Tourism Talk blog

We have been reporting on GRCVB's launch of a comprehensive marketing campaign supporting area tourism's rebuild and recovery, themed “Wish You Were Here” (WYWH), in Aug. 2020. Through WYWH messaging, we are doing our best to persuade potential visitors (individual families...

Everywhere we go these days, someone is taking our temperature. So this week, we are "taking the temperature" of GRCVB and of tourism in Wake County. We asked Dennis Edwards for his honest appraisal of the current pandemic situation from his role as president and CEO, its impact on the...

Again this week, we're reporting about the work the GRCVB team has been doing during the COVID crisis. This week you are hearing from Scott Peacock, director of the Public Relations and International Tourism Department. Media relations In March, when the pandemic shut down the travel industry...

Last week you heard from the Greater Raleigh Sports Alliance on how that team at GRCVB has been working hard during the COVID crisis. This week you are hearing from the Marketing and Communications Department and its director, Jonathan Freeze, CDME. On March 23, 2020, we officially activated the

You have been hearing from each department throughout the Greater Raleigh CVB in past weeks about what we have been working on during this COVID crisis. This week you are hearing from the Greater Raleigh Sports Alliance (GRSA) and its director, Tori Collins. The GRSA team has been working on their

Again this week, we're reporting about the work the GRCVB team has been doing during the COVID crisis. This week you are hearing from the Destination Services Department and its director, Julie Brakenbury, CGSP ® . GRCVB’s Destination Services team includes both visitor services...

You will be hearing from each department throughout the Greater Raleigh CVB in the coming weeks about what we have been working on during this COVID crisis. This week you are hearing from the Sales Department and its director, Malinda Harrell, CMP, CASE. Since March, the spread of COVID-19 has

Last week you heard from the Administration Department on how that team at GRCVB has been working hard during the COVID crisis. This week you are hearing from the Destination Technology Department and its director, Vimal Vyas. As with all departments, we immediately worked on addressing budget cuts

You will be hearing from each department throughout the Greater Raleigh CVB in the coming weeks about what we have been working on during this COVID crisis. This week you are hearing from the Administration Department. Like all of you, we immediately worked on addressing budget cuts beginning in

GRCVB staff members are often called on to bring insights and expertise about destination management and marketing to media and to other tourism industry peers. Last week, executive vice president Loren J. Gold was interviewed by David Peacock about "Stakeholder Collaboration and the...