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National Tourism Week 2008
PARKERSBURG, WV -   The Greater Parkersburg Convention & Visitors Bureau will join hundreds of cities, states and travel-related businesses nationwide May 10-18, 2008 in recognition of the 25 th annual National Tourism Week. On Friday,...

UK Travel Writer Visits
PARKERSBURG, WV – The Greater Parkersburg Convention & Visitors Bureau recently hosted UK travel writer, Mary Moore Mason, of Essentially America Magazine, for a tour of area points of interests. Essentially America is published three...

CVB Attends Annual Heartland Group Travel Showcase
Parkersburg, West Virginia -- The Greater Parkersburg Convention & Visitors Bureau, along with representatives and group tour operators from 12 states and Canada will converged in Milwaukee, Wisconsin March 7-9, for the annual Heartland Group...

New CVB Board of Directors, Officers Announced
PARKERSBURG, WV – The Greater Parkersburg Convention & Visitors Bureau announced its 2008 board of directors and officers during its 2008 annual meeting Monday evening at the Parkersburg Art Center. CVB President Steve Nicely said,...

CVB unveils new ad campaign for 2008
The Greater Parkersburg Convention & Visitors Bureau Board of Directors recently endorsed the implementation of a new ad campaign promoting the area as a tourism destination in 2008. In January, Stonewall Marketing, the bureau’s agency of...

CVB to participate in 12 trade, travel shows in 2008
Parkersburg, WV - The Greater Parkersburg Convention & Visitors Bureau will participate in 12 trade and travel related shows in 2008, beginning this weekend in Cincinnati, Ohio. “The winter season is considered a ‘shoulder’...

2008 Visitors Guide Available
Parkersburg, WV – The Greater Parkersburg Convention & Visitors Bureau is already prepping for the arrival of visitors to the region in 2008 with the announcement that its largest and most comprehensive visitors guide has recently been...

2008 Grant Approved
PARKERSBURG, WV  – Greater Parkersburg Convention & Visitors Bureau President Steve Nicely announced the bureau will receive $417,635 in matching grant funds in 2008 from the Matching Advertising Partnership Program that is administered...

CVB Reps Attends WV Tourism Conference
PARKERSBURG, WV (November 1, 2007) – A record number of tourism industry partners gathered at The Resort at Glade Springs in Daniels, WV November 5-7 to discuss emerging travel trends, and gain new insight on Internet marketing. The conference...

New State Report Cites Travel Growth in Local Area
PARKERSBURG, WV  – A recent study released by the West Virginia Division of Tourism revealed that tourism continues to be a growth industry in West Virginia as well as in Wood County and the Mid-Ohio Valley Region.  Dean Runyan...

Early American Life Magazine Features Log House in December Issue
CAIRO, WV  – Tucked away in the hills, just outside of the little town of Cairo, West Virginia, a log house is gaining national recognition through the iconic Early American Life magazine . The Log House Homestead Bed & Breakfast...

Reps Attend Travel Leadership Summit in Washington, D.C.
Nicely attends 2 nd annual Travel Leadership Summit in Washington, D.C. Parkersburg, West Virginia – Greater Parkersburg Convention & Visitors Bureau President Steve Nicely along with hundreds of other travel industry leaders from...

Greater Parkersburg Area Featured in Magazine
Greater Parkersburg area featured in Country Living Magazine Parkersburg, West Virginia -- “Plenty of fun in Parkersburg” reads the headline in the August 2007 issue of Country Living Magazine , a publication of the Ohio Electric...

CVB Produces Interactive CD Rom
PARKERSBURG, WV -- The Greater Parkersburg Convention & Visitors Bureau has a new marketing tool. An interactive CD Rom, featuring area attractions, history, events, and other points of interest, will be used as a direct mailer to visitors,...

CVB redesigns web site
The Greater Parkersburg Convention & Visitors Bureau has unveiled a completely   redesigned web site at www.GreaterParkersburg.com . The web site was developed by Cool Blue Interactive, with leisure travelers, meeting planners...

Epic Bike Race Passes Through Parkersburg, WV
PARKERSBURG, WV -- More than 220 courageous athletes are attempting to complete a non-stop, coast-to-coast race called Race Across America, that passes over two major mountain ranges, through the desert and across the American plains, and into the...

Author spends 110 days traveling West Virginia
Parkersburg, West Virginia  – It has been two years in the making, but award-winning travel writer Leonard Adkins’ long-awaited book “West Virginia: An Explorer’s Guide” finally hit bookstore shelves this month. ...

Parkersburg CVB prints updated regional maps
Parkersburg, West Virginia  --  The Greater Parkersburg Convention and Visitors Bureau recently published 10,000 updated padded maps featuring regional points of interests, hotels and the nearly completed Corridor D project. The maps are in...

CVB Celebrates National Tourism Week
Parkersburg, West Virginia -- The Greater Parkersburg Convention & Visitors Bureau will join hundreds of cities, states and travel-related businesses nationwide May 12-20, 2007 in recognition of the 24 th annual National Tourism Week. ...

Tourism Businesses Participate in Printing Program
PARKERSBURG, WV – The number 13 is usually considered unlucky, however for 13 area tourism businesses it turned out to be very lucky. The Greater Parkersburg Convention & Visitors Bureau and the Marietta/Washington County...

 
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