
J.D. D'Alfonso
President & CEO of Discover Peoria (Peoria Area Convention and Visitors Bureau), the destination marketing organization for the Peoria, Illinois area.
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Sep 23, 2026
JD Dalfonso CEO of Discover Peoria
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J.D. DalfonsoGUEST
The role of the city was fantastic because they know what they were doing last night was approving the wants and desires of the hotel owners and then agreeing that they will collect the assessment on behalf of them to pass along.
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4:59Phil LucianoHOST
And so does this move Peoria past the other, you know, Quad Cities, Bloomington, that kind of thing? No.
What does tourism look like in Illinois’ smaller cities?
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J.D. D'AlfonsoGUEST
So, you know, I had run a destination marketing agency or, you know, organization.

J.D. D'AlfonsoGUEST
But I encourage them to be authentic, I would say realistic in how we promote our destination.

J.D. D'AlfonsoGUEST
One of the things we got to do is continue to try and separate ourselves as a tier two city, if you want to classify us as that.
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Brian MackeyHOST
So, JD, talk to me more about, you know, selling a perfectly reasonable weekend rather than an epic weekend in Peoria.