Post by Logan on Jan 20, 2016 20:30:16 GMT -6
West Virginia entrepreneurs and tourism partners met Wednesday morning to discuss key bills introduced this legislative session that could boost visitor revenues.
The Charleston Convention and Visitors Bureau board hosted a coffee talk at the Town Center Marriott where Sen. Chris Walters, R-Putnam, detailed a few bills that he said would help bolster the state’s tourism economy.
Carol Fulks, executive director of the West Virginia Hospitality and Travel Association, also told those in attendance how they could influence their legislators to support those bills, such as attending Tourism Day on Feb. 8 at the state Capitol to speak with lawmakers.
Better known as the “brunch bill,” SB 21, introduced by Sen. Robert Beach, D-Monongalia, would permit restaurants to sell alcohol on Sundays at 10 a.m. The law currently prohibits Sunday alcohol sales before 1 p.m. The bill has failed for the last three years.
Continued at www.wvgazettemail.com/news/20160120/brunch-bill-an-issue-for-wv-restaurants-tourism .
The Charleston Convention and Visitors Bureau board hosted a coffee talk at the Town Center Marriott where Sen. Chris Walters, R-Putnam, detailed a few bills that he said would help bolster the state’s tourism economy.
Carol Fulks, executive director of the West Virginia Hospitality and Travel Association, also told those in attendance how they could influence their legislators to support those bills, such as attending Tourism Day on Feb. 8 at the state Capitol to speak with lawmakers.
Better known as the “brunch bill,” SB 21, introduced by Sen. Robert Beach, D-Monongalia, would permit restaurants to sell alcohol on Sundays at 10 a.m. The law currently prohibits Sunday alcohol sales before 1 p.m. The bill has failed for the last three years.
Continued at www.wvgazettemail.com/news/20160120/brunch-bill-an-issue-for-wv-restaurants-tourism .