Gering will host the 2012 Nebraska Travel Conference Oct. 24-25.

Karla Niedan-Streeks, Executive Director of the Gering Convention and Visitors Bureau says 368 people had registered for the conference as of late last week, 20 more than the last time Gering hosted the conference in 2004.

Streeks says the conference gives the Scottsbluff-Gering area a chance to showcase its hospitality and attractions, including a ’50’s theme night at Cozad’s Garage planned Wednesday evening. Topics in the marketing and tourism development sessions during the conference include using social media, engaging youth in tourism, and financing great tourism ideas.