Tourism Talk blog

Big news! The 2023 Official Visitors Guide to Raleigh, Cary and Wake County is off the press and ready to circulate to visitors, clients, partners and stakeholders. It's especially big news this year because the last guide GRCVB published went to press in April 2020, thus (because of the...

The beginning of a new year is always a good time to check in with community leaders, to ask about their plans and dreams for the next 12 months, what's on their minds, what keeps them up at night, and in our case, what do all hospitality partners and stakeholders need to know about the big...

It’s been a great year for national and international media coverage of Raleigh and Wake County. We have been mentioned in some of the largest media outlets in the world throughout the year, and together this earned coverage accounts for hundreds of millions of impressions about our...

It's finally beginning to feel like fall in Raleigh and Wake County. The leaves are changing, the temperature is starting to cool, and we're looking ahead to the holidays and new year. What better time to meet with friends and colleagues to network and share destination marketing updates...

Resilience: (noun) re·​sil·​ience | \ ri-ˈzil-yən(t)s \ Specifically organizational resilience: the ability of an organization to anticipate, prepare for, respond and adapt to incremental change and sudden disruptions, to survive and prosper. In 2018-2019, our...

We're always in favor of sharing information and referral resources so that our hospitality business partners can know what to feature with promotions about visiting their own establishments as well as our greater area. That's why we're highlighting three significant and...

We all know a picture is worth a thousand words, but when looking at these photos, you can almost hear the bluegrass. Downtown Raleigh, N.C., was privileged to again host IBMA World of Bluegrass from Sept. 27-Oct. 1, 2022. Hurricane Ian made his presence known by causing all of the festivities to

Since everyone else is heading back to school, we figured it was time for us, too, so we are bringing back live and in-person Tourism U classes, GRCVB's award-winning learning track for tourism and destination education. We launched Tourism U 100 Level in 2019 and tested several in-person...

GRCVB hosted its 35th Annual Meeting on Thurs., Aug. 18, 2022, at A.J. Fletcher Opera Theater at Duke Energy Center for the Performing Arts. Here’s a summary of the meeting... GRCVB Board of Directors chair Mark Zimmerman reported top-line 2021 and 2022 tourism numbers. At the close of the...

Here’s something we haven’t been able to say for a while—the Official Visitors Guide to Raleigh, Cary and Wake County is back! The guide is in the early stages of production with a targeted publication date of Feb. 2023. The last time we announced a new Official Visitors Guide...