Part 2 of the virtual 2020 Buncombe County TDA Annual Meeting featured updates from Explore Asheville that included presentations from the Community Engagement, Groups Sales & Service, and Marketing departments. Find the recording here.
Quickly adapting to the “new normal” as the pandemic halted meetings, conferences and travel across the globe, Explore Asheville has released a series of virtual tools to help support both meeting planners and local industry partners.
PRESS RELEASE: Nationally recognized and former North Carolina tourism professional Victoria “Vic’ Isley returns to the state as new President and CEO of Explore Asheville CVB after an extensive national search and widespread interest in the position.
PRESS RELEASE: The award honors those who have made a significant contribution to the tourism sector in Asheville/Buncombe County and provided exceptional leadership in making the community a special place to live and visit.
Part 1 of the virtual 2020 BCTDA Annual Meeting featured an overview of the state of tourism, the presentation of the 2020 William A.V. Cecil Tourism Leadership Award, a call to action by the founder of Black Folks Camp Too, and more.
PRESS RELEASE: Asheville has been named the host city in the mainland move of the 2020 Maui Jim Maui Invitational college basketball tournament, which receives national coverage each year by ESPN.