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Texas TraveLog, the state's official travel industry newsletter, is published monthly by the Texas Department of Transportation. Click the link below to download the latest issue.

FEBRUARY 2010 TEXAS TRAVELOG (pdf)

Corpus Christi hosts this year's Texas Travel Counselor's Conference, where counselors use firsthand visits to enhance knowledge that is later shared with the traveling public. (Photo by Stan Williams)In this month's issue:

  • Austin's South by Southwest funnels in $99 million into the local economy.
  • Demolition date set for Texas Stadium.
  • Waco Mammoth Site officially opens to the public.
  • Houston Livestock Show & Rodeo, Gruene Hall and various Texas hotels noted among the best.
  • And much more.



Several tourism organizations have been awarded free exhibit space in the TxDOT Texas Travel Information Centers.

From March through August, these areas will be promoting their attractions with special displays –– including colorful photographs and other promotional materials –– in the centers’ lobbies.

Every six months, use of the display cases rotates to another set of tourism organizations.

Here are the newly selected exhibit space pairings:

  • Amarillo: Texas Heritage Trails Program
  • Anthony: Central Texas Bluebonnet Travel Council
  • Denison: Frisco – Plano – McKinney
  • Gainesville: Round Rock, Taylor, Elgin, Georgetown 
  • Laredo: Arlington, Grand Prairie, Mansfield
  • Orange: Texas Independence Trail
  • Texarkana: Brazoria County Tourism Council
  • Valley: Texas Hill Country Trail
  • Waskom: I-10 Corridor Association 

TxDOT will accept applications from June. 1–10 for the next display period – September  2010 through March 2011. For more information, call the Travel Services Section at (512) 486-5800 or visit www.txdot.gov/travel/tourism_industry_resources/display_cases.htm.