Tourism Talk blog

Raleigh and Wake County boast hundreds of options for meeting and event planners, be it venues and hotels for the business functions themselves or restaurants and attractions for arriving groups before/after their functions. To simplify our geography as well as our many business listings for

Right on time for visitors to start planning their trips this year, the 2024 Official Visitors Guide to Raleigh, Cary and Wake County is hot off the presses and ready to promote area hospitality partners and inspire visitors! The Official Visitors Guide to Raleigh, Cary and Wake County is...

It's a new year, and classes at the Raleigh area's colleges/universities are starting back up for the spring semester. What better time for GRCVB partners to get into the school mindset than by scheduling a Tourism U for you and your team! For the unversed, Tourism U is GRCVB's...

Just as Raleigh and Wake County continue to grow, GRCVB is growing within its ranks. Last week we welcomed Abigail Bekele to the Bureau as our social media coordinator. She will be working alongside assistant director of marketing and communications Michael Robson to execute new and exciting social

It's 2024, and we're excited to kick off a new year with another Tourism Talk Live! For the uninitiated, Tourism Talk Live is GRCVB's quarterly marketing update meeting in which we share with our partners what we've been up to and how we can work together better in the future to...

At GRCVB, staff retirements are rare (despite our staff’s combined 340 years of service!), and though certain staffers lately have retired after decades shaping their department’s strategic scope, it is an even rarer occasion we face this month with the retirement of GRCVB’s...

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...

In the last few weeks, GRCVB has hired two new employees, and we want to introduce you to those newest team members today. We will begin with a new hire in the Marketing and Communications Department, design manager Amber Harmon. Amber is replacing current creative director Karen DeSollar, who will

By November it's finally feeling like fall, and we're excited to get together with our partners for this quarter's Tourism Talk Live! For new partners who don't know, Tourism Talk Live is GRCVB's quarterly marketing update meeting, where we share initiatives we have worked...

Since the 2005 publication of Destination BrandScience by our international industry association and the rapid adoption of its recommended practices, CVBs around the world have become the most relevant stewards of their communities’ brand identity/strategy to most of the audiences or...