Snyder to Retire From Convention Bureau
The president of the Anaheim Area Visitor & Convention Bureau, William F. Snyder, plans to retire Sept. 30 after 24 years with the bureau.
During Snyder’s tenure, the Anaheim Convention Center’s business has grown from 92,000 convention delegates in 1968 to more than 1 million last year. He first served as executive vice president, then became president in 1973.
During the same period, the number of visitors to Orange County increased from 12 million to 38 million. Snyder, who will assist the bureau in its search for a successor, was unavailable for comment Friday.
In the early 1960s, before coming to Anaheim, the Penn State University graduate was convention manager for the Philadelphia Convention and Visitors Bureau.
He has served on a number of tourism-related boards and commissions. He was president and chairman of the International Assn. of Convention and Visitors Bureaus, president of the California Assn. of Convention and Visitors Bureaus and founder of the Western Tourism Conference.
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