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 Virginia
African American Forum
The Virginia African American Forum presents its 2006
Preview Gala and Heritage Lecture at Jamestown Settlement on Saturday,
Oct. 14, 2006. This event includes a reception, lecture, jazz ensemble
and gallery tour. For more information on this America's 400th Anniversary
partner event, please email PreviewGala@Jamestown2007.org or
call 877-400-9327.
Dulles-Beijing
Capital to Capital Flights
United Airlines and Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority
are currently bidding on this service. Please show your support
for a non-stop air route connecting Beijing and Washington, D.C.
This would help bring China and the U.S. together – and
increase Chinese tourists visiting Virginia! Visit the following
link to act now!
http://www.capitaltocapital.net/takeaction/support.cfm
Leads
Available
Leads from the Travel Connections Show in Pennsylvania on Aug. 21-22
and the Student Youth Travel Association Conference, September 8-12 in Boston, MA are now available. Please email Robin Mamunes in Sales at rmamunes@virginia.org
The
Virginia Hospitality Suite Website
The Virginia Hospitality
Suite Website features a free "create your own guidebook" service
that lets viewers choose from some 200 Virginia destinations/attractions
and photos/text from three past presidents of the Society of American
Travel Writers. During the summer, 58,000 pages were downloaded.
The site's Webmaster invites the Virginia Tourism industry to check if your
free listings are current. Please email your corrections and images
to Hal Gieseking at halron8@yahoo.com.
New
Features on Virginia.org
New and Updated Features on Virginia.org include: October in Virginia, Driving
Tours to Central
Virginia, Chesapeake
Bay, Hampton
Roads, Heart
of Appalachia,
Shenandoah
Valley, Eastern
Shore and Northern
Virginia; First
Thanksgiving in Virginia; and 100 Miles of Lights.
Also, be sure to check out the new weekly podcast of Forester Tim at www.virginia.org/fall.
Rest
Area Closes & Welcome Center
Relocates
VDOT closed the rest area on I-95 and the
Welcome Center at Fredericksburg on Sept. 29. The
Welcome Center staff will be temporarily relocated
to the Potomac Gateway Visitor Center at 3540 James
Madison Parkway in King George. A brand new Welcome
Center is being built and should open in May 2007.
 Welcome
Centers Promote Wine Month
All Welcome Centers are promoting October is Virginia Wine Month
with special displays, demonstrations and sweepstakes. Visit a Welcome
Center near you and VirginiaStompingGrounds.com for more information.
Virginia
Low Down eNewsletter
VTC Public Relations has launched a new monthly communication — Virginia
Low Down — targeting travel and news Websites. It features
a Ten List built around a seasonal theme and a section called Big
Deal Virginia, highlighting special packages and promotions. VTC
needs holiday-themed packages and promotions from Halloween through
New Year's. Please contact industry partners in your area and have
them list their packages and specials on Virginia.org and
email Tamra Talmadge-Anderson at ttanderson@virginia.org by
Oct. 16.
Merchandise of the Month
Celebrate Virginia Wine Month in October with this "Virginia is
for Wine Lovers" T-shirt.
Heavy 100% cotton printed on front. Sizes: S-2XL. Colors: Black,
White, Navy, Sport Gray. $14.
Go to the Virginia
is for Lovers Shop to order.
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Through September 2006
UP 47% YTD
Through September 2006
DOWN 14.9% YTD
Through August 2006
DOWN 0.8% over
same period of 2005
Through August 2006
UP 2.4% over
same period of 2005
Through May 2006
UP 0.04% from
the same period of 2005
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Best of the Best Virginia Destinations
Natural Bridge
Selected "Best of Roanoke"
The Natural
Bridge won the Silver Winner-Best Day Trip from Roanoke
by readers of The Roanoker magazine. It has also been
named "Best Natural Area in the Blue Ridge region" by Blue
Ridge Country as well as among the "most favorite spots
in the South" by staff members
at Southern Living.
VTC is looking for other mentions
in the media for the Best of the Best in Virginia. If your destination
has received a distinction from the media, please contact Sandy
Westmoreland at swestmoreland@virginia.org for
an ongoing feature article on Virginia.org.
Admin
Tool Tip
Adding
and Updating Listings
Everyone likes to save time. With that in mind, before
you create a new listing, first check your User Account and Virginia.org
to see if the listing already exists to avoid duplications and extra
work. If the listing is currently in your account, simply click “Make
Changes” so that you may begin making any updates to the listing. Also,
delete any listings from your account that you will not be updating,
and delete those for businesses that have closed. For questions,
please contact Angela Wiggins at 804-545-5553 or awiggins@virginia.org.
If you have comments or suggestions for future issues of The
Dashboard please contact Sandy Westmoreland at swestmoreland@virginia.org or 804-545-5557.
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