Hilton Worldwide today announced that The Asheville Foundry Inn in North Carolina will join Curio – A Collection by HiltonTM, a global set of remarkable upscale and luxury hotels hand-picked for their distinctive character and personality, appealing to passionate travelers seeking local discovery. Construction…

There’s a crossroads between Buxton and Banks avenues, even though they don’t intersect. These blocklong, parallel, South Slope streets are lined with places to buy things, eat, drink and make merry: a chocolate factory, a doughnut shop, three breweries, two…

City Hall(Photo: Citizen-Times photo) ASHEVILLE – With the City Council primary election three weeks away, it’s almost time for voters to make their choices from a crowded field of 15 candidates. Two key questions: Was this summer’s 1.5-cent property tax…

Posted: Sunday, September 6, 2015 5:11 pm Asheville tourism bureau doesn’t report how it spends money Associated Press | ASHEVILLE — The agency that promotes tourism in Asheville has a $9 million budget of public money, but doesn’t have to…

Posted: Friday, August 21, 2015 1:32 pm Record year for Asheville tourism, new ad campaign running Associated Press | ASHEVILLE — It’s another one for the record books in Asheville. Tourism officials tell local media outlets that 2014 again set…

In the debate surrounding regulation of the burgeoning sharing economy, ride-sharing services like Uber seem to dominate the discussion. However, several other growing businesses in this sector are under attack as well. Airbnb, an online sharing service where people can…

BURKE’S GARDEN, Va. — The Virginia Tourism Corporation came to Tazewell County, Va., on Thursday to spread “LOVE,” on one of the county’s most precious resources — Burke’s Garden. “The LOVEworks barn quilt is located just off of a Virginia…

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ASHEVILLE, N.C. (AP) – The agency that promotes tourism in Asheville has a $9 million budget of public money, but doesn’t have to reveal how it spends a lot of that money. Asheville Convention and Visitors Bureau Executive Director Stephanie…

Landrum City Council and the Henderson County N.C. Board of Commissioners approved resolutions Tuesday opposing the project. Duke announced in May it plans to spend $320 million to construct a 230-kilovolt transmission line to a substation that would be built…