And now, Tom's Newsmaker guest is Al Hutchinson, the president and CEO of Visit Baltimore, the city's official destination sales and marketing organization.

Charm City is playing host for the first time to the annual CIAA Men’s and Women’s Basketball Tournament this week (2/21-2/26). Visit Baltimore hopes the event will draw thousands of tourists and kickstart the return of local tourism.

Al Hutchinson joins us on Zoom (and his mobile) from the Royal Farms Arena in Baltimore, venue for the CIAA tournament…

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