VBCVB learns about the oyster growing process with Captain Chris Ludford from Pleasure House Oysters!
M&C Support Team at Diamond Resorts Open House
The M&C support team at the Oceanaire for the Diamond Resorts open house on Thursday, October 5th.
Feature in Huffington Post Québec
We are thrilled to share the following article from Huffington Post Québec. This daily online news outlet attracts over 2,500,000 unique visits to their website.
This artist article’s title translates to:
Eating oysters in Virginia Beach with both feet in the water.
Two thirds of the article is about the Pleasure House Oysters experience and describing it in great details including how we can bring wine for the oyster pairing and the educational aspect of the tour.
It then covers parasailing and paddle boarding as soft adventure experiences and then lists their favorite culinary recommendations including Tautogs, Esoteric, Swedish, Watermans and its famous Orange Crush and the Chesapeake Bay Distillery.
The article ends with a mention of the upcoming re-opening of the Cavalier Hotel!
“Tell Us What You Love About Virginia Beach” Facebook Post Reaches 621 Likes, 307 Comments, and 27 Shares!
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Susan Riley was Recognized as Employee of the Quarter for July-September 2017!
Congratulations Susan!
TOWNE BANK BUILDING MUST DISCONTINUE USE OF UNGERBOCK BY 10/10/17
Please be aware that we must discontinue our use of Ungerboeck at the TOWNE BANK BUILDING by the close of business on 10/10/17.
Our EBMS data will be delivered to Simpleivew by 9am EST on 10/11/17.
This will give them ample time to complete the final data import prior to our on-site training scheduled to take place during the week of 10/16/17.
I’m counting on you to spread the word.
RTI at Work Conference at the VBCC!
The Virginia Beach Convention Center was the host of roughly 100 teachers across 13 different states during the RTI at Work Conference. The teachers were here to receive the highest quality resources to help them succeed in their mission to improve student learning. We hope they enjoyed their time in Virginia Beach and to see them again in 2018!
It’s All in the Details
Cleaning is often in the details as Corey Williams and Delores Samuel will tell you. Here they are hard at work cleaning the tape residue, scratches, bumps and bruises off of one of VBCC’s operable walls. Did you know that VBCC has 93,640 square feet of operable wall surface? That’s just the first floor, and it requires a lot of cleaning. It’s also the equivalent square footage of thirty-eight 2,500 square foot homes!
CBRE Hotel Horizons Reports
The CBRE Hotel Horizons Reports are linked below.
Norfolk- Virginia Beach: http://67.225.147.149/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/CBRE-Hotel-Horizons_VB-Report_Sept-2017.pdf
Convention & Visitors Bureau Hosts International Travel and Tourism Industry Professionals
According to U.S. Travel Association, international inbound travelers are estimated to have made 75.6 million visits to the United States in 2016. The CVB has positioned the city to capture its share of those travelers by marketing Virginia Beach in four countries overseas. In addition to neighboring Canada, the CVB’s International Tourism division actively pursues groups and individuals from China, Germany, France and the United Kingdom.
The International Tourism team recently showcased our coastal city to two groups of Chinese travel writers and tour operators. During guided familiarization tours around the city, the groups explored many of our districts and attractions and participated in several of our more popular excursions. Upon returning to China, the writers will craft and publish articles about their first-hand Virginia Beach experiences, and the tour operators will develop itineraries for the benefit of potential visitors to Virginia Beach.
Three more groups of travel writers and tour operators from France, the United Kingdom and Canada are scheduled to arrive and tour Virginia Beach in early October.
Photo caption: CVB guests ready to enjoy an iFly adventure