Press Releases

Feb 09, 2008 - Gardens, Music, Barbecue and More Highlight Spring and Summer Orange County, NC Events

Travel to central North Carolina for Garden and Farm Tours and Jazz and Barbecue Festivals this Spring and Summer.

Jan 30, 2008 - Carolina Basketball Museum is a Must See

The new Carolina Basketball Museum is a hit and an immediate destination of choice for any Tar Heel fan or college basketball fan. The museum features a "Game Day" theme ... where visitors enter a theater for pre-game build-up, then into the main museum space where they can visit interactive displays and view memorabilia from Carolina's storied program on the UNC court. The museum features more than 450 artifacts, videos, photos, stats and historical panels that highlight the history of the Carolina Basketball program, which began nearly a century ago. Many of the greatest games and exciting finishes are highlighted.

Dec 17, 2007 - Need a Suggested Itinerary for Chapel Hill? Try TravelFizz

The Chapel Hill/Orange County Visitors Bureau introduces a new idea in travel itineraries: TravelFizz pocket cards. The cards offer interest-based ideas and itineraries to help individuals and traveling groups focus their days on the options that are most enticing to them.

Dec 03, 2007 - Visitors Bureau Unveils New Destination Merchandise For Sale

Just in time for the holidays, the Chapel Hill/Orange County Visitors Bureau is now selling T-shirts, caps and teddy bears available at its West Franklin Street Visitors Center.

Nov 19, 2007 - Wish You Were Here! Visitors Bureau Launches 1,000 Postcards Promotion

Wish your friends and family would come for a visit to Chapel Hill, Carrboro or Hillsborough? Why don't you send an invitation using one of the Visitors Bureau's new picturesque postcards?

Nov 13, 2007 - Visitors Bureau Hosts Successful Fam Tour for Corporate Planners

The Chapel Hill/Orange County Visitors Bureau recently hosted a two-day FAM (familiarization) tour titled "The Feeling Never Leaves You," in which top meeting planners from across the country visited Chapel Hill to consider its hotels for future meetings.

Nov 02, 2007 - Chapel Hill Spring Garden Tour Scheduled for April 2008

The Chapel Hill Spring Garden Tour on April 12-13, 2008, will be a self-guided tour of 10 distinguished gardens with a wonderland of unique plants, water features and architectural details in the neighboring communities of Meadowmont and The Oaks in central North Carolina in picturesque Chapel Hill.

Nov 02, 2007 - Visitors Can Look Forward to a Number of Exquisite Holiday Events

The Star of Bethlehem opens November 17 at the Morehead Planetarium and Science Center on the UNC-Chapel Hill campus and runs through January 4, 2008. The longest running Planetarium show in the world (57th season) is an astronomical look at one of the central icons of Christian tradition. This show features scientists and religious scholars alike examining the possible astronomical explanations for the stellar event described in the Gospel of Matthew. The cost is $6 for adults and $5 for children, students and seniors.

Sep 06, 2007 - Expert on Global Lodging to Speak at Next Quarterly Tourism Luncheon

Randy Smith, Chief Executive Officer and co-founder of Smith Travel Research (STR), the leading authority on current trends in occupancy, room rate and supply/demand data for the global lodging industry, is the guest speaker at the September Orange County Tourism Partnership coordinated by the Chapel Hill/Orange County Visitors Bureau.

Aug 31, 2007 - Visitors Bureau Produces New Passport for Value Coupon Booklet

A new Passport for Value coupon booklet, loaded with discounts at more than 100 Chapel Hill area restaurants, retail shops, events, services, attractions and accommodations, is now available to visitors.

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