Virginia Tourism will be at Charlottesville’s The Paramount Theater on Thursday, August 21 from 9:00 AM to 4:00 PM to meet Charlottesville businesses that benefit from tourism. Their intended goal is to “drive business to every restaurant, retail shop, lodging, event and attraction that is visitor-friendly.” They are in town to do one on one meetings with you.
They wanted us to let you know the details. I have more detailed information after the break..
TOURISM WORKS for Your Virginia Business! ―Meet with Virginia Tourism at Charlottesville’s Paramount Theater on August 21
Virginia Tourism wants to drive traffic to your business! Want to pitch your attraction to Virginia Tourism’s PR staff? Interested in what tourism grant funding is available? Or perhaps you want to make sure you are listed on Virginia.org, the Commonwealth’s official travel and tourism website? Come by during lunch or a break, meet one-on-one with VTC’s marketing and development staff and leave with a new, dynamic marketing mix that will enhance, or jump-start, your existing tourism efforts. Let VTC’s staff share their insight and help you target and reach travelers, and the media, to increase your tourism visitation.
- ALL visitor-friendly restaurants, lodging, events, attractions and retail shopping are eligible
- Including B&Bs, hotels, motels; diners, fast-food and delis; retail wine, culinary, clothing, home & accessory shops
- Let ‘Virginia is for Lovers’ work for your business and link visitors’ passion for life, food & travel with your business
- Get listed on www.Virginia.org and get in front of 5 million+ website visitors a year! – FREE
- Bring existing ad & marketing copy, print brochures, images on CD and your current web site address if you have one.
- Leave with your own website AD listing and reach more people using the Internet; *SPECIAL call for dining and nightlife!
- Reach vacationing families, weekend getaway couples, business travelers and the media to increase business
- Leave with access to a new, dynamic marketing mix that will enhance, or jump-start, your marketing efforts
- Tourism is one of Virginia’s most powerful industries, generating $17.7 billion in revenue, supporting 208,000 jobs and providing $1.2 billion in state and local taxes to Virginia’s communities. Come visit us AND support your local tourism office and business community
Thursday, August 21―9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
The Paramount Theater (on the Downtown Mall)
215 East Main Street, Charlottesville, Virginia 22902
*The Paramount Theater is on the north side of the Downtown Mall
*Main Street, and the Downtown Mall, are across Water Street and just one block north of the The Water Street Parking Garage
For more information, contact Virginia Tourism’s Angela Wiggins (awiggins AT virginia.org - 804.545.5553)
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holy shit. no comments on “virginia is for lovers”
i didn’t see it before, myself.
but i can’t not comment.
it’s always been one of my favorite stories since moving here.
(stop reading if youdon’t like me. at this point i don’t give a backup planets ass).
so i’d just moved to charlottesville. for whatever reason.?.?.
from san jose. sitting outside miller’s with someone and a new person i felt kinderd to (jury still out), but also from the SF bay area…
i was also new to the general culture but eager.
we discussed whatever, but i clearly recall our move to ?here? and i said “well, virginia is for lovers!” and the two of them said, almost in unison-”but you can’t go down.”
and my response was “what?1 you can’tgo to south carolina, why?”
\\yeah, my face turned red - but i never had lived in a red state before. i like to recognize my 30 year old innocense red about where.(btw- got it).
//breakin the ;aw is good when with people you trust.
////may still be quite naive.
english is funny