Mississippi Business Journal » convention and visitors bureaus http://msbusiness.com Mississippi Business Journal Tue, 21 May 2013 14:11:35 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 Coast CVB invites county to join in promoting tourism http://msbusiness.com/blog/2012/05/08/coast-cvb-invites-county-to-join-in-promoting-tourism/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=coast-cvb-invites-county-to-join-in-promoting-tourism http://msbusiness.com/blog/2012/05/08/coast-cvb-invites-county-to-join-in-promoting-tourism/#comments Tue, 08 May 2012 15:29:40 +0000 Associated Press http://msbusiness.com/?p=56761 JACKSON COUNTY — The Mississippi Gulf Coast Convention & Visitors Bureau has invited Jackson County to join Harrison and Hancock counties in tourism promotion. Beth Carriere, executive director of the bureau, presented a memorandum of understanding to the Board of Supervisors yester, according to The Mississippi Press. “We would hope that Jackson County would want [...]

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]]> http://msbusiness.com/blog/2012/05/08/coast-cvb-invites-county-to-join-in-promoting-tourism/feed/ 0 Officials debate economic impact of ‘The Help’ http://msbusiness.com/blog/2011/08/15/officials-debate-economic-impact-of-the-help/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=officials-debate-economic-impact-of-the-help http://msbusiness.com/blog/2011/08/15/officials-debate-economic-impact-of-the-help/#comments Mon, 15 Aug 2011 17:22:00 +0000 Associated Press http://msbusiness.com/?p=44793 GREENWOOD — The Greenwood-Leflore-Carroll Industrial Foundation estimates that the filming of the hit movie “The Help” was a big help to the Greenwood area economy. Bill Crump, the foundation’s chairman, said the film’s production in Greenwood last summer brought $13 million into the community. Crump told The Greenwood Commonwealth that evidence of the economic effect [...]

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]]> http://msbusiness.com/blog/2011/08/15/officials-debate-economic-impact-of-the-help/feed/ 0 CVB hires consultant to conduct tourism study http://msbusiness.com/blog/2011/02/10/cvb-hires-consultant-to-conduct-tourism-study/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=cvb-hires-consultant-to-conduct-tourism-study http://msbusiness.com/blog/2011/02/10/cvb-hires-consultant-to-conduct-tourism-study/#comments Thu, 10 Feb 2011 14:50:54 +0000 Associated Press http://msbusiness.com/?p=36694 TUPELO — The Tupelo Convention and Visitors Bureau board has hired a consultant to a comprehensive local tourism market analysis. North Carolina-based Young Strategies will be paid $9,500 to initially look at the CVB’s current in-house programs, such as sports and film development, to see how the efforts are going and what can be improved. [...]

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