Live The Life
Event Coordinator, Ashley Puvogel, with Resort Management snapped this photo right before her Polar Plunge site meeting on Wednesday morning with the organizer and reps from Beach Ops, Electrical, EMS, and Perfect Event Rentals. Meteorologist Tim Pandajis (WVEC) identified it as a “roll cloud developing along the leading edge of the cold front.” Within minutes, it felt like the temperature dropped at least 10 degrees and the wind picked up. Pretty cool!
Christmas Eve morning was extra special this year for thousands of military families who joyfully celebrated the homecoming of loved ones returning from deployment overseas. The CVB participated in a pier-side homecoming event by donating more than 40 dozen donuts and 300 branded Koozies to the troops and their families. This event was organized by the Mid-Atlantic Morale, Welfare and Recreation office at JEB Little Creek – Fort Story who reached out to regional businesses and industries for support. Along with the donuts and Koozies, hundreds of Virginia Beach attraction guides were distributed to the families as a way to share ideas of how the reunited families could spend time reconnecting while having fun in Virginia Beach. This sponsorship was part of the CVB’s ongoing tourism advocacy efforts. A link to the photo gallery of the event may be found here:
http://www.navymwrmidlant.com/sponsorship/photos/fy-16/uss-whidbey-island.
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She didn’t win the car, but Karen Ovalle was the correct winner in Courtney’s Friday afternoon contest for the lowest and highest priced car in the show. Karen guessed that the Chevy Spark was the lowest price car on the floor with a base price of $13,875. Decked out for the show it has a sticker price of $16,900.
Shantese Putman won a pair of tickets for the first to guess the closest to the highest priced car in the show, the Porsche Panamera turbo at $185,895.
Over 20,000 guests visited the annual Hampton Roads International Auto Show January 13-15. The show hosted by the Hampton Roads Automobile Dealers Association is one of the Convention Center’s largest consumer shows. In case you were wondering, the most expensive car on the floor was a Mercedes Maybach S600. At $205,525 it comes with a refrigerator rear center console, a $4,950 Magic Sky Control (whatever that is), rear reclining seats with elevated foot rests, airplane style pull out trays for rear passengers, and countless other features found in any good European luxury limousine. The second most expensive car was a more hip Porsche Panamera Turbo with 550 hp and a zero to 60 mph time of 3.4 seconds. This four door luxury sedan even has a Night Vision Assist package worth $2,540. At $185,895 this one screams don’t quit your day job.
Let’s be realistic though. You can buy 12 Chevy Sparks at a delivered price of $16,900, the lowest priced car in the show, for the price of the Mercedes.
We’re looking forward to some larger road vehicles this week with the Annual Recreational Vehicle returns January 20-22.
Check out this great shot of our very own Jim Goggin, in Cleveland for the American Business Association (ABA) Marketplace. Stay warm up there, Jim.
Here’s a great opportunity to support one of our own – Dave Orr of Whitlock, one of our VBCC contractors. Many have probably seen Dave walking around VBCC setting up screens, projectors and mics. He’s also our resident video wall content generator. You can always spot Dave because of his warm smile and can do attitude. He’s one of the reasons Whitlock is successful at VBCC. Dave is also a musician and could use your vote for his nominated We the Beautiful People Everywhere in Veer magazine’s Song of the Year Category. His band Tusko Fatale has in interesting story and they’ve been around for a few decades. Dave’s music and videos are uniquely different than today’s pop culture. Here’s his site:https://www.reverbnation.com/tuskofatale/song/27185630-we-beautiful-people-everywhere
You can vote for his song here: http://veermag.com/2017/01/6th-annual-veer-music-awards/ While there, you can vote for our own Beach Events American Music Festival and Beach Street USA.
Pictured: Dave is on the right with the beard.
The city’s boardwalk astronomy program was featured in the December edition of Reflector magazine. This unique program is a joint effort between the City, the Virginia Beach Public Schools Planetarium and the Back Bay Amateur Astronomers Club. Once a month between May and September, astronomers set up telescopes along the boardwalk at 24th Street for stargazing and celestial observation. The program has been in place since 2008 and has become so popular among visitors and residents that an arrangement is in place for an entire block of boardwalk lights to be shut off during this event.
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The CVB has partnered with Giving Good for give back opportunities related to meetings and conventions.
Nothing brings people together like a common cause.
In partnership with PCMA’s Giving Good program, One Beach, One World, helps planners meeting in Virginia Beach reach their corporate social responsibility goals by offering:
o meaningful experiences that delegates and attendees value
o shared enrichment that strengthens bonds among collaborators
o the chance to make an impact through volunteer efforts
CSR in Virginia Beach is special. Our coastal location and the area’s thriving military community offer unique ways to get involved. Activities range from participants rolling up their sleeves – and pants legs – to improve the health of the Chesapeake Bay, to working on behalf of our troops, to providing care and assistance to people in need.
Click here to learn more about the outreach opportunities.