Tourism Talk blog

Happy Thanksgiving week! Those of us who work in the hospitality industries in Wake County talk everyday about how grateful we are for visitors to our area. We love showing off all of Raleigh’s assets, and we know that our businesses benefit from hosting out-of-town guests. In fact,...

In late Sept., amid some simple tips for using GRCVB’s 2017-2018 Business Plan as a business planning resource, I suggested that our area hospitality businesses compare and contrast their average customers with the average visitor to Raleigh and Wake County. Doing this allows us to look for...

If you have new employees who don't know what a Convention and Visitors Bureau does (or if you need a refresher yourself), we have prepared an introductory document about the Greater Raleigh Convention and Visitors Bureau (GRCVB) for you to share with your employees. The New Hospitality...

The Greater Raleigh CVB has thousands of peer organizations throughout the world, each representing a city/county, region, state or nation, and many are members of our CVB industry association, the Destination Marketing Association International (established 1914), officially rechristened as

Welcome to the inaugural edition of the Tourism Talk blog. This new blog is intended for the Wake County hospitality community, business and corporate supporters, local residents, local governments and elected officials and will focus on the business of tourism in our area. In next week's blog