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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...

Shortly before the Thanksgiving holiday, several members of GRCVB's Marketing & Communications team attended the North Carolina Tourism Leadership Conference in Charlotte, hosted by the N.C. Travel Industry Association (NCTIA). The event includes sessions and presentations from travel...

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...

The GRCVB Convention Sales Department hosted its fourth annual Meeting Professionals Summit on Thurs., Aug. 11, 2022, at the Raleigh Marriott Crabtree Valley to educate, network and promote best practices among meeting planners, area hoteliers and venues, as well as enjoy a candle-making class

Meeting Professionals International (MPI) seeks to “activate, educate, support and connect the people who are passionate about bringing people together.” The association leads the industry in professional development that “advances the meeting and event” space. Many of...

Here at GRCVB, we talk a lot about the various tools we share with partners to help get them in front of leisure and business visitors. One such tool is our Partner Information eXchange Login (PIXL), which many of our hotel partners know well thanks to our opportunities (leads) module that allows

It's as if we were prescient. About two and a half years ago at this time, we in GRCVB's Marketing Department had started working with our advertising and creative agency, Avenir Bold, to develop a new theme for destination advertising and promotion. We were looking for an idea and...

Let me tell you what happened to me last week. On Monday, my colleague in the Marketing Department, Carly Delengowski, was working on a blog post for the meetings section of our website that highlighted renovations at the John Chavis Memorial Park and Community Center. Because I'm the keeper of...

In the last few weeks, GRCVB has hired two new employees to fill recently-vacated positions. That means the Bureau is back to being fully staffed, 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, content

GRCVB and the North Carolina Restaurant and Lodging Association (NCRLA) hosted a digital briefing on Dec. 15, 2021. In addition to updates from both organizations, callers heard from Ben Ellsworth, founder of Gigpro, an application that helps hospitality employers find shift employees quickly.