Our members at the Charleston, West Virginia Convention & Visitors Bureau have been hard at work providing online resources and information to local businesses and employees, take a look:
Our organization acted early to support the community; a few days into the release of social distancing guidelines in mid-March we launched Team Charleston, an online resource and information portal that supports local businesses and employees, as well as provides ideas for socially responsible activities. We update this page most days a week across a range of topics: ways you can help the community from home, a full list of restaurants that deliver carry-out, financial aid resources, and a webpage that allows you to send virtual tips to bartenders.
We also keep it updated with social distancing activities. Mountain Stage, produced by WV Public Broadcasting and distributed by NPR Music, is our music radio show with a live audience that has had to be canceled, but they have released Spotify p...
The Ann Arbor Sports Commission is partnering with a local business to sell shirts with all net proceeds going to local sporting teams and clubs that sign up. They can help promote to their athletes and families to buy and have some extra cash coming in to help pay coaches, etc. Ann Arbor Sports Commissions is promoting through emails to their clubs and social media.
You can find out more here: https://shop.undergroundshirts.com/collections/destination-ann-arbor-sports
Keep it up Ann Arbor. Together, we are #SportsTourismStrong!
Take a look at all the awesome initiatives taking place in Las Vegas to stay #SportsTourismStrong:
GRAMMY Award-winning entertainer Bruno Mars, who has been a performer at the Park MGM theater, announced on March 26th that he has donated $1 million to the MGM Resorts Foundation to support MGM employees impacted economically by the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. View more details.
MGM Resorts International recognized the support of many of its resident entertainment partners who generously donated to the company’s Employee Emergency Grant Fund in support of those impacted economically by the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic.
David Copperfield, Jay Leno, Bill Maher, Kathleen Madigan, David Spade, Boyz II Men, Brad Garrett, Carrot Top, Terry Fator, Ray Romano, Jabbawockeez, Shin Lim, Thunder from Down Under, Hans Klok, Australian Bee Gees, Fantasy and Bill Blumenreich Presents each showed their support for the MGM Resorts family this week with a donation t...
The way we work, play and consume has been rattled by efforts to slow the spread of COVID-19. What we’ve learned through research and data shows that stay-at-home orders have touched nearly everything (except for our faces).
Since New Year’s Day, Game Day Communications has been monitoring the ever-evolving impact, optimizing technology and instituting rapid response teams. We’re working virtually hand-in-hand with our partners, especially those hit hardest (Film Cincinnati, Flying Pig Marathon, Frisch’s Big Boy, Funky’s Catering Events, Pure Romance, Jeff Ruby Culinary Entertainment, Sports ETA, Summerfair, Taste of Cincinnati, The Banks, among others), to tailor game plans and secure local, regional and national coverage of their custom messages.
We’ve watched consumption of news grow dramatically, especially television news and daily news conferences from our governors and elected officials. According to Nielsen:
52% of us are watching...
Our members at the Harris County - Houston Sports Authority have recently launched Houston Sports Q'D UP.! Q'D UP connects viewers with some of their favorite Houston athletes, both past and present. This week, Hall of Famer Jeff Bagwell was featured! They even host a Facebook Watch Party! Check it out HoustonSports.org!
Keep it up Houston. Together, we are #SportsTourismStrong!
Our members in Kalamazoo recently launched the first of many #WhyStory Wednesdays!
By sharing the #WhyStory behind each one of their sports event partners, they hope you’ll find inspiration to “Discover Kalamazoo Sports” a bit further and find meaning and significance in the role that sports play in our community.
Their first feature is the Kalamazoo Curling Club!
Read more about their #WhyStory here: https://bit.ly/2XaCFRv
Keep it up Kalamazoo. Together, we are #SportsTourismStrong!
Visit Tucson Sports recently started a social media campaign called #JerseyDayThursday to continue showing support and love for their beloved teams! They are calling for your help -- share a photograph of you and your favorite sports jersey. It doesn't need to be Tucson or Arizona related - any sport, and city, any country!
Keep it up Tucson. Together, we are #SportsTourismStrong!
Our members at the Rockford Area CVB are doing their part to help flatten the curve in IL with their #StayHomeRFKD campaign. They are taking their efforts a step further by offering a live virtual familiarization tour, "Home with the FAM", for national event operators, trade publication partners and media. The virtual FAM tour will take place on Friday, April 17 at 11am CT.
Check out their website for more details.
Keep it up Rockford. Together, we are #SportsTourismStrong!
The Valley Forge Tourism & Convention Board (VFTCB) has launched a #MontCoStrong t-shirt fundraiser to help support Montgomery County, PA’s COVID-19 Response Fund, which was recently established to support local relief efforts in response to the coronavirus outbreak.
The VFTCB designed the shirt, and is partnering with DJB Specialities, Inc., a VFTCB member in North Wales that specializes in custom apparel and promotional products, to sell them for $25 apiece.
All of the proceeds from the #MontCoStrong t-shirt sales will be donated to the Montco, PA COVID-19 Response Fund, which will exclusively assist community safety net organizations critically impacted by the current public health crisis such as those serving low-income and food-insecure residents, senior citizens, veterans, homeless and homebound individuals.
DJB is working in temporary office space, and constructing a state-of-the-art facility after suffering a catastrophic loss to a fire in February. The staff...
Virtual learning isn’t just for the kids. While in quarantine, maybe you should consider taking an online course or two. There are some great classes and webinars out there, some of them even free, to continue your education.
For those who want to grow their skills in the sports tourism area, Sports ETA hosts great weekly webinars. Members lead the discussion on different topics such as how to thrive during COVID-19 or a deep dive into contracts. Plus, if you missed one, as a member, you can go back and watch the webinars on your own time.
If you are looking to dive back into a college course or two, Coursera is offering some of their online courses for free through May 31, 2020. Choose from courses on career development, cloud technology or mental health, featuring the popular Yale course The Science of Well-Being.
For the more visual people, there are several great online courses. Adobe has an Education Exchange which is filled with courses geared towards students, tea...