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February 17, 2008

Lobbyists for America's richest mouse set out to persuade Congress to scare up $200 million to promote U.S. tourist destinations


Mickey Goes to Washington.

The Chairman of Walt Disney Parks and Resorts plans "Apollo" project for destination marketing: plans to ask the federal government for an expensive favor to enrich the tourist industry.

Read all about it here: "Mickey Goes to Washington: Lobbyists for America's richest mouse set out to persuade Congress to scare up $200 million to promote U.S. tourist destinations," by Jeffrey H. Birnbaum, Washington Post, February 17, 2008











 


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