Weekly e-newsletter for Visit NC Partners - September 19, 2024
IN THIS ISSUE: * Visit NC at Great Trails Conference
* Visit NC channels Nomadness spirit
* RFP now available for 2026, 2027 Visit NC Tourism Conference host destinations
Visit NC at Great Trails Conference
Visit NC's Wit Tuttell and Amanda Baker participated in the annual Great Trails State Conference in Winston-Salem. The conference brought together more than 300 trail planners, designers and builders, recreational professionals, community and elected leaders, tourism partners, and others from across the state to learn and share best practices to advance trail and greenway development and promotion throughout North Carolina. Baker presented during the “Trails for All” and “Balancing Resources Protection with Recreational Use” sessions, discussing the Outdoor NC Accessible Outdoor program and toolkit aimed at assisting individuals in making informed decisions about exploring NC’s outdoor spaces based on their own
abilities. She also discussed the Outdoor NC Trail Town program as a destination stewardship case study. Tuttell provided a Visit NC agency update alongside NC Dept. of Natural and Cultural Resources, NC Dept. of Transportation and NC‘s Outdoor Recreation Economy Office to close out the conference.
Visit NC channels Nomadness spirit
Visit NC’s André Nabors and Suzanne Brown participated in last week’s Nomadness Fest, a gathering of travelers devoted to a reimagined experience for BIPOC (Black, Indigenous and People of Color) travelers. During the Charlotte Regional Visitor Authority-sponsored event, Nabors and Brown met with writers, influencers and tour organizers at Industry Day sessions and other activities. Visit NC co-hosted a dinner prepared by Serving the Culture, a special event pop-up featuring African American chefs, culinarians and mixologists, at 3rd and Fernwood, a new venture from James Beard-nominated chef Gregory Collier. The dinner celebrated North Carolina’s music heritage with décor and a playlist celebrating Anthony Hamilton,
Thelonious Monk, Rapsody and a host of other celebrated musicians. Festival workshops covered BIPOC communities, storytelling, AI and tips for travelers.
RFP now available for 2026, 2027 Visit NC Tourism Conference host destinations
Visit North Carolina is seeking destinations in the state that are interested in hosting the 2026 and 2027 Visit NC Tourism Conference. Details on the necessary requirements to host can be found in the RFP available here. Deadline to respond is Oct. 15.
Cycle NC selects Elizabeth City for 2025 CNC Coastal Ride
Cycle NC has selected Elizabeth City as host for its 2025 Coastal Ride, April 25-27. This marks the first time Elizabeth City has hosted the ride, and the first time in 18 years the ride will be held in a new host town. The 2023 Coastal Ride in Oriental attracted more than 1,300 participants from 34 states. Visit North Carolina is a founding sponsor of Cycle NC's Coastal Ride each April and the Mountain Ride in the spring, and is one of the founding sponsors of the Mountains to Coast ride in the fall.
Cashier’s Native Prime Provisions in the spotlight for dinner-party vibe
In its "This New Restaurant Trend in the U.S. Makes Dining Out Feel Like a Dinner Party
," Travel + Leisure included Native Prime Provisions in Cashiers. Highlighting intimate restaurants that provide a dinner-party vide, the article explained, in part, how Native Prime Provisions' chef Scott Alderson “didn’t want the stress of a full-service restaurant – but he did want to cook for guests. So, he set up an eight-person counter within his seafood market-slash-butcher shop, and now serves lunch five days a week…. Dishes are presented on handmade pottery; jazz tunes set a mellow ambience.”
For the week of Sept. 19, "North Carolina Weekend” offers “Vintage Carolina,” which originally aired June 20. Featured segments include Thompson’s Store and M.A. Pace General Store in Saluda; Wheels Through Time Motorcycle Museum in Maggie Valley; Piece of France Pastry Shop Cafe in Greenville; V & E Simonetti Historic Tuba Collection in Durham; and Andia’s Ice Cream in Cary and Raleigh (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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