Month: December 2018

 

 

1. Employee name: Willia Davenport
2. Where were you born and where is your hometown? Elizabeth City, NC
3. What division and position do you work for? Virginia Beach Convention Center in Housekeeping/Set-up
4. How many years have you worked for the CVB? Less than 1 year
5. What is the best vacation you’ve been on? n/a
6. What is your favorite thing to do in the wonderful City of Virginia Beach? Eat
7. What is your favorite quote? Treat people the way you want to be treated.
8. Do you have an office nickname? If so what is it? no
9. Tell us something about yourself that would surprise us: Until I started here I had never known how much goes on in a building
10. What do you like to do for fun? Sleep and play with my puppy.
11. What is one thing you cannot resist? Animals
12. What is on your bucket list? n/a
13. What is your hidden talent? My strength

Don’t forget…VIP Tickets for the Central Business District Association’s VIP PARTY at Virginia Beach’s New Year’s Eve celebration are now on sale.

You must visit this site to purchase tickets: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/2018-last-night-on-the-town-cbda-nye-vip-party-tickets-52626509306

 

Celebrate The “Last Night On The Town,” Virginia Beach’s Premier New Year’s Eve Event! Join us for a day full of festivities starting at 2 p.m. @thepembrokemall and 5 p.m. to midnight @VBTownCenter with headline act, SWITCHFOOT. FMI: LastNightonTheTown

Click the link below for more information:

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Here are a few photos from a client event at Sur La Table in Arlington, VA on December 5, 2018.  The event was hosted by Dawn Whittaker, Sherri Thadeus, Meredith Brinkley (Sheraton VB OF) and Jordan Vallerga (Founders Inn).  We had 7 clients from the Metro DC area.  We made the following dishes:

Jumbo Crab Cakes

Mahi Fish Tacos

Spicy Cole Slaw

Cherry Hand Pies

 

 

The MarComm unit extends appreciation to the VIC team for their help in getting industry contacts updated and entered into the Simpleview CRM system. Under the patient direction of our rising star, Industry Relations Coordinator Curtis Weaver, the VIC team has made dozens of calls and helped get almost 100 new contacts into the system in a little less than three weeks! THANK YOU and way to go. Maria & team!!!

1. Employee name: Holly Renea Coriell
2. Where were you born and where is your hometown? I was born and raised in Virginia Beach
3. What division and position do you work for? I work for Distinctive Gourmet at the VBCC
4. How many years have you worked for the CVB? I have worked for DG for about a year and a half.
5. What is the best vacation you’ve been on? I went on a week-long Caribbean cruise to the Bahamas, Grand Cayman Islands, and Jamaica. I got to swim with dolphins!!
6. What is your favorite thing to do in the wonderful City of Virginia Beach? Taking my dog, Whyatt, to First Landing State Park.
7. What is your favorite quote? It does not matter how slowly you go, as long as you do not stop.
8. Do you have an office nickname? If so what is it? Crazy Dog Lady
9. Tell us something about yourself that would surprise us: People are always surprised to know I go hunting with my boyfriend. I’ve even helped him skin a deer. (eek!)
10. What do you like to do for fun? I like to run races and cook. I also like to go on hikes. I am a part of a hiking group called Her Hike Collective, where a group of girls meet up a couple of times a year to hike at new spots in Virginia.
11. What is one thing you cannot resist? White wine, cheese, and dogs.
12. What is on your bucket list? Go on the wine train through Napa Valley
13. What is your hidden talent? I am the best at organizing, it’s what I do! My friends also tell me I am a great gift-giver. Apparently, I have a “great sense of what people need or care about”.