DISCOVER PALM BEACH COUNTY, INC.
WEST PALM BEACH, FLORIDA

If you’re in town without a car or rental vehicle, first check with your hotel to see if they can provide a shuttle to the SunFest venue. If not, Palm Beach County offers public bus routes through most of the city, a map can help plan a trip The heart of a community can be found in its culture, with the town music hall or playhouse as a popular place where people share the experience of music, dance and theater. Now in its third decade of existence, The Raymond F. Kravis Center for The Performing Arts has been center stage for The Palm Beaches’ performing arts community. Filling the need for a truly world-class performing arts center in West Palm Beach, the building provides a venue fit for the finest musical, dance and dramatic acts. The building’s domed rooflines and gleaming glass façade are unique and beautiful, and as eye-catching as the day it opened in 1992. Tourism is among Palm Beach County's major industries. It generates an annual economic impact of approximately $7 billion in the local economy, produces $42 million in bed-tax revenue and lodging sales of approximately $623 million and supports more than 66,000 jobs. Discover Palm Beach County Inc. dba Discover The Palm Beaches (DTPB) serves as Palm Beach County's travel planning resource for domestic and international visitors. As the official destination marketing organization charged with promoting Palm Beach County as a leisure travel and meetings destination, Discover The Palm Beaches plans and executes initiatives in a broad range of areas including sales, marketing, research, visitor services and industry relations. The goal is to deliver the right message through the right medium to the right audience at the right time in order to increase visitation and economic impact in Palm Beach County. Discover The Palm Beaches is a private non-profit corporation that is funded primarily by the collection of a "bed tax" paid by lodging guests for short-term stays in Palm Beach County. The Palm Beach County Tourist Development Council (TDC) was established by the Palm Beach County Board of County Commissioners in 1981. In 1982, Palm Beach County enacted its first tourist tax and created a Tourist Development Plan for spending the revenues generated by the tax. The tourist tax, commonly known as the "bed tax," is levied on lodging room nights in the County for a term of six months or less. Discover Palm Beach County, the original name of what is now known as Discover The Palm Beaches, was formed in 1983 as a nonprofit entity. DTPB operates under a contract with Palm Beach County to provide tourism marketing services under the County's Tourist Development Plan and receives funding from a portion of the "bed tax" collected in the County. DTPB's Board of Directors provides supervision over DTPB affairs. Discover The Palm Beaches is only one of the non-profit tourism organizations acting under contract to the County. The Tourist Development Council whose responsibility is contract oversight of the agencies funded by the "bed tax," also acts as liaison between the agencies and the Board of County Commissioners. The other agencies under the umbrella of the TDC are the Cultural Council of Palm Beach County, the Palm Beach County Film & Television Commission and the Palm Beach County Sports Commission. Mission The Board of Directors is that group of persons vested with the management of the business and affairs of this Corporation, subject to the law, the Articles of Incorporation, and these Bylaws. Whether you are visiting The Palm Beaches for the first time, a seasoned guest, meeting planner, member of the media or the travel industry, the staff at Discover The Palm Beaches is here to help answer your questions.