May 21, 2019
Spring 2019
A Tourist in My Own Town: Taking A Fresh Look at Coastal Alabama
By Marcia Bradford, ConventionSouth Senior Editor
My experiences with the Alabama Gulf Coast go WAY back. My husband and I have lived in Gulf Shores for more than 20 years and our children were raised …
April 17, 2019
Site Visit By D. Fran Morley
My husband is a fiddle player by trade, and recently, he had to be in Knoxville for a concert. I thought it was a perfect opportunity to go along and …
December 13, 2018
By D. Fran Morley
For nearly 25 years, starting in the early 1990s, I lived in Fairhope, Alabama, just a few miles down the road from the “Queen of Southern Resorts,” the Grand Hotel Golf Resort and Spa at Point Clear, a 550-acre resort complex on the shore of Mobile Bay. Over the …
July 11, 2018
by D. Fran Morley
Within minutes of checking in to my room at Wyndham Grand Clearwater Beach, I unpacked, changed clothes and hit the beach for a long walk. That set the stage for the rest of my site visit trip: if I had even a short break, I was …
June 12, 2018
By T. Wayne Waters
It’s been something like six years since I’ve visited Wilmington, N.C. so I was happy to be coming back to the city for a recent press trip hosted by Wilmington.c. River District & Island Beaches. My earlier visit had been purely as a tourist and I …
May 24, 2018
Our destination was Legacy West, a recently opened 225-acre development anchored by the magnificent new Renaissance Dallas at Legacy West Plano. Like Legacy, its older sister property a couple blocks over, Legacy West is a true multi-use development, home to the headquarters of major corporations such as Toyota North America, Liberty Mutual, JP Morgan Chase & Company.
May 16, 2018
It’s easy to use the cliché “string of pearls” when describing the 16 communities and neighborhoods that dot the beach and back bays of South Walton County, Florida. But reflecting on the days I recently spent there as part of a press trip hosted by Visit South Walton, I think …
April 27, 2018
Because I live just a few hours away, I have been fortunate to visit the Destin, Fla. area many times, but it’s still a thrill each time I see the clear turquoise water and glittering white sand that is characteristic of this stretch of the gulf coast. On a recent …
April 19, 2018
In late March, ConventionSouth Contributing Editor Shannon Rasmussen visited the newly renovated Hotel Crescent Court in Dallas. Read about her experience below.
During a recent visit, I had the opportunity to view the results of The Hotel Crescent Court’s $33 million renovation as it neared its April completion.
Throughout …
March 20, 2018
Exploring the grounds of the 3,000-acre Barnsley Resort in Adairsville, Ga. has been one of the highlights of 2018! I came for the Grand Reveal event yesterday showcasing the brand new, breathtaking Inn at Barnsley Resort and Georgian Hall, but I stayed to experience many …
