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New CVB Media Advertising Plan Will Draw Visitors Who Help Sustain Area Business While Contributing to Local and State Tax Revenues
The media advertising plan is designed to attract highly targeted audiences in new markets that include New York City and Chicago, as well as other key cities across North and South Carolina, the Southeast, the Mid-Atlantic and the Midwest.
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Explore Asheville CVB Announces Free Marketing Seminar by Agency Experts
Explore Asheville CVB invites Buncombe County businesses, non-profit organizations and tourism partners to register for a free, day-long marketing seminar to be held on August 6.
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BCTDA Establishes Community Leadership Council and New Website as Part of Engagement Process to Plan for Community Assets
The Community Leadership Council (CLC) is a volunteer committee that will support the work of creating the TMIP. The group will review progress during several phases, share feedback and offer perspectives from the broader community.
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The Aloft Asheville Downtown is awarded the 2019 Alice S. Marriott Award for Community Service
As one of Marriott’s 7,000 properties, McKibbon Hospitality’s Aloft Asheville Downtown just put the national spotlight on Asheville after receiving the Alice S. Marriott Award for Community Service. This is an incredible honor highlighting the Aloft team’s dedication to serving our community.
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Tourism Industry Supports Local Nonprofits
“We are continually amazed by the philanthropic nature of our culinary and hospitality community here and how generous they are to the local community,” says Mary Nesbitt, chief development officer of Asheville-based hunger relief nonprofit MANNA FoodBank. “The contributions they make are immeasurable.”
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BCTDA Board Member Himanshu Karvir, WLOS “Person of the Week”!
WLOS Persons of the Week, Himanshu Karvir and his wife Swati Patel, have made the drive their annual passion project. They help collect hundreds of backpacks every year. “Just to find out there was such a huge need for supplies like pencils and notebooks was really surprising to me,” Himanshu said. “That’s what drives my wife and I, is we have to help people in Buncombe County. We have to help our neighbors. That’s where it starts.”
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Planning for the Future of Tourism in Buncombe County | OPINION
Here at the culmination of National Tourism Week (May 5-11) and with the start of the summer travel season on the horizon, the timing feels right to shine a light on the public good that we can attribute to tourism and share the ways that lodging tax revenue will be activated to help manage impacts and plan future investments for the benefit of both Asheville area residents and visitors.
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Lodging Tax Supports Local People | LETTER
Every day, I am inspired by local people who launch and live their dreams here, dreams that are possible because of tourism.
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New CVB Media Advertising Plan Will Draw Visitors Who Help Sustain Area Business While Contributing to Local and State Tax Revenues
The media advertising plan is designed to attract highly targeted audiences in new markets that include New York City and Chicago, as well as other key cities across North and South Carolina, the Southeast, the Mid-Atlantic and the Midwest.
read more
Explore Asheville CVB Announces Free Marketing Seminar by Agency Experts
Explore Asheville CVB invites Buncombe County businesses, non-profit organizations and tourism partners to register for a free, day-long marketing seminar to be held on August 6.
read more
BCTDA Establishes Community Leadership Council and New Website as Part of Engagement Process to Plan for Community Assets
The Community Leadership Council (CLC) is a volunteer committee that will support the work of creating the TMIP. The group will review progress during several phases, share feedback and offer perspectives from the broader community.
read moreTourism Cares
The Aloft Asheville Downtown is awarded the 2019 Alice S. Marriott Award for Community Service
As one of Marriott’s 7,000 properties, McKibbon Hospitality’s Aloft Asheville Downtown just put the national spotlight on Asheville after receiving the Alice S. Marriott Award for Community Service. This is an incredible honor highlighting the Aloft team’s dedication to serving our community.
read more
Tourism Industry Supports Local Nonprofits
“We are continually amazed by the philanthropic nature of our culinary and hospitality community here and how generous they are to the local community,” says Mary Nesbitt, chief development officer of Asheville-based hunger relief nonprofit MANNA FoodBank. “The contributions they make are immeasurable.”
read more
BCTDA Board Member Himanshu Karvir, WLOS “Person of the Week”!
WLOS Persons of the Week, Himanshu Karvir and his wife Swati Patel, have made the drive their annual passion project. They help collect hundreds of backpacks every year. “Just to find out there was such a huge need for supplies like pencils and notebooks was really surprising to me,” Himanshu said. “That’s what drives my wife and I, is we have to help people in Buncombe County. We have to help our neighbors. That’s where it starts.”
read morePerspectives
Planning for the Future of Tourism in Buncombe County | OPINION
Here at the culmination of National Tourism Week (May 5-11) and with the start of the summer travel season on the horizon, the timing feels right to shine a light on the public good that we can attribute to tourism and share the ways that lodging tax revenue will be activated to help manage impacts and plan future investments for the benefit of both Asheville area residents and visitors.
read more
Lodging Tax Supports Local People | LETTER
Every day, I am inspired by local people who launch and live their dreams here, dreams that are possible because of tourism.
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