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Mobile Visitor Information Center (Retrieved from 'The Corpus Christi Convention and Visitors Bureau announces New Mobile Visitor Information Center,' January 8, 2018 Press Release) The Corpus Christi Convention and Visitors Bureau (CC CVB) announced its new Mobile Visitor Information Center on January 8, 2018. The Mobile Visitor Information Center is a special vehi- cle with a wrap that displays Corpus Christi's beautiful beach scenery and information on the different plac- es and attractions in the Coastal Bend. The upfitted Ford Transit Connect vehicle features a rapid phone charging station, a T.V. drop down screen that will show Corpus Christi videos and interactive information. With the new mobile service the CC CVB is expected to visit 13 different cities throughout Texas during the year with a possible outreach of 578,882 people at 17 dif- ferent festivals. The Mobile Visitor Information Center 13 BUSINESS MATTERS FEBRUARY 2018 participated at its first event on January 4, 2018 in San Antonio, Texas, at the San Antonio Boat Show. "The Mobile Visitor Information Center allows us to engage with visitors outside our Cor- pus Christi location and we are proactively going to our visitors to help them plan a better ex- perience when they arrive in Corpus Christi," said Meredith Darden, Manager of the Corpus Christi Visitor Information Cen- ter.