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Feb 2012
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Movie Fans Get Hungry for the Hunger Games
Asheville Travel Packages: Survival Skills, Celebrity Suites & Star Stalking -- With the Academy Awards just days away, all eyes will be on the red carpet this week, but Oscar buzz will quickly shift to movie predictions for 2012. Critics are touting The Hunger Games. Set in post-apocalyptic Appalachia with a gripping (read: addictive) storyline rife with star-crossed teenage romance, kill-or-be-killed drama and moonshine-induced benders, the movie is poised for box office success. Fans may soon be clamoring for a closer look at its Blue Ridge Mountain location.
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Dec 2011
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B-Boy Santa Invades Asheville & Gives Away Grand Vacation
Click & Win: Dancing Santa’s Holiday Travel Contest! The viral Santa video phenomenon that captured national attention–and caught the mountain town of Asheville, NC by surprise–has inspired a grand holiday vacation giveaway during the month of December.
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Oct 2011
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Asheville's Top Tourism Official Resigns to Take Job in Tampa
Asheville Convention and Visitors Bureau (CVB) Executive Vice President and Buncombe County Tourism Development Authority (BCTDA) Executive Director Kelly Miller resigned today to accept the position of president and CEO at Tampa Bay & Company, the official tourism promotion agency for that region.
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Sep 2011
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Fall Color Wars: Forecasts Fuel Friendly/Colorful Competition
While a traveler’s favorite fall color destination may be based on personal preference or sentimental connection, biologists and foliage experts in Western North Carolina are making the case that 2011 could put the Blue Ridge Mountains at the top of the (leaf) pile.
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Aug 2011
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Asheville Woman Breaks Appalachian Trail Speed Record
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Jul 2011
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Asheville CVB Achieves Destination Marketing Accreditation
The Asheville Convention & Visitors Bureau has been awarded official accreditation from the Destination Marketing Accreditation Program (DMAP). The ACVB joins the ranks of 130 distinguished destination marketing organizations in the U.S., Canada and Europe in achieving the destination marketing industry’s most prestigious organizational recognition.
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Jul 2011
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Grove Park Inn is Now Pet Friendly
The Grove Park Inn Resort & Spa is now accepting guests of the four-legged variety for the first time in its almost 100 year history. A new section of "pet-friendly" rooms in the Vanderbilt Wing of the Resort will come with a special turndown amenity. The Inn is offering guests who bring their pets on vacation a variety of trails and walking routes for exercising, as well as a special walking area for pets near the new pet-friendly rooms.
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May 2011
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Gas Woes Prompt Big Deals on Summer Travel
Believe it or not, gas price drama may actually be good news for stateside travelers looking to score deals on summer vacations. With industry analysts split over gas predictions, destinations and attractions are offering gas cards, travel packages and deals-a-plenty to attract the 80 percent of consumers who still plan to take a summer vacation despite gas prices (Orbitz, May 2011).
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Apr 2011
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Announcing Foodtopia for the People
Win a Grand Asheville Vacation — Atlanta foodies…start your taste buds! This April, Asheville is packing up its culinary and craft beer culture and heading to the big city. Foodtopia for the People will offer Atlantans chances to win more than 600 tasty prizes, including five culinary getaways to the mountains.
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Feb 2011
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Asheville Moves Mountains for Atlanta
Asheville’s edgy mountain culture is moving to the big city. Every day for 30 days in March, Atlantans will experience the sights, sounds and flavors of an Asheville vacation during (30) Days of Asheville. No need for Groupon—we’re talking FREE events, goodies and surprises…from Asheville, with love.
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Sep 2010
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Blue Ridge Mountain & Asheville forecasts offer fierce competition for America’s Best Fall Color Show
In the tricky business that is forecasting the whims of Mother Nature, it is rare that experts agree as they make fall color predictions. This year, biologists and naturalists in Western North Carolina and the Asheville area are singing the same tune: Seasonal weather patterns and early climate indicators may trigger the most colorful leaf season in years.
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Sep 2010
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2010 Blue Ridge Mountains Fall Color Reports Begin on 9/13
Starting September 13, FallintheMountains.com will post a weekly color snapshot of how leaf season is progressing in the Blue Ridge Mountains. Using insider tips, pictures, video and foliage updates from naturalists, attractions and park officials around the region, travelers can plan color-filled adventures for their fall getaway.
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Jul 2010
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Tourism Officials Award $2.25 Million to Community Projects
The Buncombe County Tourism Development Authority (BCTDA) announced today that it is awarding more than $2.25 million to three community projects through its Tourism Product Development Fund (TPDF). Funding will assist with construction of projects that are expected to further enhance the community while also driving more overnight hotel stays and pumping additional dollars into the local economy.
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Jun 2010
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Southeast Mountain Community Extends Help to the Gulf
The Asheville Convention & Visitors Bureau is reaching out to the Gulf Coast in an effort to provide some support in the wake of the Gulf oil spill.
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Jun 2010
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Win President Obama's Getaway
Summer travelers can win a vacation getaway worthy of an American President. With the first official days of summer just around the corner, travelers can follow the footsteps of President and First Lady Obama’s weekend getaway to the Blue Ridge Mountains and enter to win their own presidential vacation, including a stay at The Grove Park Inn Resort & Spa.
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May 2010
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Asheville Named "Beer City USA"
More than 19,000 votes and hundreds of heated comments and blog posts marked a neck-n-neck tie-breaker for the title of “BeerCity USA 2010” in an online poll celebrating American Craft Beer Week.
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Apr 2010
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Summer travelers can vacation like a president
If you’re planning a summer vacation, you could do worse than following in the footsteps of an American President. Vacations are front and center these days with the summer travel season just around the corner and news of President and First Lady Obama’s weekend getaway to Asheville in the Blue Ridge Mountains.
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Feb 2010
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Destination wedding ideas for brides who vow to be different
With growing popularity of destination weddings, many couples are bypassing the beach ceremony fad for a stateside city that has been quietly drawing the nation's jet set since the late 1800s. Asheville's Blue Ridge Mountain backdrop has inspired brides from modern bohemians to real American princess Cornelia Vanderbilt, daughter of George W. Vanderbilt.
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Dec 2009
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Partnership on Wayfinding & Buncombe County TDA unveil first sign
After nearly three years of community input, planning, design and collaboration, the Partnership on Wayfinding and the Buncombe County Tourism Development Authority (BCTDA) today unveiled the first wayfinding sign downtown on Patton Avenue as installation begins on a $1.65 million community-wide signage program.
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Nov 2009
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Holidays get Hip with Fireworks, Rock-n-Roll & Rock-Climbing Santa
Asheville is known for mild winters, snow-capped mountains and a cozy downtown full of holiday tradition, but this year the season will sizzle with spectacle, savings and chances to splurge. Below are some of the season's best events for 2009:
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Feb 2009
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Free Your Spirit & Wallet at CoolAshevilleSavings.com
As consumers seek inexpensive ways to exercise their right for some much needed R&R this spring and summer, Asheville has launched CoolAshevilleSavings.com. Named one of the world’s must-see destinations by Frommer’s and recently ranked a top 10 value destination for couples in search of romance (D.K. Shifflet & Associates), Asheville is a world-class destination that’s not real expensive.
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Dec 2008
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Asheville’s farm-to-table chefs share holiday party appetizers for $0.25 or less
With holiday spending growth predicted at its lowest level in six years, consumers are cutting corners on everything from presents to parties. Instead of reaching to call the caterers or serving pre-packaged hors d'oeuvres, whip up inexpensive appetizers that rely on farm-fresh ingredients and local produce that you can find in your own backyard.
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Nov 2008
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Asheville Announces 21 Days of Not-So-Silent Nights
Holiday nights in downtown Asheville get a glitzy makeover this December with Asheville Seasonal Sizzle: 21 days of not-so-silent nights. Merrymakers will enjoy free fireworks, live entertainment, seasonal appetizer specials at local restaurants, and extended hours of evening shopping in downtown Asheville's eclectic boutiques and craft galleries.
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Oct 2008
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Fun & Free Holiday Events in the Blue Ridge Mountains
Named by Frommer’s as one of the world’s top 10 must-see destinations for the blend of cultural and natural allure, Asheville’s mild winter weather offers scenic snow-capped mountains while downtown remains navigable and festive for holiday visitors. Below are some of the season's best local traditions and FREE holiday events for 2008.
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May 2008
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GPS Treasure Hunts Turn Summer Vacations into Hi-Tech Adventures
From the Blue Ridge Mountains to Florida’s Gulf Coast to Route 66, the tech-savvy sport known as “geocaching” allows destinations to unfold like a mystery novel, one clue at a time. Starting May 20, Asheville’s geocache hunt–The Ultimate AsheCache–will lead travelers to unexpected sites and, if they’re clever, to big prizes.
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Jan 2007
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Outstanding WNC Student Sought for Chamber Hospitality Scholarship Award
Nominations are due Feb. 16, 2007 for the Asheville Area Chamber of Commerce’s annual $2,000 Hospitality Scholarship Award that recognizes an outstanding student from Western North Carolina pursuing a hospitality or culinary-oriented associate’s or bachelor’s degree.
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Nov 2006
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Discover a New Holiday Tradition This Season in Asheville
Picture an intimate North Carolina city surrounded by spectacular mountain peaks capped in white. Downtown Asheville is dressed for the holidays with white lights sparkling among fragrant garlands decorated with bright red bows.
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