Visit San Antonio woos convention organizers in hopes of jump-starting industry

Last week, the CEO of the American Association of Orthodontists saw San Antonio in a way few tourists do.

Lynne Thomas Gordon enjoyed meals personally cooked by San Antonio’s celebrity chefs, sampled the Hill Country’s finest wines and sat in the front row at the Texas Cavaliers River Parade, one of Fiesta’s premier happenings.

Her visit, paid for by tourism marketing organization Visit San Antonio, even included a moment she said endeared the region to her.