Hauppauge, NY - March 12, 2003 -- The Long Island Convention and Visitors Bureau & Sports Commission is pleased to welcome back Linda Savino, CMP, as Director of Sales in its Meetings & Conventions Department, effective January 21, 2003.

Ms. Savino worked for the LICVB&SC from 1995 until 1999, prior to moving to Las Vegas to serve as Marketing Director of Lasvegas.com, Hawaii.com and Casinogaming.com. A New Yorker at heart, she returned to Long Island in 2001 and worked for Long Island Hotels, LLC as Vice President of Sales and Marketing.

"I'm very happy to be back at Long Island Convention and Visitors Bureau & Sports Commission, working with Michael Hollander and the rest of the staff," Ms. Savino noted. "I truly enjoyed developing a great working relationship with the organization's members during my previous four years here. I feel as if I've come back home."

Ms. Savino's background includes ten years of demonstrated achievement in all phases of sales and marketing operations. In her former position, Vice President of Sales & Marketing for Long Island Hotels LLC in Hauppauge, she was responsible for all sales and marketing activities for two hotel properties, managing two sales teams and overseeing community relations.

Other experience includes serving as Director of Marketing Development for Donrey Media Interactive in Las Vegas, Nevada, directing marketing strategies for three websites as well as developing their marketing plans and budgets. Prior to that, she was Marketing Communications Manager for GetThere, a Sabre Company also located in Las Vegas, where she was responsible for all media relations while working closely with the firm's Public Relations Agency. Throughout her distinguished career, Ms. Savino has received many honors, including the Certified Meeting Professional Designation, which she received in July 1999. She holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Travel and Tourism from Niagara University.

"We are extremely pleased to have Linda back on board," noted Michael Hollander, President of the Long Island Convention & Visitors Bureau and Sports Commission. "We look forward to continuing the productive working relationship we enjoyed with Linda before."

The Long Island Convention & Visitors Bureau and Sports Commission
(LICVB&SC), was established in 1979 as a marketing arm for the destination's nearly $5 billion travel and tourism industry. Based on Long Island in Hauppauge, NY, the LICVB&SC contributes to the economic development and quality of life on Long Island by promoting Long Island as a world-class destination for, and by, attracting individuals, tours, meetings and conventions, tradeshows and sporting events and related activities and businesses to Long Island. For more information about on Long Island, please contact the Long Island Convention & Visitors Bureau and Sports Commission by calling 1-877-FUN-ON-LI, or, visit the website at www.funonli.com.

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Cathy A. Preece
Senior Account Executive
Todd Shapiro Associates, Inc.
P: 631-952-2600 / F: 631-952-1818
E-mail: cpreece@toddshapiroassoc.com