Live The Life
Here are a few blog posts that were published on the Visit Virginia Beach Blog and Meetings Blog this week. Please feel free to share these with your clients or on your own social media channels.
Things to Do in Virginia Beach this December
6 Beers We’re Drinking this Winter
Winter Art Exhibits that You Won’t Want to Miss
How to Have a Historic Day in Virginia Beach
4 Fish Tacos You Have to Try in Virginia Beach
We wanted to share some good news with you this morning. We were made aware from the VTC team that the Virginia Beach oceanfront will be the cover image for the 2019 Virginia travel guide! Please see attached for a mockup of the cover that will run soon.
We wanted to share a few photos from our Marketing team as we’ve been in the field producing our FY19 Winter Campaign creative this week. Our leisure winter campaign will highlight unique experiences in Virginia Beach for visitors to enjoy on a spontaneous weekend getaway or longer visit as a remedy in curing the winter blues. The TV spots will run on traditional broadcast/ cable and also digitally through streaming video and connected TV. The photo assets captured during this shoot will be used in digital ad creative and content developed in support of the campaign. Production is set to wrap next Thursday.
The city’s August 2017 FunkFest Beach Party has been named one of the Top 20 Events in the Southeast by the Southeast Tourism Society (STS). STS is a professional association dedicated to promoting festivals and events in support of travel and tourism. First held in August of 2006, the Virginia Beach FunkFest Beach Party is a free, weekend-long festival featuring free concerts, food vendors, and arts and crafts on the beach, boardwalk, and park at 24th Street, and is widely-known as one of the largest Afro-centric beach parties in the United States. The FunkFest Beach Party in one of more than 20 major festivals and events produced for residents and visitors by IMGoing Events in partnership with the Convention & Visitors Bureau.
With a new coat of paint and new lighting, VBCC’s tower has a bright new look. REW Electric completed the installation of new Lumenpulse programmable LED lights this month. The color changing lights can provide a variety of static colors or preprogrammed moving light themes. Seen here is the Thanksgiving theme. Look up when you’re leaving work, unless you are like some of the VBCC team who arrive early. We’re now in the Christmas mode.
It is a busy day at the VBSC. Here’s what’s happening:
Stormwater pipes going in.
Footings along the center of the building and the center elevator pit (concrete arrives at 1 pm today J…..so exciting)
Foundation for the column lines (see the pink spray paint)
Parking lot BMP (pond) going in
Buckle up. It’s going to a wild ride.
Va Beach was listed as one of The 10 Best Big Cities to Live in Right Now by Money. Click here to read more: http://time.com/money/5453709/best-big-cities/
SportsEvents Media Group, a leading industry publication focused exclusively on assisting sports event planners produce exceptional youth and amateur sports competitions in the United States, recently recognized the Virginia Beach CVB as a 2019 Readers’ Choice Award winner. Sports event professionals nominated destinations and sports venues that they believe displayed model creativity and professionalism toward the groups they host. Nominations were received beginning in early September and the top picks were selected based on results from an online voting system which concluded in early November. Now in its eleventh year, the awards drew a record number of votes this year. Winners will be honored in the January 2019 issue of SportsEvents magazine. Congratulations to the CVB team!
At a recent AAA/CAA FAM Tour, over 28 agents visited Virginia Beach and the survey scores ranged High, especially for Jim Coggin, look what they had to say about the great job he did. And behind every successful fam is a team who supports the effort, a big thank you to Audra and Lorri.
