Tag - GRSA

GRCVB Wins Big at 2024 NCTIA Conference

Friday, December 06, 2024, 1pm by visitRaleigh

GRCVB award winners at the 2024 Tourism Leadership Conference. From left: Vimal Vyas, CDME, vice president of data, security and digital innovation; Derek Allman, associate director of marketing and communications; Amber Harmon, design manager; Carly Delengowski, CGSP®, content marketing...
Raleigh, N.C. (Nov. 14, 2024) – Visit Raleigh released the Wake County Tourism Industry Report for the third quarter of 2024 today. Key performance indicators (KPIs), hospitality tax collections and prepared food and beverage tax collections continue to see increases over 2023 year-to-date...

New GRCVB Offices and Updates!

Friday, September 20, 2024, 9am by Andrew H. Baker, TMP, FEP

If you follow our social channels, you've probably already heard, but we are excited to officially share in the Tourism Talk blog that GRCVB's offices have moved! After nearly 25 years at One City Plaza in downtown Raleigh, GRCVB and its GRSA division offices now can be found at 434...
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
If you are familiar with GRCVB, you might have heard of or attended Tourism U, an advocacy program focused on tourism and destination education. If not, we would love to meet with you and your team. (Email us here if you're interested in setting up a Tourism U 100 session for your staff!) We...

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