Tourism Talk blog

GRCVB continues to grow alongside Raleigh and Wake County. In the past few weeks, we have welcomed three new team members to the GRCVB staff. Get to know Emma, Davis and Hannah (pictured from left to right above)! Emma Bridges joins the Marketing and Communications Department as social media

The clock is ticking on being involved in GRCVB's most targeted and highly requested advertising opportunity each year. Our Official Visitors Guide to Raleigh, Cary and Wake County is distributed countywide and beyond as an inspirational guide to prospective and confirmed travelers to our

GRCVB convention sales team members Stephen Jackson, CMP, and Loretta Yingling, CMP Fellow, traveled to Calif., Aug. 9-12, 2025, to represent our destination at the American Society of Association Executives (ASAE) Annual Meeting & Exposition. Alongside Stephen and Loretta, industry partners...

GRCVB’s 2024-2025 Annual Report was released last week, with the online report including summaries from each of the Bureau’s departments (Convention Sales, Destination Services, Marketing and Communications, Public Relations and International Tourism, Sports Marketing, Administration...

In the lead-up to the 2025 GRCVB Annual Meeting this week, GRCVB is releasing our Official Media Kit for 2025-2026, a collection of Bureau-approved avenues to promote your business or organization to potential visitors. While every hospitality partner in Wake County already receives free, year-round

June is Pride Month here in Wake County, and GRCVB is celebrating alongside Raleigh Pride's slate of events with resources for incoming LGBTQ travelers. Through sharing LGBTQ shopping options to nightlife and dining, GRCVB wants all visitors, regardless of gender identity or sexual orientation,...

GRCVB stays busy throughout the year promoting restaurants, attractions, hotels and more to visitors and locals alike. But did you know that the most-consulted section of visitRaleigh.com, other than the visitRaleigh insider blog, is the Calendar of Events? As we approach summer, visitor (and local)

In case you missed it, we recently published to our meetings and conventions blog trends in the industry as we look further ahead into 2025. Here are six key trends to watch in the meetings space and how Raleigh, N.C., is leading the charge... Hybrid and hybrid-friendly events Hybrid...

Part of our job at GRCVB, specifically in the Marketing and Communications Department, is to create and maintain the destination photo/video library. Over the last 15+ years, we have accumulated more than 30,000 images and videos of Wake County, of area hospitality business partners and venues, of

At GRCVB we believe that our local partners are the backbone of what makes Raleigh and Wake County truly a charming and diverse place to visit. The official tourism website, visitRaleigh.com, not only operates to help promote all Wake County visitor-facing businesses free-of-charge, but also it