Live The Life
The VBCC knows that one of its greatest assets is the commitment and dedicated support it receives from our marvelous frontline event staff!! Coming from all walks of life, they bring experience that spans the spectrum. From students and teachers to retired military and industry professionals, they take care of every visitor and are the glue that keeps the Convention Center strong! They also know how to keep it fun- check out this picture from a recent team training!
Awesome view of the Wicked start line from the VBCC Observation Deck!
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.
Explore the Back Bay National Wildlife Refuge
Taste Your Way Down the Virginia Beach Boardwalk
4 Spas to Help You Relax and Unwind in Virginia Beach
6 of Our Favorite Places for a Morning Pick-Me-Up
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 November
Discover Virginia Beach’s Lynnhaven Oysters
A Spooktacular Lunch Meeting! Event Team & Distinctive Gourmet Celebrate Halloween.
Hall Monitor (Ryan Wynn with Distinctive Gourmet) stole the show and won Best Costume!!
Last year, our Convention Center hosted more than 320 events and welcomed over 612,000 guests, both visitors and locals alike. How’d they do it? One event at a time! Take into consideration this past October:
The month opened with new a new convention for our coastal city, the American Quilters Society (AQS). AQS is a global organization of quilters. Some of the finest quilts in country were on display, workshops were held and vendors offered the latest in quilting supplies and technology. Several thousand quilters traveled from across the U.S. to attend this inaugural Virginia Beach show.
Week Two of October brought in the 2018 American Commonwealth Region Conference where each day, approximately 3,000 people day worshiped in contemporary style. Attendees stayed in our city’s hotels and dined in our restaurants.
Week Three was a whirlwind of activity starting with the 2018 Christian Counseling & Education Foundation Annual Conference. Nearly 2,000 attendees convened from all over the U.S. to reunite and learn how to help individuals deal with crises in their hometowns.
Entertainment is always top of mind for seniors who travel, and October 9 & 11 were no exception. The Tourism & Group division’s sales team booked 15 motor coaches, which generated 800 room nights, for the “Under the Boardwalk” event featuring Jimmy Buffet covers and dinner in the Convention Center’s ballroom.
The end of the month brought the Commonwealth of Virginia’s 2018 Public Procurement Forum, a gathering of almost 1,000 state employees who procure products and services for the state government.
Rounding out October were several dozen other events and activities of all types and sizes. While some of these were private affairs, many of them were open to the public – demonstrating that the beautiful structure on 19th Street isn’t just a convention center, it’s a hub for our community as well.
