Tag - Passionate Minds

Binge-Watching the Brand

Friday, April 14, 2023, 11am by visitRaleigh

We use as many marketing tools as we can effectively manage at GRCVB to promote Wake County as a destination for travel of all types. These include traditional, tried-and-true methods like print collateral, email, environmental graphics, display advertising and, of course, visitRaleigh.com. In

What Do the Little Letters Mean?

Friday, March 24, 2023, 10am by visitRaleigh

In this case, we're referring to the letters after the names of GRCVB staff on our business cards, in email signatures or in publications. Those letters refer to advanced credentials and training programs in the hospitality, events and tourism industries. That means these staff members have...
We often use the Tourism Talk blog to introduce our audience to significant partners and stakeholders with whom we work at GRCVB. They are significant because they all have something in common—they all enrich the tourism ecosystem in Wake County. These are people you need to have in your...

The 2023 Official Visitors Guide Is Available!

Thursday, January 26, 2023, 12pm by visitRaleigh

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...

Makers with a Mission

Friday, January 13, 2023, 2pm by visitRaleigh

Since the destination brand's refresh in 2015, we at GRCVB have made every effort to showcase as many local, passionate-minded makers as we possibly can. For the past seven-plus years, we have been working with many Wake County businesses to create a product inventory that GRCVB can use...

New Year Conversation with Dennis Edwards

Thursday, January 05, 2023, 12pm by visitRaleigh

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...

50 of Our Favorite Snaps of 2022

Thursday, December 08, 2022, 12pm by visitRaleigh

As we do every year, we have collected thousands of images that relate to hospitality and tourism in Wake County during 2022. Added to the library this year were festivals/events, businesses, attractions and, most importantly, people, including the visitors and employees who make our area's