Weigh in on tourism plans for Escambia County

Visit Pensacola has launched Destination 2020, a community project for the planning and development of a 5-year strategic plan for Escambia County. A large part…

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PSA/Visit Pensacola Launch runningpensacola.com

The Pensacola Sports Association and Visit Pensacola are pleased to introduce a brand new website and resource for the Pensacola running community – www.runningpensacola.com. The…

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Visit Pensacola markets to Chicago

Visit Pensacola staff will be conducting a unique, hands-on campaign during the 56th Annual Chicago Air and Water Show, giving attendees the opportunity to win…

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Latest stats on Visit Pensacola

The Visit Pensacola Board of Directors meets today from 3-4:30 p.m. at the Perdido Community Center. The Tourism Statistical Report for February 2014 shows that…

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Visit Pensacola entices Nashville foodies

More and more travelers are planning their vacations around food, and with destinations like Pensacola offering beautiful white-sand beaches along with local cuisine such as…

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Visit Pensacola Board meeting today

Readers have asked that I post when the Visit Pensacola meets today. Visit Pensacola Board of Trustees Feb. 5 3 p.m. Hagler/Mason Meeting Room Second…

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Latest Market Research on Pensacola Tourism

Visit Pensacola meets today. In its agenda packet is the marketing research update on tourism for this past fall. The top 10 Visitor Origins for…

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Weekend Buzz: Quiet, Organization and Pcola linked to national stories

County & City Coast Thru Christmas City of Pensacola and Escambia County governments try to coast to the end of the year without any drama….

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Merrill elected first chairman of Visit Pensacola board

Yesterday, the Visit Pensacola board of directors held its first meeting. The meeting was primarily organizational and was properly held in the “Sunshine.” The board…

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Daily reveals who selected Visit Pensacola board

Carlton Proctor wrote in today’s daily newspaper about the selection process of the initial board of directors of Visit Pensacola – the 501(c)6 non-profit formed…

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Why question Visit Pensacola? Because the public has been left out of the process

More than likely Visit Pensacola, Inc. –the new non-profit formed by the hotel industry to be laser-focused on tourism — will be approved today to…

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Visit Pensacola picks its initial board of directors

We don’t how they were chosen. We don’t who chose them. However, we now know who they are. Brendan Kelly, UWF Interim Dean for University…

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Visit Pensacola and its bylaws gain approval, final vote may be Thursday…or not

By Jesse Farthing Yesterday’s Committee of the Whole meeting of the Escambia County Commission focused heavily on Visit Pensacola, Inc. and its proposed governance and…

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Visit Pensacola in the Sunshine

This morning Escambia County citizens will get to hear, for the first time in a public forum, about the latest set of bylaws for Visit…

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Visit Pensacola draft bylaws. Group will be like a mini-chamber

Last week the Escambia Board of County Commissioners were given the latest draft of the bylaws of Visit Pensacola, Inc. — corporation proposed by the…

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Lobbyist tried to dictate who would represent the arts community on new tourism board

Ron Ellington, paid lobbyist for the hotel industry, apparently has his Visit Pensacola board chosen to run tourism for Escambia County. According to David Bear,…

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