Travel South USA Quarterly Newsletter

Travel South USA Quarterly Enews

OCTOBER 2014

Dates to Remember

November 3-6, 2014
World Travel Market
London, UK

December 1-4 2014
Travel South International Showcase
New Orleans, LA

Schedule of Events

January 2015
American Bus Association Marketplace
St. Louis, MO

March 22-25, 2015
Travel South Domestic Showcase
Shreveport, LA

April 22-25, 2015
World Travel Market Brazil
Sao Paulo, Brazil

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Look Who is Talking About Us

Seventeen Million Brazilians to See Alabama Photos

If you were in an elevator in Brazil there is a good chance you would see travel info from Alabama. The Brazilian travel company Travel Therefore I Am partnered...[read more]

Lowride Magazine Features Article All About the South

Travel freelancer Bruno Bartolucci recently took a press trip to Georgia, South Carolina

& North Carolina, visiting Atlanta, Savannah, Tybee Island...[read more]

West Virginia's 2014 Earned Media Domestic Showcase Report

Following West Virginia's 2014 Domestic Showcase, we have seen 103 published articles, with 70 more in the works. These numbers equate to 8,937,463 media...[read more]

Chairman's Corner

3 C's- Collaborate, Create, Capture

The tourism industry is quite a unique and eclectic group of professional businesses. We "sell" fun from the outside, but industry insiders understand that they work in a billion dollar industry. Tourism ranks throughout the region as one of the top three industries, behind manufacturing and...[read more]

Travel South USA Welcomes Missouri Division of Tourism

Celebrating 50th year with 12th member

Travel South USA, which in 2015 celebrates its 50th year of marketing member states as tourism destinations to both national and international audiences, welcomes Missouri as its 12th member. Other states included in the alliance are Alabama, Arkansas, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia and West Virginia...[read more]

Looking Forward with Liz

Expanding Internationally

These are exciting times here at Travel South USA with so much happening to promote tourism.

First, our newest state, Missouri, joined a delegation of 10 market managers/directors from the state tourism offices during September as we held a series of workshops and training events for receptive tour operators. We shared the "What's Hot and Happening" in the south with...[read more]

Connecting Southern Suppliers with Domestic Tour Operators

Do you know the vital role motorcoach group tourism plays in our region's economy?

In 2014, over 33.2 million visitors explored the Travel South USA region (12 states) on a motorcoach and delivered $9.07 billion in direct spending.
In 2014 an estimated 21,766,700 room nights were sold in the TSUSA region (12 states) to motorcoach visitors.
Adding 169,000 jobs, $5.9 million in wages and $2.1 billion in taxes to local, state and...[read more]

Thank You Partners and Sponsors

We want to extend our sincere thanks to this year's 2014 International Showcase sponsors:

Alabama Tourism Department - Brand USA - BMG-BRIC Marketing Group -Chattanooga Convention and Visitors Bureau - Delta Air Lines - Dolly Parton's Hometown, Sevierville - Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport - Hyatt Regency, New Orleans - Kentucky Department of Tourism and Travel - Louisiana Office of Tourism - Memphis and Mississippi -Miles Media - New Orleans Convention and Visitors Bureau - North Carolina Tourism - Receptive Services Association of America - Rhythms of the South - Shop America - Simon Shopping Destinations -South Carolina Parks, Recreation and Tourism - TourMappers North America - Travel Market Insights - Qantas Airlines - Visit Charlotte - Visit Norfolk and Outer Banks Visitors Bureau

We still have sponsorship opportunities available, so call us at 404.231.1790 or email David Kemp for more information. We look forward to seeing you in New Orleans!

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