Tourism, Sports, and Entertainment

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that the Boston-Cambridge Tourism Destination Marketing District Committee (“Committee”) of the Greater Boston Convention and Visitors Bureau (“GBCVB”) has completed proceedings to renew the Boston-Cambridge Tourism Destination Marketing District (“BCTDMD”) pursuant to the Tourism Destination Marketing Districts Law, Chapter 40X of the Massachusetts General Laws (“TDMD Law”) and to levy an assessment on certain lodging businesses within the BCTDMD; and

NOTICE IS HEREBY FURTHER GIVEN that on October 29, 2025, at 3:00 PM the BCTDMD Members held a meeting at The Lenox Hotel located at 61 Exeter Boston, MA 02116 regarding the renewal of the BCTDMD pursuant to the TDMD Law and held a vote regarding the renewal of the BCTDMD; and

NOTICE IS HEREBY FURTHER GIVEN that the BCTDMD Members voted in favor of the renewal of the BCTDMD and the levy of the BCTDMD assessment; and NOTICE IS HEREBY FURTHER GIVEN that the meeting to consider the renewal of the BCTDMD has been properly noticed in accordance with the TDMD Law.

NOTICE IS HEREBY FURTHER GIVEN THAT:

1. Membership in the BCTDMD is irrevocable unless as provided in subsection (g) or the dissolution under section 10 of the TDMD Law.
2. The basis for determining the special assessment was based upon benefit to the payors. Assessed lodging businesses shall receive the benefit of increased sales activity and room night revenue as a result of BCTDMD services and improvements. Benefit is proportional to the contribution of assessment related to the occupancy of the lodging businesses.
3. The renewed BCTDMD shall continue to include all lodging businesses with fifty (50) rooms or more located within the boundaries of the cities of Boston and Cambridge, as shown on the map included in the District Plan.
4. The annual assessment rate is one and one-half of one percent (1.5%) of gross short-term room rental revenue from the Cities of Boston and Cambridge for the duration of the BCTDMD.
5. The renewed BCTDMD is designed to continue to provide specific benefits directly to payors via a comprehensive and integrated sales and marketing program aimed at promoting the entire destination and maximizing overnight stays in assessed businesses. Brand awareness, communications, meeting and convention sales (domestic), global sales and marketing, leisure/consumer marketing, special events/community support, DEI Initiatives: Workforce Development & Supplier Chain Pipeline, eco-tourism and sustainability, multilingual assets and accessibility, and Cambridge tourism programs will increase demand for overnight tourism and market payors as tourist, meeting and event destinations, thereby increasing demand for room night sales.

Information: A complete copy of the BCTDMD Plan shall be made available online or can be furnished upon request. Should you desire this or any other additional information about the BCTDMD or assessment you may contact the Greater Boston Convention and Visitors Bureau or go to the Meet Boston website.