Live The Life
You hire a glazing contractor, round up a crane, a man lift and 8 strong professional glazers, and get to work. And then, write a big check. VBCC was fortunate that Walker & Laberge, the original contractor, had two pieces of this custom curved glass left over from our job in 2005. Work was completed March 15.
Tourism recently attended Travel South Domestic Showcase in Biloxi, MS with representatives from the Best Western Oceanfront and Military Aviation Museum.
Recent media coverage gave significant shout outs to Virginia Beach. In the first instance, USA Today (nearly 3.3m daily online readers) featured Trip Advisor’s Top 25 Best Beaches in the USA and Virginia Beach was included. We shared this article on our social platforms asking our followers to “Tell us what you love about Va Beach!” and the post performed exceptionally well:
Facebook: Reached 31,780 people organically
Instagram: Reached 10,817 people organically
Twitter: Reached 29,607 people organically
On the heels of that coverage, Virginia Beach earned great placement on the Travel Channel online (UVPM: 897K) in a story titled “Best U.S. Boardwalks.” Virginia Beach was listed alongside Santa Cruz, Coney Island, Ocean City, NJ, Hollywood Beach and Wailea.
About Virginia Beach, the writer notes: “A boardwalk with pedestrian crosswalks and its own bike path? That’s what you get when you build a 3-mile-long coastal walkway in Virginia’s most-populous city. The concrete path is lined with high-rise hotels, upscale shops, whimsical sculptures, even museums. There’s also a fishing pier, and 4 outdoor stages for summer concerts.”
These articles have been performing well on our social channels, so we’ll continue to post.
Karen Ovalle is one of the BeWell Champions for the CVB. One of her responsibilities is to educate co-workers on leading a healthier lifestyle. She coordinated a nutrition lunch & learn seminar on Tuesday, March 6, 2018. The seminar was sponsored by Jim White Fitness & Nutrition Studios and Saladworks. Jim White Fitness & Nutrition Studios provided a wonderful speaker – Karen Bremenstul – Registered Dietitian. Karen educated the attendees on how to live a healthier life style through nutrition. In addition, Saladworks provided sample salads that were delicious.
TripAdvisor, the world’s largest travel site with more than 315 million members and over 500 million reviews and opinions of hotels, restaurants, attractions and other travel-related businesses recently named Virginia Beach in their list of top 25 best beaches in the USA. While our coastal city ranked alongside beach destinations on both U.S. coasts, and across the Hawaiian Islands, we are the only East Coast beach destination north of Florida to make the cut. The story was picked by USA Today and can be found here: goo.gl/L9Wdh6. Wondering who took first place is the USA? Congratulations go to Clearwater Beach, Florida.
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