Places to Stay

JCVB runs the ABA Pre-fam for 8 operators

The American Bus Association is meeting in Charlotte, NC for the week of January 7-13, where 3,500 people from all over the country will have appointments with Destination Marketing Organizations, hotels, attractions and other suppliers to organize and plan group tour itineraries and networking.
The Charlotte organizing committee has been working on this event for over [...]


Are you staying closer to home this summer?

Tourism marketing organizations across the country are adjusting their business plans to reach the high number of consumers deciding on ”staycations” or “homecations” this year due to high gas prices.  Families may decide to stay closer to home this summer and explore destinations within a “tank of gas” away.  This offers many smaller destinations the opportunity to promote [...]


SLEEP INN & SUITES SMITHFIELD RANKED NUMBER 1 SLEEP INN

Smithfield, NC (May, 2008) - The Sleep Inn & Suites located at 270 North Equity Drive is ranked # 1 in its brand as of March 31, 2008.  The Sleep Inn & Suites has previously won Choice’s Platinum Hospitality Award in 2006 & 2007.  Only three percent of properties in the Choice Hotels system are [...]


A Diamond in the Rough

I have heard the phrase, “it’s a diamond in the rough”, used so many times to describe tourism attractions people just haven’t heard of yet.  And Howell Woods Environmental Learning Center in Eastern Johnston County is just one of these attractions.