Valley Forge Tourism & Convention Board
Scott Higgins, HMCC, serves as the Director of Sales at the Valley Forge Tourism & Convention Board since February 2017, previously holding the position of Associate Director of Convention Sales & Business Development. In this role, Scott supports meeting planners in identifying suitable venues and accommodations in Montgomery County, PA, which boasts over 8,500 hotel rooms and 1,600+ restaurants. Prior experience includes serving as Sales Manager at Hyatt House King of Prussia and as the Sales Manager and General Manager at various Valley Forge Hotel Management properties, including Crowne Plaza Valley Forge. Scott's hospitality career began at Valley Forge Hotel Management, where roles included Front Office Manager and Assistant Front Office Manager at Embassy Suites Valley Forge, as well as Assistant Food and Beverage Manager at Valley Forge Suites. Scott Higgins holds a Bachelor of Science in Hospitality Administration/Management from East Stroudsburg University of Pennsylvania.
Valley Forge Tourism & Convention Board
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The Valley Forge Tourism & Convention Board is a private, non-profit membership sales and marketing organization which actively promotes the Valley Forge area and Montgomery County as a convention site and leisure visitor destination by promoting patronage of its member hotels, restaurants, attractions and services. The Board represents more than 600 member businesses throughout Southeast Pennsylvania. The Valley Forge Tourism & Convention Board was established as the Valley Forge Convention and Visitors Bureau by the Montgomery County Commissioners in 1963, making it the officially chartered tourism promotion agency of Montgomery County. It was an agency of Montgomery County until 1999, when the County Commissioners voted to privatize the bureau, while maintaining fiduciary oversight through appointment of the agency's volunteer board of directors. The Board is now a private organization. Funding comes from a combination of Commonwealth of Pennsylvania grants, membership dues and a tax imposed on visitors occupying the County's more than 9,200 hotel rooms. The Board does not receive funding from Montgomery County.