Tourism Talk blog

I’m taking the opportunity today to brag about a couple of my coworkers, specifically senior marketing manager Derek Allman, CHIA , and content marketing manager Michael Robson . I consider them to be Internet marketing wunderkinds, being in the early phases of their careers but having great...

We are joining with the U.S. Travel Association this week to celebrate National Travel and Tourism Week (NTTW). You have heard us say this before, but Tourism Matters. And here's why... Why travel matters in Raleigh, N.C. We pass popular tourist sites like Marbles Kids Museum every day; we may...

Last week, GRCVB marketing, sports marketing and public relations staff attended the statewide travel and tourism industry conference, Visit North Carolina 365 . Destination marketing organizations and others from across the state gather each year to network and hear the latest on Visit North

The story of Raleigh, N.C. , at South by Southwest (SXSW) 2019 is one of collaboration. We talk about Raleigh being “a city that prides itself on our collaborative spirit,” which I suspect many cities say about themselves, but not so many do. You might have seen tweets and Instagram...

We don’t know if you have noticed, but GRCVB groups all of our communication about the business of destination marketing under one thematic umbrella— Tourism Talk . Anything that appears under the "Tourism Talk" header is tailored for hospitality partners, business leaders,...

We have been publishing a series of Tourism Talk blog posts we called "Backgrounders." We are sharing these because we want you to know about the rich professional experience that CVB leaders bring to the county. Today, we're providing background on the CVB's director of...

In the last few weeks, we have been sharing with you what our research tells us about visitors to Raleigh, N.C. ( Visitor Math: Jan. 14 ) and some of the rationale for why we promote the Raleigh area in the way we do. ( See the Jan. 21 blog about why we use the term and styling, Raleigh,...

If you were to observe those of us in the Bureau’s Marketing and Communications Department at work, you might notice that the decisions we make as we promote the area to visitors are not necessarily arbitrary ones. That is, they’re not based on our own sensibilities or...

We at GRCVB are doing our best to make sure our hospitality industry partners and other interested onlookers grasp the power of tourism in Wake County. We're talking about a multibillion-dollar sector of the local economy, directly supporting more than 25,500 jobs (in fact, there only 10...

Since we may be feeling some effects of Hurricane Irma on this Sept. 11, we thought we would mention a couple of key points about communication during a crisis in Wake County, specifically as it relates to visitors.* 1. If an emergency situation occurs in Wake County that has the potential to