2015 will bring changes on airplanes, aboard cruise ships and in hotels, and South Florida is expected to benefit. Travel trends will include more millennial and business travel, more river cruises, increased mobile usage, and longer and higher-priced hotel stays.…
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Travel trends in 2015: more millennials, cheap European fares, frequent flier …
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New agritourism association hosts mini conference in Florence’s AgriBiz & Farm …
FLORENCE, S.C. – The two biggest industries in South Carolina are undoubtedly agricultural and tourism and during the annual AgriBiz Farm Expo at the Florence Civic Center this week a portion of the event was set aside for a growing…
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Franklin Financial Network files for IPO
NASHVILLE – It’s a new era in Nahville banking. Franklin Financial Network, the parent company of Williamson County-based Franklin Synergy Bank, has filed to become a publicly traded company, the second local bank in the past week to chase an…
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Asheville, North Carolina Named Top Place to Visit in 2015 by Frommer’s
Asheville, North Carolina Named Top Place to Visit in 2015 by Frommer’s PRWEB.COM Newswire PRWEB.COM NewswireAsheville, North Carolina (PRWEB) January 15, 2015 The first day of the New Year has passed and one of the best places to live in…
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Is this the end of TEDxAsheville? – Asheville Citizen
Breah Parker was the first person to speak at the TEDxAsheville event in 2010. Her great idea was all based upon being yourself. Five years later, the future of the TEDxAsheville event is in question.(Photo: Citizen-Times file photo) ASHEVILLE –…
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Brunswick board OKs priority wish list
At the end of a six-hour goal-setting session, the commissioners moved the state group’s fifth item – revisions to the National Flood Insurance Program – to the top of their compilation. “North Carolina Counties, both coastal and inland, have reported…
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LTA names new member and officers
Greg Taylor, manager at Lanier’s Hardware on South Main Street, was appointed to the LTA board of directors. Judy Wimmer, an independent travel agent, was also reappointed for another three-year term. Sherry Piotti, was elected as chair of the board,…
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Smokies plate available for 2015
Drivers in Tennessee and North Carolina can kick off the New Year and join the 32,000 other vehicles with Friends of the Smokies license plates. Full story available to subscribers only.Subscribe Already a subscriber? Activate
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Offshore wind would produce 3x more jobs and nearly 9x more energy than …
Tuesday, January 13, 2015 Atlantic Oil and Gas Development risks healthy ocean ecosystems,fishery and tourism jobs, while offshore wind does not Oceana released a new report today that finds offshore wind would produce over three times more jobs and nearly…
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Report: Detained Washington Post journalist indicted in Iran
Vahid Salemi Report: Detained Washington Post journalist indicted in Iran FILE – In this photo April 11, 2013 file photo, Jason Rezaian, an Iranian-American correspondent for the Washington Post, smiles as he attends a presidential campaign of President Hassan Rouhani…
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