Category - Issues, Trends and Accolades

Last week GRCVB released its calendar year-end Wake County Tourism Industry Report, highlighting key performance indicators and hospitality tax collections that continued their upward trajectory throughout 2023. In case you missed it, we're republishing the great news here on the Tourism Talk

GRSA Releases New Video

Wednesday, November 22, 2023, 9am by visitRaleigh

As part of its 25th anniversary year, Greater Raleigh Sports Alliance (GRSA) has released a brand-new and sparkling promotional video highlighting major sports venues in Wake County as well as the myriad of competitive events that Wake County is able to host. “We’re incredibly thankful...

GRCVB Wins Big at NCTIA Conference

Friday, November 17, 2023, 12pm by visitRaleigh

On Nov. 15-16, several members of GRCVB’s Marketing & Communications, Convention Sales and Destination Services teams attended the North Carolina Tourism Leadership Conference, held at The Westin Raleigh-Durham Airport in Raleigh. The annual conference is organized by the North Carolina...
In case you missed it, we want to make sure our partners and stakeholders heard this news from last week... Sports Destination Management , the leading publication with the largest circulation of sports event planners and tournament directors in the sports tourism market, has announced the 2023

Top Three Sports Moments from the GRSA Era

Thursday, October 19, 2023, 5pm by D. Scott Dupree

My first instinct was to compile a list of my top 25 sports moments during the GRSA era. The Greater Raleigh Sports Alliance, of course, is celebrating its 25th anniversary this year. In that quarter of a century a lot, and I mean an uppercase, boldfaced and underlined A LOT , of amazing events have
Pride Month is in full swing here in Wake County, and GRCVB is celebrating alongside Raleigh Pride's slate of events and this weekend's Out! Raleigh Pride with resources for incoming LGBTQ travelers. Through sharing LGBTQ shopping options to nightlife and dining, GRCVB wants all visitors,...
In the coming weeks, GRCVB will be releasing its 2023-2024 Business Plan, which includes invaluable information for hospitality business partners' and other stakeholder organizations' use in their own planning for the coming year. We encourage our area partners to reference the annual...