $41,000,000 $34,800,000 $28,600,000 $22,400,000 $16,200,000 $10,000,000 $3,800,000

YTD Bed Tax April

2020

2019

April Occupancy 2019 76.7%

-13.88%

YTD Bed Tax April

Bed Taxes April $5,600,000 $4,950,000 $4,300,000 $3,650,000 $3,000,000 $2,350,000 $1,700,000 $1,050,000 $400,000

% Var.

% Var.

April ADR 2020 $135.24

-73.8%

Monthly STR April ADR 2019 $215.04

% Var. -37.1%

2019

April Rev Par 2020 $27.14

April ADR

April Occupancy

April Rev Par 2019 $164.98

$250.00

$200.00

70.0%

$200.00

$150.00

$150.00

$100.00

$100.00 30.0%

$50.00

$50.00

10.0%

2020

April Occupancy 2020 59.9%

April Occupancy 2019 81.3%

2020

% Var.

April ADR 2020 $243.59

-26.3%

YTD STR April ADR 2019 $245.90

100.0%

$247.00

80.0%

$246.00

60.0%

$245.00

40.0%

$244.00

20.0%

$243.00

0.0%

$242.00

January thru December % April Var. Rev Par 2020 -0.9% $145.82

April 2020 51,300

Employment April 2019 93,300

April Rev Par 2019 $199.92

2019

% Var. -27.1%

YTD April Rev Par $250.00 $200.00 $150.00 $100.00 $50.00 $0.00

2020

2019

2020

2019

YTD April ADR

YTD April Occupancy

2020

$0.00

$0.00

2019

-83.5%

April Rev Par

90.0%

50.0%

% Var.

2019

2020

2019

% Var. -45.0%

Leisure & Hosp. Employ April 100,000 90,000 80,000 70,000

60,000 50,000 40,000 30,000 20,000 10,000 0

2020

2019

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REVISIT FROM MARCH TDC TDC Partnership Proposal to secure our Bowl Game through 2025 5.B

Tourism & Economic Benefits – Cheribundi Boca Raton Bowl  On average, this Bowl Game has created $3.5 million in visitor spending, per the DI Sports Calculator.  On average, 2,284 room nights have been tracked from pick-up reports (teams, band, and alumni block).  Unique Household Television Viewership 6-year average = 1.8 million  Unique Household Television Viewership high = 2.5 million  This game won its night 5 straight years - #1 sports programming  The Bowl Game strives to bring countywide impact

Tourist Development Council Investments 2020, 2021 & 2022 2020 • Total Funding Investment of $171,000   

Sports Commission Special Event Grant- $62,500 (rights fee) Discover The Palm Beaches - $62,500 (rights fee) Sports Commission Event Hosting - $46,000 (ancillary events)

• Event Management Support from the Sports Commission _____________________________________________________________ 2021 • Total Funding Investment of $177,000  Sports Commission Special Event Grant- $65,000 (rights fee)  Discover The Palm Beaches - $65,000 (rights fee)  Sports Commission Event Hosting - $47,000 (ancillary events) • Event Management Support from the Sports Commission ______________________________________________________________ 2022 • Total Funding Investment of $183,000  Sports Commission Special Event Grant- $67,500 (rights fee)  Discover The Palm Beaches - $67,500 (rights fee)  Sports Commission Event Hosting - $48,000 (ancillary events) • Event Management Support from the Sports Commission

TDC Investments 2023, 2024 & 2025 2023 • Total Funding Investment of $189,000   

Sports Commission Special Event Grant- $70,000 (rights fee) Discover The Palm Beaches - $70,000 (rights fee) Sports Commission Event Hosting - $49,000 (production of ancillary events)

• Event Management Support from the Sports Commission _____________________________________________________________ 2024 • Total Funding Investment of $196,000   

Sports Commission Special Event Grant- $72,500 (rights fee) Discover The Palm Beaches - $72,500 (rights fee) Sports Commission Event Hosting - $51,000 (ancillary events)

• Event Management Support from the Sports Commission ______________________________________________________________ 2025 • Total Funding Investment of $202,500  Sports Commission Special Event Grant- $75,000 (rights fee)  Discover The Palm Beaches - $75,000 (rights fee)  Sports Commission Event Hosting - $52,500 (ancillary events) • Event Management Support by the Sports Commission

• Total Palm Beach County Six Year Investment • $825,000 Rights Fees • $293,500 50% Share of Activity Cost • Annual Increase 3.5% from 2020 Base

Palm Beach County Sports Commission manages the Bowl Game Week Activities • Bowl Luncheon • Two (2) Beach Parties • Two (2) Pep Rallies • Airport Greetings • Transportation for the participating teams

ESPN DELIVERABLES

• Shared Logo Placement; County includes PBC Seal & TDC Tourism Logo; Boca City Seal

• 4 30 second Network ESPN/ABC TV; 2 each Partner Exposure Value $42K Each, $84K each Partner 2 Full Page Ads; 1 each City Banner on BocaBowl.com County TDC Video on BocaBowl.com 3 Tables; 8 Each: 1 County; 1 TDC; 1 City 80 VIP Tickets; 40 County, 40 City No Suites Requested 60 Tickets; 30 County, 30 City Eliminate ESPN Gift Bags 60 Parking Passes; 30 County, 30 City Shared Banner Stadium Wrap; one County One City Placement • 8 Shared Video Jumbotron; 4 County (2 Discover Leisure, 1 Sports Commission, 1 Palm Beaches TV); 4 City • Event in the Glades at New Orange Bowl Investment • • • • • • • • • •

THIS WAS ABC TELEVISION 3:00PM SATURDAY SLOT

Palm Beach County Overview: This report showcases the quantitative exposure Palm Beach County received from sponsorship of the Cheribundi Boca Raton Bowl, held December 21, 2019.

Impressions and exposure values stemming from national television, on-site impact, advertising/ promotions, television news and Internet news are included within this report.

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JJ&A is an independently owned and operated research company.

Palm Beach County Executive Summary Exposure Source

National Television

0:03:40

Mentions/Articles

0

Impressions

Exposure Value

1,990,000

$310,105.30

On-Site Impact

N/A

N/A

69,534

$1,969.90

Advertising/Promotions

N/A

N/A

304,473

$8,625.71

Television News

N/A

42

1,809,945

$51,275.74

Internet News

N/A

20

114,308

$3,238.33

0:03:40

62

4,288,259

$375,214.99

Total

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Palm Beach County 1) National Television The Cheribundi Boca Raton Bowl was carried by ABC on December 21 leading to an overall viewership of 1,990,000.

Palm Beach County

Exposure Source

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Exposure Time

Exposure Value

Sideline Wrap Sideline Field Logo

0:03:08 0:00:02

$264,999.16 $2,819.14

Total:

0:03:10

$267,818.30

Palm Beach County Commercials

Entity

Palm Beach County

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Spots

Exposure Time

Exposure Value

1

0:00:30

$42,287.00

MEDIA VALUATION TUESDAY EVENING

Tri- Party Agreement with the City of Boca Raton to secure the Palm Beaches Only Bowl Game through 2025 Motion Needed

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PALM BEACH COUNTY CONVENTION CENTER DISTRICT EXPANSION STUDY EXECUTIVE SUMMARY TDC PRESENTATION JUNE 11,2020INTERNATIONAL TD

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June 8, 2020 Mr. Glenn Jergensen Executive Director Palm Beach County Tourist Development Council 2195 Southern Blvd., Suite 500 West Palm Beach, FL 33406 Dear Mr. Jergensen: Conventions, Sports & Leisure International (CSL) has completed a final draft of the Palm Beach County Convention Center District Expansion Study. The Study provides recommendations designed to maintain and enhance Palm Beach County Convention Center (PBCCC) market capture through near and long-term space and site planning, hotel development and destination enhancement.

The attached Executive Summary presents key research findings and recommendations focused on the PBCCC and supporting hospitality industry, designed to guide long term planning for future Palm Beach County convention and hospitality industry investment. The full report presents the many nuanced research findings and implications used to form a basis for PBCCC investment recommendations, destination connectivity, hotel and other development initiatives.

We sincerely appreciate the assistance and cooperation we have been provided in the completion of the report and this summary, and would be pleased to be of further assistance in the interpretation and application of our findings.

Very truly yours,

CSL International

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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY The Palm Beach County Convention Center (“PBCCC”) opened in January of 2004, representing a first step by the County into the high-impact convention industry sector. Through this investment, the PBCCC became the fifth largest public convention center in the State of Florida.

Conventions, Sports & Leisure, International (CSL) was retained by the Tourism Development Council (TDC) of Palm Beach County to conduct the Palm Beach County Convention Center District Expansion Study.

The Study provides recommendations designed to maintain and enhance Palm Beach County Convention Center (PBCCC) and surrounding district market capture through near and long-term space and site planning, hotel development and destination enhancement.

In its early years, the PBCCC struggled to attract large non-local events due to a lack of adjacent headquarter hotel inventory. In January of 2016, a 400-room Hilton West Palm Beach opened, resulting in a greater ability by the destination to attract high-impact conventions and conferences.

To create a research foundation to support the Study, CSL has conducted the following Study tasks.

CSL understands, based on our extensive industry experience, that the competition for non-local conventions and tradeshows nationally is intense – leading many communities to invest significantly in convention facilities, hotels and other aspects of the destination. Furthermore, the demographics and business practices of the meeting attendee are, and will continue to change, creating a “moving target” for successful convention center strategic planning.

• Completed in-person interviews with over 60 stakeholders throughout the County.

• Researched and evaluated business intelligence related to past PBCCC business levels and lost business opportunities.

• Documented the convention center and hotel investment taking place in competitive and comparable markets.

As we develop this Palm Beach County Convention Center District Expansion Study in support of the PBCCC district evolution, we know that traditional facility expansions and hotel solutions that preceded past industry success are not guaranteed to secure market capture growth into the future.

• Conducted extensive market demand interviews with current, past and potential event planner customers.

• Created various scenarios to potentially enhance, expand and reconfigure existing Center space.

Therefore, we have conducted significant trend and primary market research that considers important aspects of emerging convention industry success factors including hotel inventory, walkability to surrounding hospitality assets, outdoor event space, open space learning, technology, food and beverage service, space flexibility, changes to the way meetings are produced, changing attendee travel preferences and other important aspects of a center and destination that impact success in the highly competitive convention and visitor landscape.

• Benchmarked industry best-practices and convention and visitor industry trends that could impact future PBCCC success.

This Executive Summary presents key findings and recommendations with respect to hotel, PBCCC space and amenities, and district development initiatives. The full report should be read to gain an understanding of the depth of research and analysis methods.

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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Hotel Needs

2. Okeechobee Boulevard in Front of PBCCC Registration Area – Provides frontage on Okeechobee Boulevard and connectivity. The smaller site requires use added PBCCC ballroom space development.

The available hotels rooms within one-half mile of the PBCCC are very low relative to competing markets. A significant share of the potential national convention market for the PBCCC is lost due to committable hotel limitations.

3. Development above the PBCCC Loading Docks – Provides direct connectivity to PBCCC space. The smaller site also requires use added PBCCC ballroom space development.

By increasing committable hotel rooms from the current 400 to 600 range to between 1,100 and 1,500 rooms, the share of the national convention market that the PBCCC can compete for could nearly triple, even without expansion to existing PBCCC space. Immediate initiatives that should be considered by the County are listed below.

4. Related Properties Site – Located across Florida Avenue from the existing Palm Beach Hilton. Related has proposed developing the first of two 250 room hotel towers on site. Site is not connected to the PBCCC. No immediate PBCCC expansion required.

Added Inventory - Adding committable hotel rooms within one-half mile of the PBCCC should be viewed as a first priority with respect to growing the convention and tradeshow business in Palm Beach County. Future hotel development initiatives should focus on:

It should be noted that site options 1, 2 and 3 would require use of existing PBCCC ballroom space to support new headquarter hotel operations. This will then require concurrent addition of multi-use PBCCC space to account for sellable areas used for the new hotel development.

A new 600 room headquarter hotel developed with a room block agreement securing 500 committable rooms. When combined with future hotel development within one-half mile of the PBCCC, significant increases in market capture could be realized.

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Developing a 250-room expansion of the Palm Beach Hilton would help address overall inventory shortages, but would not have the market capture impact of a larger new headquarter hotel property.

2 3

Hotel Sites – We have identified four potential sites for headquarter hotel inventory (see map below) that should be considered for further evaluation:

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1. Northeastern Edge of Howard Park – Providing excellent visibility and access to the PBCCC. Requires City of West Palm Beach approval and participation. The smaller site requires use added PBCCC ballroom space development.

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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Request for Letters of Interest – To pursue future hotel development, the County should issue a Request for Information (RFI) to qualified developers/hoteliers to identify interest levels, qualifications and general concepts for future hotel sizing, location and funding.

Distinctive Outdoor Space - Current plans being developed by PBCCC management include programmable outdoor space. Additional opportunities for outdoor function space should be considered, including enchantments to portions of Howard Park and potentially space atop the adjacent parking garage.

Technology - One or more of the PBCCC’s underutilized meeting spaces could be converted into augmented/virtual reality and local area networking space.

Create Convenience – Underutilized PBCCC space could be converted into a business center.

Development of Micro Spaces in/along Exhibit Hall – Consideration should be given to building one or more small breakout spaces adjoining the exhibit hall to provide this type of “quick break” environment for event attendees.

A formal Request for Proposals (RFP) would be issued to selected developers. The development of a large new headquarter hotel property will require some form of public/private partnership, potentially in the form of land contribution, parking inventory, tax increment financing and/or other such financial engineering sources.

PBCCC Investment – Immediate Term

As previously noted, if new headquarter hotel development were to take place at the Howard Park, loading dock or Okeechobee Boulevard sites, a portion of existing PBCCC ballroom/meeting space would be needed to support the hotel. A partial expansion of PBCCC space would then be needed in the near term.

There are numerous enhancements and reconfiguration opportunities within the PBCCC that should be undertaken in order to address emerging industry trends and competitive industry influences. These are described below.

Unique Food & Beverage Space – Develop an open concept food and beverage space in the PBCCC lobby area, leveraging local products with a brand and product that is unique to the destination/market.

Open Space Learning in Lobby Areas – Develop open space learning areas within the PBCCC to facilitate attendee networking and informal meetings.

Hall Subdivisibility - Consider adding a movable north/south divider wall in Hall A to allow for greater flexibility in hosting events of different sizes.

Public Art - Introduce exterior and interior monumental public art unique to the destination.

PBCCC Investment – Long Term Once approximately 1,500 committable hotel rooms are available to support the PBCCC, an expansion of PBCCC space could be undertaken (assuming market demand exists).

Added exhibit space could eventually be developed that as much as roughly doubles existing space, with the potential for second floor meeting and ballroom space. Loading docks along the west side, and lobby space along the east side would be developed. Connectivity to the parking garage could be established.

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Project Timing

The portion of Okeechobee Boulevard in front of the north entrance to PBCCC hosts nearly 40,700 vehicles per day, far outpacing convention district intersections in markets such as Nashville, San Jose and Tampa.

We have prepared the following outline of potential project timing. Factors including funding availability, site selection and project design will impact actual development timing.

Combined with comments provided by meeting planners and tourism stakeholders, these data illustrate the unique challenge that PBCCC event attendees face when attempting to walk to/from Rosemary Square and other locations in downtown.

In addition to various traffic calming initiatives, we recommend Palm Beach County and West Palm Beach leadership work with the development community, land/property owners, arts/cultural organizations, traffic planners, economic development professionals, event planner groups and other key stakeholders to consider an initiative to provide a signature pedestrian crossing.

Ultimately, this could connect assets across Okeechobee Boulevard, including the PBCCC, the Hilton West Palm Beach, Rosemary Square, the Kravis Center for the Performing Arts, Restoration Hardware, and the residential development just to the east of the Convention Center.

We recommend that any such structure would have to be uniquely designed as an arts-inspired, signature asset for the destination as opposed to a traditional pedestrian bridge.

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2020

Develop and issue headquarter hotel RFI

2020

Develop a Project Management System for each initiative to determine roles, responsibilities and resource requirements

2020

Engage consultant to review hotel sites to further validate and document any potential development challenges

2020

Formalize destination connectivity committee to select options

2020/21

Initiate planning for immediate term PBCCC investments

2020

Review hotel RFI submittals and issue RFP

2021

Initiate design for selected PBCCC investments

2021

Initiate design for pedestrian connections

2021/22

Select headquarter hotel option

2022

Initiate construction for selected PBCCC investments

2022

Initiate construction for pedestrian connections

2022

Initiate headquarter hotel construction

2025/27

Monitor PBCCC occupancy and room night performance

2027/28

Initiate design for PBCCC expansion

2029/30

Initiate PBCCC expansion as demand warrants

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Tourist Development Council Board Meeting Checkpoint Update 6.11.2020

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Palm Beach County Tourism 2021 Budget

Key Metrics Calendar February 2020 • • • •

Hotel Rooms Available 3.6% Higher LY Hotel Rooms Sold 5.3% Higher LY Hotel Room Revenue 9.8% Higher LY 17,602 February Hotel Room Inventory Increased 3.5% from 17,013 Feb 2019

• Occupancy 86.9% vs. 85.5%1.6% Increase to 2019 • Average Daily Room Rate $279.00– 4.2% Higher than 2019 • Revenue per Available Room $242.56 5.9% increase from 2019

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Palm Beach County Tourism 2021 Budget

Key Metrics Calendar March 2020 • • • •

Hotel Rooms Available 3.6% Higher LY Hotel Rooms Sold (41.9%) Lower LY Hotel Room Revenue (50%) Lower LY 17,602 March Hotel Room Inventory Increased 3.5% from 17,013 March 2019

• Occupancy 48.3% vs. 86.1%(43.9%) below 2019 • Average Daily Room Rate $233.79– (14.0%) lower than 2019 • Revenue per Available Room $112.88 (51.8%) down from 2019 * Late month closures, Breakers; Boca Resort: Eau PB

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Palm Beach County Tourism 2021 Budget

Key Metrics Calendar April 2020 • • • •

Hotel Rooms Available (13%) Lower LY Hotel Rooms Sold (77%) Lower LY Hotel Room Revenue (87%) Lower LY 14,736 April Hotel Room Open Inventory decreased (16%) from 17,602 March 2020

• Occupancy 20% vs. 77%(74%) below 2019 • Average Daily Room Rate $135.34– (37%) lower than 2019 • Revenue per Available Room $27.14 (84%) down from 2019 * Closures, Breakers; Boca Resort: Eau PB; The BEN

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Palm Beach County Tourism 2021 Budget

Revenue Source- 2020/2021 Tourist Development Tax (Bed Tax) Re-Forecast 2020/Re-Budget 2021

Most Likely Case: Down (33%) Recover 25%

Back to 2016 & 2017 Levels

BOLD = Forecasted Collections 5

Palm Beach County Tourism 2021 Budget

Revenue Source- 2020/2021

Tourist Development Tax (Bed Tax) Checkpoint #1 March collected in April

$1M Up

Back to 2016 & 2017 Levels BOLD = Forecasted Collections 6

Palm Beach County Tourism 2021 Budget

Revenue Source- 2020/2021

Tourist Development Tax (Bed Tax) Checkpoint #2 April collected in May

$1.6M Up Over Base Back to 2016 & 2017 Levels BOLD = Forecasted Collections 7

Palm Beach County Tourism 2021 Budget

Tourist Development Tax (Bed Tax)

Next Steps- TDC Staff • Re-Budget @ Targets (33%)/25% • Funding Stimulus Completed Approvals: BCC July Contracts FY20 Amended July BCC • Checkpoint 1 Week 1 May (Mar) • Checkpoint 2 Week 1 June (Apr) • Checkpoint 3 Week 1 July (May) • Confirmation of FY2021 Growth for FY2021 Budget & KPI’s Contracts FY21 Renewed Sept BCC Questions/Comments 8