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Visit Raleigh president and CEO Dennis Edwards recently received the Executive Excellence Award at the Event Service Professionals Association (ESPA) annual conference in Kansas City, Mo., Jan. 21-23. He was given the prestigious award for his commitment and dedication to the industry, as well as

Welcome to the third installment of our "Meet the Team" series with the Visit Raleigh Sales Department! In this Q&A, national sales manager Marc Dooner shares his favorite things to do in Raleigh, N.C., what he loves about the meetings industry plus more. Celebrating two years with the...

Welcome to the second installment of our "Meet the Team" series with the Visit Raleigh Sales Department! In this Q&A, associate director of sales Stephen Jackson, CMP, shares his favorite things to do in Raleigh, N.C., what he loves about the meetings industry plus more. A Visit...

Welcome to the first installment of our "Meet the Team" series with the Visit Raleigh Sales Department! The first Q&A up is with director of sales Malinda Harrell, CMP, CASE, who has been part of the hospitality industry for 25+ years. At Visit Raleigh, Harrell oversees the entire...

Updated Jan. 31, 2020, noon New sales team members at Visit Raleigh, internal promotions and market assignment updates Visit Raleigh welcomed Marc Dooner as national sales manager and Kathryn Hollomon as sales manager. Kathryn earned her degree in Business Administration from the University of North

Visit Raleigh's Convention Services Department hosted a National Celebrate Services Event titled "We're All About Service—Supporting Food With a Conscience," participating in the Event Service Professionals Association's 2018 National Celebrate Services Week, July...

RDU International Airport Announces Five New Nonstop Destinations Frontier Airlines unveiled plans for a major new expansion at RDU International Airport, and Allegiant Air added a new flight of their own to bring the total nonstop destinations served by RDU to 54. Low-cost carrier Frontier

The Greater Raleigh CVB's Convention Services Department hosted a "Services Gives Back" event, participating in the Event Service Professionals Association's 2017 National Celebrate Services Week, July 31-Aug. 4. Not only did we celebrate services and the wonderful job convention...

Hello! My name is Karen DeSollar and I am responsible for creative services at the Greater Raleigh Convention and Visitors Bureau. I work often, through our Services Department, with meeting planners who are bringing their events to Raleigh, N.C. If you're a meeting planner and you're...

You've worked hard for months preparing for your event in Raleigh, N.C., and arrival time is just around the corner. As a planner, what would be your last planning step before you go into actual event production mode on-site? In the Raleigh area, the Greater Raleigh Convention and Visitors...