Holiday Wish List
It’s hard to believe the holidays are right around the corner, but the Bureau is getting ready by compiling events, giveaways, special packages and promotions. If your hotel or organization is offering special rates, deals or packages during the holiday season (November – January), please email Nolan Garner, ngarner@visitRaleigh.com or enter it here http://www.visitRaleigh.com/partners/submit_an_event_or_hotel_package/.

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Soccer Frenzy
November in the Raleigh area unofficially has been designated as soccer month! For six weeks, the largest youth sporting event in Triangle history begins as 1,100 youth soccer teams from throughout the U.S. travel to Greater Raleigh for the CASL visitRaleigh.com National Soccer Series presented by Chelsea Football Club. Combined, the National Soccer Series will bring approximately 970 teams to the Raleigh area, playing in nine sports venues (seven in the Raleigh area and one each in partner cities Wilson and Rocky Mount) generating more than 25,000 hotel room-nights and more than $7.5 million in direct visitor spending.

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Housekeeping
Bureau offices will be closed on November 24-25 for Thanksgiving and on December 26-27 and January 2 for Christmas and New Year’s holidays.

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Staff Hits the Road
It was a busy month for the Bureau staff attending tradeshows and industry conferences. Malinda Pettaway, CMP, CASE, associate director of sales, and Loretta Yingling, CMP, national sales manager, attended Meetings Quest Atlanta—a sales opportunity with 250 Atlanta-based planners from the corporate, association, non-profit and government segments. Jana Rae Oliver, director of sales, partnered with Bryn Rich, sales manager at The Umstead Hotel and Spa, to attend Meetings Quest in Minneapolis, where they had the opportunity to meet with more than 100 corporate and association meeting planners. The Sports Marketing Department represented the Bureau at the recent TEAMS Conference in Las Vegas, the leading conference and expo in the sports event and travel industry; the GRCVB partnered with other destinations through North Carolina to represent the state as a premiere sports and tourism destination.

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Greater Raleigh CVB Receives Prestigious W3 Award
The Greater Raleigh Convention and Visitors Bureau received a Silver Award in the 2011 W³ Awards competition, for the visitRaleigh iPhone app released earlier this year. This free app gives users another smart way to visit Raleigh, by putting a guide to all things “Greater Raleigh” in the palm of area visitors’ hands. The W³ Awards honor creative excellence on the Web and recognize the creative and marketing professionals behind award-winning sites, marketing programs and video work created for the Web.

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Media Tour Yields Press Coverage
The Bureau’s Communications Department hosted six journalists from Tuesday, October 25, through Friday, October 28, for a media tour. Many of the journalists have already began sharing their experiences with their readers, writing about everything from individual restaurants to ghostly experiences with Tobacco Road Tours to fun, tailgate experiences during a Carolina Hurricanes game at the RBC Center.

Articles, many of which included photographs and videos, have already been posted to several online media outlets, including The Examiner, The Herald-Dispatch, Tifton Gazette, Dave’s Travel Corner and numerous Facebook and Twitter feeds.

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Film Industry Comes Calling
The Greater Raleigh CVB and the Triangle Regional Film Commission were proud to welcome the cast and crew of Arthur Newman, Golf Pro to the Raleigh area. The film, which stars Academy Award-winning actor Colin Firth and actress Emily Blunt, shot scenes in Raleigh November 8-10. Be sure to look for the upcoming film, where you’ll be able to catch a glimpse of Greater Raleigh on the big screen.

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