Rick Taylor

Executive Director, Hattiesburg Convention Commission

Hattiesburg, Mississippi, United States

About

Specialties: Tourism Infrastructure Funding and Development Customer Experience Development and Implementation Public Assembly Facility Management and Marketing Destination Branding Media and Public Relations Attraction Planning and Development Venue and Attraction Design and Construction

Experience

  • Executive Director at Hattiesburg Convention Commission
    Jun 1993 - Present · 33 yrs 1 mo

    Public Event Facility and Attraction Development, Construction and Operations - Lake Terrace Convention Center Hattiesburg Visitor Center Hattiesburg Zoo Historic Saenger Theater Hattiesburg Pocket Museum Historic USO Club Museum Historic Eureka School Museum Sixth Street Museum District Moeller Military Vehicle Museum Project Oseola McCarty Museum Project Historic Smith Drug Store Museum The Inquisitorium: MS Science Exploration Center Project Hattiesburg Pocket Museum Serengeti Springs Waterpark

  • Executive Director at Hattiesburg Tourism Commission
    Jun 1993 - Jul 2017 · 24 yrs 2 mos

    - Marketing, Promotion and Public Relations to increase leisure travel and groups/meetings industry of Hattiesburg MSA - Operates Hattiesburg Visitors Center - Art Exhibition Development

  • Manager of Meetings and Conventions at Caribbean
    1988 - 1993 · 5 yrs

    Development and Management of International Meetings International Tourism Development