BOERNE — Organizations that offer programs to attract overnight tourists to the city’s hotels/motels and other lodging establishments may be eligible to receive a portion of these HOT funds to support their programs.
Each year, Boerne receives hotel occupancy tax revenue from a tax that is levied on guest rooms at local hotels/motels, inns and short-term rental facilities.
State law requires a two-part test to meet the eligibility for HOT funds:
• Every expenditure of hotel occupancy taxes must attract overnight tourists to the city’s hotels/motels and other lodging establishments, thus promoting the city’s lodging industry.
• Every expenditure must fit into one of the following nine categories: Convention and visitors centers; Convention registration; Advertising the city; Promotion of the arts; Historical restoration and preservation; Sporting events in a county under 1 million in population; Enhancing or upgrading existing sports facilities or sports fields, only in certain cities; Tourist transportation systems; and signage directing the public to sights and attractions that are visited frequently by hotel guests in the city.
Visit Boerne is now accepting applications from local groups or businesses. The application can be downloaded from the city’s website www.boerne-tx.gov, on the finance department page.
City staff will conduct an orientation session for those who may have questions about the hotel occupancy tax fund application process at 4 p.m. March 7 at the Visitors Center, 282 N. Main St., Boerne.
The HOT fund application deadline is 5 p.m. March 21. To sign up for the orientation session, contact Jeanette Teague, Visit Boerne assistant director, at 830-249-7277 or by e-mail at: [email protected].
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