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VB in Atlanta Journal-Constitution: Travel from Atlanta
VB Featured in TripAdvisor’s “14 Awesome Piers, Boardwalks & Waterfronts”
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VB Earns 2016 TripAdvisor Certificate of Excellence!
The Virginia Beach Convention & Visitors Bureau is excited to share that Virginia Beach has earned the prestigious 2016 TripAdvisor® Certificate of Excellence. The award celebrates hospitality businesses that have earned great traveler reviews on TripAdvisor over the past year. Certificate of Excellence recipients include accommodations, eateries, attractions and destinations located all over the world that have continually delivered a quality customer experience.
The Certificate of Excellence accounts for the quality, quantity and recency of reviews submitted by travelers on TripAdvisor over a 12-month period. To qualify, a business must maintain an overall TripAdvisor bubble rating of at least four out of five, have a minimum number of reviews and must have been listed on TripAdvisor for at least 12 months. Virginia Beach averaged a 4.5 rating for the reporting period.
VB in the Baltimore Sun
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Teresa Diaz Earns National APR Accreditation!
Please join in congratulating Teresa Diaz, PR Specialist here at the CVB, for earning the prestigious Accredited in Public Relations (APR) credential from the Public Relations Society of America (PRSA)! The APR credential was established in 1964 to recognize public relations practitioners who have mastered the knowledge, skills and abilities needed to develop and implement strategic communications. This a huge accomplishment from one of own. Congrats, Teresa!
AAC Presentation – April 2016
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On the Road – Speaking at AAM
Tiffany Russell was in DC this past Saturday, co-presenting with MOCA and BCF, offering advice for museum professionals wanting to partner with their local CVBs. The American Alliance of Museum (AAM) conference drew more than 6,000 attendees to the DC Convention Center over the holiday weekend. You can view the presentation and more at www.virginiamoca.org/aam – a custom landing page created just for the breakout session. Each attendee received a mobile phone credit card holder branded “Live the Life.”
Memorial Day Press Conference in New Kent
When the CVB was invited to participate in a press conference in the lead up to the Memorial Day weekend, the PR Unit jumped at the chance to highlight our city as THE beach destination of choice for this huge travel weekend. In addition to sharing details about several major events scheduled across the city, Teresa Diaz, with the Communications Team, took the opportunity to announce the fantastic news that MSN.com ranked Virginia Beach at the top of the list for “Best Beach Destinations for Memorial Day Weekend.” Representatives from the AAA Richmond office, VDOT and the Virginia State Police shared safe driving tips and road construction/alternate route information during the press conference which took place at the New Kent Welcome Center early Wednesday morning and was covered by several Richmond news stations.
Tiffany Russell Earns National APR Accreditation!
Congratulations are in order for Tiffany Russell, Director of Public Relations and Interim VP of Marketing and Research here at the CVB, for earning the prestigious Accredited in Public Relations (APR) credential from the Public Relations Society of America (PRSA)! The APR credential was established in 1964 to recognize public relations practitioners who have mastered the knowledge, skills and abilities needed to develop and implement strategic communications. Way to go, Tiffany!
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Repping VB in NYC
A few members from our CVB Communications Team were in NYC last week to meet with Time, Inc. media and to attend Coastal Living’s Virginia Beach-themed takeover of Time Inc.’s new culinary space. The event was open to media and NY-based influencers and allowed guests to immerse themselves in all things VB under the theme of “Seasoned by Salt Air.” In addition to the CVB, a host of VB purveyors and influencers traveled up for the event – including Pleasure House Oysters, Surf & Adventure Co., First Landing Woodworks, Terrapin Restaurant, Atlantic Wildfowl Heritage Museum, Commonwealth Brewing, Blue Pete’s Restaurant and Commune Restaurant – to help tell the VB story to over 300 media members in attendance.
