October 14, 2015
Nominations are complete and voting is now underway for the 2015 ConventionSouth Readers’ Choice Awards.
Nominations for the annual awards, which closed October 11, are also selected from readers’ suggestions during the year. Those nominations are grouped state-by-state on the final ballot for the most creative and professional CVBs, conventions centers, hotels …
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October 13, 2015
MOBILE, Ala. – In a two-part repositioning effort, the Mobile Bay Convention & Visitors Bureau (MBCVB) – the official tourism and convention marketing organization for the City, County and the Mobile area hospitality industry – announced a name change and the launch of a new brand. The MBCVB will now be …
October 7, 2015
PIGEON FORGE, Tenn. – Dollywood continues to rack up accolades from Amusement Today’s annual Golden Ticket Awards, this year earning three “best of” awards and placing in the Top 5 in seven additional categories during the magazine’s 2015 awards ceremony in New York City.
Dollywood’s three Golden Ticket Awards …
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 …
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. …
