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Originally uploaded March 14th, reloaded April 13th. Chris Holman welcomes back Julie Pingston, President & CEO, Choose Lansing, Lansing, MI. Welcome back Julie, you've just wrapped up your Annual Meeting, tell us about that, and about its focus? And in that meeting you celebrated some record-breaking numbers please share those? One of Choose Lansing and the area's strengths are its CTAs tell us about those and some of them who were recognized yesterday? A feature of your meetings has been to observe anniversaries of some key businesses and organizations, who was honored this year? You alluded to the future in your January interview, tell us about "THE LIST"? “The industry continues to gain positive momentum, ending 2024 with a record-breaking 1,112,196 rooms consumed,” said Julie Pingston, Choose Lansing® President and CEO. “The hotel occupancy rate landed at 54.2%, surpassing 2023’s occupancy rate, both of which are offset by the addition of 800 hotel rooms to the overall inventory since 2019. We’re al