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Hospitality industry opens WAVE Award nominations
Experience Grand Rapids and the Kent County Lodging Association are accepting nominations for the WAVE Award, which honors outstanding service providers in the local hospitality industry.
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A plan for Michigan’s tourism industry
The Pure Michigan campaign has proven to be very successful in driving tourism traffic to the state.
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Experience Grand Rapids' Pure Michigan campaign attracts $101.5M impact
Experience Grand Rapids’ partnership with Pure Michigan in 2012 attracted 381,100 visits to the area, generating a $101.5 million impact on the local economy, according to a report released by tourism research firm Longwoods International.
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Area hotels are continuing strong run
Convention center posts its best-ever seven-month fiscal mark.
Following on the heels of a record-breaking revenue year of $127 million for hotels in the county last year, Experience Grand Rapids President Doug Small reported the momentum carried over into the first month of the new year.
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Experience Grand Rapids reports record hotel revenue and convention attendance
At the organization’s Toast the Town event, Experience Grand Rapids President Doug Small said hotels in the county had a record-breaking year for revenue last year and more convention-goers came here in 2012 than in any previous year.
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Bureau ready to focus on Beer City USA
New promotion will pair craft beer with specialty foods.
(As seen on WZZM TV 13) Experience Grand Rapids is pulling the tap on a brand new event in a few weeks, one that will showcase and celebrate the growth of the local craft beer industry and link those popular products to some of the area’s top restaurants.
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Experience GR appreciates new county contract
Three-year agreement comes at a time when hospitality revenue is expected to rise even more.
Experience Grand Rapids President Doug Small said he was grateful that Kent County recently approved a new three-year contract with his organization, and he saw that decision as a vote of confidence in what the destination marketer has accomplished over the previous three years.
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Park system is good, but not great
County and others are examining how to get to great.
The Kent County Parks Department will approach county commissioners soon to ask for some fee changes. One would raise the family season pass from $50 to $60 a year, while another would create an extended-family season pass for $70 a year that would allow grandparents and caregivers to take their kids to a park.
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County panel approves contract with Experience GR
One commissioner objects to the size of the payout.
Members of the Kent County Finance Committee recommended last week that the full commission ratify a new three-year contract with Experience Grand Rapids, the county’s convention and tourism destination marketer.
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Committee checking into taxcollection process
Members of the Kent County Finance Committee focused on some overdue tax payments last week. According to a report they received from Experience Grand Rapids, two hotels on 28th Street owe the county about $270,000 in back lodging-excise taxes.
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