Weekly e-newsletter for Visit NC Partners - November 14, 2024
IN THIS ISSUE: * Registration now open for 2025 Visit NC Tourism Conference
* Visit NC PR team, partners pitch at Visit NC’s mini-media mission in Chicago
* Visit NC at Statesville Tourism Summit
* OneNote webinar this morning for Part 1
Registration now open for 2025 Visit NC Tourism Conference
Registration is now open for the 2025 Visit NC Tourism Conference, April 6-8 (Sunday-Tuesday) in Hickory.
The program features several events, including the session “Where do we go from here?” from Tourism Economics. There are more breakout sessions as well, covering topics such as rural tourism and hotel development; building effective relationships with legislators; reaching BIPOC travelers; mastering crisis communications planning; destination stewardship; organic and paid media; tourism research and sourcing the truest data; lodging trends and more.
Early bird registration is $475 and ends Jan. 31. After that, standard registration is $525. Registration closes on April 4. To learn more about the conference, register and reserve a hotel, visit Conference.VisitNC.com.
Visit NC PR team, partners pitch at Visit NC’s mini-media mission in Chicago Visit NC’s Veda Gilbert and four destination partners traveled to Chicago, last week for a two-day mini-media mission. During meals and drinks, ten media representatives from local, regional and national outlets heard pitches from Jackson County TDA’s Kara Addy, NC's Brunswick Islands representative Emily Nalwasky, Visit Chapel Hill/Orange County Visitor Bureau's Patty Griffin, and Visit Raleigh's Dana Canby-Goodwin. The Visit NC PR team, including Anna Rossetto from DCI, and the partners will follow up with journalists to maximize connections from the event. For more information about Visit NC’s PR program, contact
media@visitnc.com.
Visit NC at Statesville Tourism Summit
Last week, Visit NC’s Amanda Baker and Ashton English attended the Statesville Tourism Summit. This annual event featured insightful presentations, networking opportunities and inspiring moments. During the summit, Baker discussed the Outdoor NC program, sharing Statesville's involvement in the statewide movement and the next steps towards obtaining the Trail Town Designation.
Visit NC’s November two-part webinar starts this morning: Getting Organized with OneNote
For its November webinar, Visit NC is hosting a special two-part session on OneNote, led by Microsoft Certified Application Specialist Instructor Laura Cone. Participants will learn how to create digital notebooks that unify handwritten notes, drawings, file attachments, and even video/audio. Participants will structure notebooks into sections and pages that can be easily searched and tagged. OneNote is great for documentation of projects and is necessary for busy people who need to stay organized! The first part of the webinar is at 10 a.m. this morning. The second part of the webinar is at 10 a.m. next Thursday (Nov. 21). Also different from previous webinars, each webinar will last two hours. Click
here to register for one or both of the webinars.
Vote for the Pickle Drop in Mount Olive, among the nominees for Best New Year’s Eve Drop. It’s part of the nominations for 10Best's Readers' Choice Awards categories for “Best of winter fun.” Online voting by readers is now open via USAToday.com; click on the hyperlink to vote. Voting ends at noon on Dec. 9.
For the week of Nov. 14, "North Carolina Weekend” offers "Salt and Seas.” Featured segments include the US Life-Saving Stations at Chicamacomico and Pea Island, both in Rodanthe; "Four Walls," the Thomas Sayre exhibit, and "Boundless" sculpture, both at the Cameron Art Museum in Wilmington; and the Olde Beaufort Farmers Market in Beaufort. (Check local listings, as segments are subject to change.) "North Carolina Weekend" is underwritten by Visit North Carolina. In addition, PBS North Carolina has recent editions of "North Carolina Weekend" available online.
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