STATE OF THE TRAVEL INDUSTRY

The Greater Hartford Convention & Visitors Bureau hosted more than 100 Connecticut hotel and hospitality industry professionals for a 2009 Hotel Industry Summit at the Crowne Plaza Cromwell Hotel & Conference Center. At the daylong event, hotel managers learned about trends in electronic hospitality marketing and received an update on the state’s tourism industry. Pictured, from left, are: George Fenich, of Fenich & Associates in Greenville, N.C.; H. Scott Phelps, president of the Greater Hartford Convention & Visitors Bureau; Randy Fiveash, director of tourism for the Connecticut Commission on Culture & Tourism; and Michael Van Parys, bureau vice president of sales.