Weekly e-newsletter for Visit NC Partners - September 26, 2024
IN THIS ISSUE:
* Visit NC at IFTM
* Visit NC’s monthly webinar focuses on working with local elected officials
* I-95 South NC Welcome Center re-opens
Walters (c) and Discover
SC's Duane Parrish (r) at
one appointment
Visit NC at IFTM
Visit NC’s Heidi Walters joined other Travel South partners at IFTM (International French Travel Market) Sept. 17-19. She had preset appointments with tour operators, influencers and travel trade media over three days. Travel South also hosted a reception after the show with NC Midnight Moon moonshine drinks. This tradeshow brings 30,000 travel trade professionals together to meet with destinations around the world. With 2 non-stop flights from Paris' Charles De Gaulle airport, North Carolina saw nearly 14,000 visitors from France, who spent $18 million in the state in 2023.
Visit NC’s monthly webinar focuses on working with local elected officials
For Visit NC’s monthly webinar for October, Brian Lewis from New Frame and NCTIA will lead a discussion on some best practices for working with your local elected officials. The webinar will be at 10 a.m. on Oct. 10. Click here to register.
I-95 South NC Welcome Center re-opens
The I-95 South NC Welcome Center in Rowland has reopened after being relocated since March 2022. The NC Dept. of Transportation planned a major construction project for the site, which included demolishing and rebuilding the Welcome Center along with the Rest Area restrooms and vending, bringing them all under one roof in one state-of-the-art building. The official re-opening ceremony will be scheduled for a later date.
As with each of the nine NC Welcome Centers, the I-95 South location displays brochures for a variety of tourism-related businesses at no charge to those businesses. Tourism-related partners are welcome to send their brochures to the I-95 South NC Welcome Center once their brochure has been approved by NC Commerce’s Visitor Services; view the Brochure Policy via here. Any brochures sent to any NC Welcome Center must be accompanied by an Approval letter from Visitor Services.
Haywood County TDA announces rebranding, new emails Haywood County TDA announced this week they’re rebranding as Visit Haywood. This also affects the suffix for their emails, which should now be formatted as firstname@visithaywood.com. The website is slated to have the URL renamed to VisitHaywood.com next month to complete the rebranding.
WNC towns included in 'This Fall Foliage-focused Road Trip Through North Carolina Has Charming Towns, Cozy Resorts, and Beautiful Mountain Views'
Raleigh among ‘North America’s Under-the-Radar Foodie Destinations’
The Los Angeles Times included Raleigh in its “North America’s Under-the-Radar Foodie Destinations.” Of the inclusion, the article noted, in part, “Raleigh is already well-known for college sports... But the state capital is also one of North Carolina’s best eating and drinking destinations.”
‘The Restaurant List’ includes Good Hot Fish
The New York Times included Good Hot Fish in Asheville for its “The Restaurant List” for 2024. Of the inclusion, the article noted, in part, “Southern fish camp meets Black Appalachian foodways at Ashleigh Shanti’s easy, walk-in restaurant in the center of the brewery-heavy South Slope district. Leave it to a former chef de cuisine to make her own versions of Old Bay and sorghum-kissed hot sauce to season thick, tender fried fillets of catfish encased in crunchy, locally milled cornmeal.”
October brings the Annual Mountain Issue
For its October edition, Our State magazine offers “Beauty Seeker’s Guide to the Mountains,” and also includes a photo essay on NC's borders with four states. “NC Icons” spotlights Linville Caverns in Marion; “Restaurant” visits 12 Bones Smokehouse in Asheville; "Bakery" tempts with Edelweiss Pastry Boutique in Highlands; “Quirky Detour” sits a spell at the Big Red Rocking Chair in Maggie Valley; and “Festival” celebrates the NC Liver Mush Festival in Shelby. The October issue is available now.
For the week of Sept. 26, "North Carolina Weekend” offers “Ocracoke and Other Adventures,” which originally aired June 27. Featured segments include a weekend in Ocracoke; McIntyre’s Books in Pittsboro; and Highland Lake Inn & Resort in Flat Rock. (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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