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Show The Women's Room bv Kate MeCutchan - In the State of Utah, a woman's place seems to be in the home, more often than not. But -once again. Park .City stands out as being just a little different from the norm. We have many women in our' city who combine ' executive positions with other, oth-er, more traditional roles and don't lose their femininity or attractiveness because of it. In fact, the energy they put into their jobs and the enjoyment they derive from them only serves' to enhance their lives as females in our society. The director of the Park. City Convention Visitors Visi-tors Bureau is. one such woman, and I spoke with her about her position in our community. Debbie Travis has a lot of responsibility for a young woman of 27. She controls and directs the spending of the Convention ' Bureau's $250,000 budget. The Bureau Bur-eau .itself - is run by a volunteer board of 16 members, mem-bers, who give Debbie aclvise and guidance :on JBureau policy and procedures.' Their ohjectiye is to promote Park City as, a resort to-business, conventions and vacation, travelers, particularly in the off-season. Pebbie describes" her position as ."challenging and exciting but with more pressures than I anticipated." anticipat-ed." Thos pressures include meeting deadlines, on advertising adver-tising layouts for, newspap-i ers. hillhnard nnrt hrnrhnr. succcjvsful planner of indust- : Vy meetings and traveled extensively as a result of his job. Her. interest was Vpark: ed and by the time she, enrolled at Michigan State, she was aimed atiithe busincssvollege. The school offered an unusual program in' HoteiRe'staurant Man- agement, the studen factually factu-ally ran a working hotel: the Kellogg Center. Deb graduated gradu-ated in 1975 after completing ' the four-year program. She r had trouble finding a position posi-tion in her -field, and so worked as a travel agent for 1 xh years. She was married at this time and together, she and her husband decided to move West. They settled in Salt' Lake Citv. where once .aqaiii hotel management positions were few and far between. She decided to apply as a clerk at the Hotel Utah, just to be in the hotel enviornment. Luckily, the hotel's director ,of sales overheard her interview, v Debbie was hired to work in the marketing departments She worked and traveled for. the HoVel Utah 1 for 4 years, before being offered- the. position of Director of Sa.es at Park, City's Holiday Inn. During her tenure there, she and other promoters of PC's : recreational facilities felt it would be. beneficial if. all the small budgets of individual "businesses were combined to ' allow for a better and more efficient promotional package. pack-age. These ideas were : the roots of the. Park City Convention Visitors Bureau of which Debbie Travis is , currently director.. . What about the future of such a successful career woman? Debbie loves the Utah climate and the numbers num-bers of warm, grassroots people she has met here. She appreciates the proximity of Salt Lake, which she rates as a safe, clean and cultural citv. But Park City may be growing a bit too rapidly for her-too cosmopolitan, the city's drug culture and affluence seem to be turning along the ways of Aspen and Vail. Soon the cost of living S in our city may be too high for comfort. Debbie loves the idea of a. home of her owr outside of town, in the cotinlry's peace and quiet. Speaking of home, I asked v about family. "The family unit is so important: I do ' wanl a family some day," shp replied. She fecis lucky ' lo have been raised in a home of warm, supportive parcnls who have in the past-am! past-am! continue in (he present lo encourage I heir children., Debbie is the youngest of lliree children. Her parents Please Turn to Page isa es. not to mention her concern over pleasing 16 different board members with her decisions. ,But Debbie loves her work, you can see it in her eyes and hear it in .her voice as she talks 'about her job. She especially appreciates the opportunity to travel which her position affords her. She travels all over the country to road shows, where she is responsible for setting up a booth promoting Park City and its recreational facilities. She has learned much about Park City and its history and attributes, as she must be able to fill conventioneers in on what they and their families will experience once l hey reach our fair city. Debbie also enjoys the people she meets and talks with; people who arc. for the most part, educated professionals. profess-ionals. She has, obviously added a lot of pleasure to her : live in her choice of professions. I was particularly interested interest-ed in how Debbie's choice came about. She told mc that she came about. She told mc that she became interested in association meeting planning plann-ing in' high school, as her boyfriend's father was a more women s room...... were in their, late 30V and early 40' s when they began having children. She feels their age and stability were the factors that allowed them the money, time and experience experi-ence to successfully raise their children. Parenting was a prideful activity for the Travises. They gave all they could when their children were in their care, and then they pushed them out and made them fly on their own. If Debbie is the examply of the result of their love and encouragement, they certainly cer-tainly did an excellent job. |