YAKIMA VALLEY TOURISM SELECTS PUBLISHER FOR THE 2015 YAKIMA VALLEY OFFICIAL VISITORS GUIDE™

We are pleased to announced that Visitors Guide Publications (VGP Destination Marketing) has been chosen to publish the 2015 edition of the Yakima Valley Official Visitors Guide™.

VGP Destination Marketing has been producing visitor guides for communities throughout Washington State since 1990. They published Experience Washington, the state's official travel planner and assisted in the state tourism website experiencewa.com from 2008-2011.

VGP currently publishes the Washington State Scenic Byways & Road Trips pocket guide and companion road map highlighting the state's 29 officially designated scenic byways as well as the travel planning website ScenicWA.com.

Read the full announcement here.

Interested in being in the 2015 guide? Contact Marcus Yearout, 1-800-546-8401 x 101 or email marcus@visitorsguide.com

THE PIRATES ARE A PLUNDERING!

Look out ye land lubbers and scallywags! The Pirate Plunder Adventure Race is just around the corner. Want to do the race? Sign up today, click here! Want to join our CEO and his crew of pirates or volunteer to help in other ways?  Read this fact sheet then go to Registration Form and scroll down to the volunteer information section. Questions? Contact Nicol Sloon 509-575-3010 or nicol@yakimasports.org.

YAKIMA AND YAKIMA VALLEY FEATURED IN SEATTLE TIMES TRAVEL SECTION

Former Yakima resident Jackie Smith did a nice piece on the Valley this past weekend in the Seattle Times. We work with Jackie on an ongoing basis and this is an update to a story she did in 2011 on the hops industry. Read the feature here.