Articles

Five Athens-based arts organizations were winners of grants from the Georgia Department of Economic Development’s Georgia Council for the Arts.

The winners are AthFest, ATHICA, the Athens Folk Music

$15,000 Awarded for Local Product Development in Tourism

ATHENS, GA - (July 7, 2017) - The Athens Convention & Visitors Bureau (CVB), along with The Classic Center and The Classic Center Cultural

ATHENS, Ga. (March 20, 2017) –The Athens Convention & Visitors Bureau (CVB), along with The Classic Center and Classic Center Cultural Foundation, have established a matching grant program to assist local entities in developing new tourism products and experiences that will attract new overnight visitors to Athens-Clarke County.

Pictured above (L to R): CVB Director of Marketing & Communications Hannah Smith, GACVB Executive Director Julie Musselman, and CVB PR Coordinator Khyra Walker

Athens, Ga. (March 9, 2017) – The

ATHENS, GA (Jan. 26, 2017) -- Tourism professionals from Athens joined Georgia tourism industry leaders and elected officials for the annual Tourism, Hospitality & Arts Day at the Capitol on Jan. 24

Athens' hospitality professionals are out front in the current Meet Athens newsletter, as our CVB Partner of the Year Abby Hicks provides advice to meeting planners and we recognize our award-winning Athens destination experts Missy Brandt Wilson and Elizabeth J. Hovell. More inside information on how planners can leverage in-market partnerships is inside too!

Athens' creative community brings amazing resources to the table for meeting planners. Meet exceptional Chef Daniel Massie, "Matchmaker" for booking live music Troy Aubrey, and catch up on the latest updates and incentives from Athens hotels in this issue of Meet Athens, from the Athens Convention and Visitors Bureau.

In this issue... Annual Meeting and Hospitality Awards, CVB staff on Halloween, Hospitality Newsmakers, Georgia FBLA Leadership Conference call for event judges, etc.

ATHENS, Ga. (November 11, 2016) – The Athens Convention & Visitors Bureau (CVB), the official destination marketing organization for Athens-Clarke County, has hired the final staff member of the sales

ATHENS, Ga. (October 20, 2016) - The Athens Convention and Visitors Bureau (CVB) held its annual meeting Thursday, October 20, highlighted by the release of new economic impact figures for Athens-Clarke County and the presentation of the annual Athens Hospitality Awards.

Visitors to Athens-Clarke County spent $281.31 million in 2015, according to the 2015 Travel Economic Impact on Georgia State, Counties and Regions study prepared for the Georgia Department of Economic Development (GDEcD) by the United States Travel Association (USTA).