Travel Nevada’s public relations team brought international and domestic travel media into the state this summer and fall, and also shared its social media influencer policy with industry partners in a September webinar. Recent media hits include a feature story — and the cover — of the August Nat Geo India, the result of an […]
Travel Nevada’s Sales and Industry Partners team spent the past few months promoting the state around the world – including in key travel markets Japan and South Korea, as well as in Mexico and Australia. Earlier this year, Travel Nevada contracted with international marketing and public relations firm Aviareps for representation in Japan, the United […]
Travel Nevada’s new 30-second commercial spot and animated digital ads began running in August 2019, featuring Cathedral Gorge, Black Canyon and other rural destinations, along with urban scenes from downtown Las Vegas. Check out the commercial on TravelNevada.com (click the “Get the Story” box), or click here. Designed to raise awareness of Nevada as well […]
Staff changes TravelNevada welcomed two new staff members in the last quarter of 2018, and bid farewell to two longstanding, key members of the team. Tracie Barnthouse in October joined TravelNevada as a public relations specialist focusing on stakeholder engagement, international media relations and social […]
Virginia City, Carson City and Carson Valley are profiled in this short piece in the summer 2018 issue of Via. Via_Summer 2018
CARSON CITY, Nev. — New special events are slated for rural Nevada, including a quirky cooking festival that involves steam engines, as well as an event celebrating the 20th anniversary of the land-speed record. Both are among projects funded by the Nevada Division of Tourism (TravelNevada) through its rural marketing grants program. TravelNevada distributed $983,400 […]
The U.S. Travel Association has created a call to action to support Brand USA in regards to the latest from Washington on a key priority of the travel and tourism industry – The Administration has proposed a federal budget that would eliminate the U.S.’s investment in Brand USA, the international travel marketing arm of the […]
CARSON CITY, N.V. (November 10, 2015) – With up to a foot of fresh snow blanketing some of Tahoe’s peaks, Mt. Rose Ski Tahoe’s early opening last week and Heavenly Mountain Resort’s opening announcement this week, ski season has officially begun in Nevada. This week’s early openings and generous snowfall, alongside whispers of an upcoming […]
CARSON CITY, Nev. — The Nevada Governor’s Global Tourism Summit will kick off Nov. 16 at the Hilton Lake Las Vegas for two days of building business, insights, and networking with the top minds in global tourism. The Global Tourism Summit is the evolution of the long-running Governor’s Conference on Tourism, produced by the Nevada […]
CARSON CITY, Nev. – In a recent announcement to members of the Travel and Tourism Research Association (TTRA), Claudia Vecchio, director at Nevada Department of Tourism and Cultural Affairs (dba TravelNevada), was named the 2015 winner of the J. Desmond Slattery Professional Marketing Award. TTRA is the leading association globally for travel and tourism research. […]
