October 6, 2015
Southern Pines, NC – The Convention & Visitors Bureau (CVB) for the Pinehurst, Southern Pines, Aberdeen Area announced the promotion of Beverly Stewart to Vice President of Sales. Stewart has served as the CVB’s Director of Sales since 1991, where she led the bureau’s direct sales …
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October 6, 2015
The Sports Events industry’s unique annual meeting know as “The Relationship Conference” kicked off a busy four day agenda on Monday, October 5th in Shreveport-Bossier City, Louisiana. Registration was underway all day long at the Shreveport Convention Center for S.P.O.R.T.S. 2015, as delegates from across North America gathered to make …
October 1, 2015
By Sabe Fink
Looking for top meeting sites in the South? Then you need to meet College Park and Cobb County, Georgia.
College Park: Crossroads Of The New South
“Hosting a meeting, convention or event in College Park provides unique advantages to respective attendees,” said Meet College Park President Cookie Smoak. …
October 1, 2015
Jackson Restaurant Week has scheduled October 5-11 for its sixth season showcasing the best of Jackson’s culinary scene. Join us in Jackson, Mississippi for fourteen days of good eats and great giving. Jackson Restaurant Weeks is special because it shines the light on our best local eateries – but also our best local …
September 30, 2015
Shreveport and Bossier City market themselves as “Louisiana’s Other Side” to accentuate their location near the state’s western border with Texas. More specifically, Shreveport-Bossier is in the northwest corner of Louisiana where I-20 and I-49 converge. The Shreveport Regional Airport (SHV) is served by four airlines.
“Our team believes Shreveport-Bossier …
September 28, 2015
By Austin Dressman – VisitHoustonTexas.comHouston is ranked No. 3 by Travel + Leisure in “America’s Most Cultured Cities 2015”. The city’s cultural dominance will soon be reinforced with the creation of the 36-acre Sawyer Yards arts campus, one of the largest art destinations of its kind in the country.
With the …
September 25, 2015
Planning and hosting sports events can be much different than business meetings, social events or conventions. Industry professionals offer the following best-practice tips for working with these groups.
1. Staffing Staffing is key to success, said Nicole Seltzer, director of convention center sales with the Memphis Cook Convention Center. …September 25, 2015
With facilities such as the 44,000-square-foot Northwest Arkansas Convention Center (NACC) and adjacent Holiday Inn, more than 1,500 hotel rooms, additional flexible meeting space nearby, great dining and a central location in booming Northwest Arkansas, Springdale is the ideal place for a small group meeting or …
September 23, 2015
By Selena Chavis
In recent years, the potential of the sports events market has garnered notable attention from destination marketing groups, carving out a respectable, sustainable niche. While meetings and events are rebounding across the board following a few turbulent, lean years, the sports events industry has maintained a strong, steady presence, …
September 23, 2015
By Ashley Wright
From convention centers in large metropolitan areas that offer the hustle and bustle of urban life to expo halls in smaller towns with a slower pace and hometown charm, the South is filled with a variety of large event spaces that can meet the needs of …
