Eddy Alexander

Catherine Fox, Senior Tourism Advisor with Eddy Alexander, moderated a panel on Destination Development initiatives for the "Future of Hospitality and Tourism Workforce Summit" presented by Averett University and Virginia Tech Pamplin College of Business last week.

Following up on the progress from last year's inaugural summit, presenters including Corrie Bobe, Danville VA Office of Economic Development & Tourism Director, Lisa Meriwether, Visit SoSi Tourism Manager, Danielle Fitz-Hugh, Richmond Region Tourism Vice President of Community Relations and Simon Jones, Founder of NatureScapes and member of Uplift NC shared new initiatives to build on Southern Virginia's momentum in hospitality workforce development.

What a great event! 👏 Visit SoSi is doing great things, and we were thrilled to present to their stakeholders at this event!

This week, over 50 tourism stakeholders gathered at the Institute Conference Center for a Tourism Stakeholder event, highlighting and celebrating the many tourism accomplishments, events, visitor spending data, and more from this past year! 🎉

Speakers included:
📌 Lisa Meriwether, Visit SoSi Tourism Manager
📌 Dan Roberts, Vice President of Research and Strategy, Virginia Tourism Corporation, Virginia is for Lovers
📌 Jennifer Eddy, President and Chief Strategist, Eddy Alexander

Click here to learn more about tourism partner resources: https://www.visitsosi.com/partner/

💼🌟 Employee Spotlight 💼🌟 ​

Travis Yaga, our senior marketing coordinator at Eddy Alexander, is an essential member of our team. His wide range of skills from media buying to conducting industry research makes us so grateful for his consistent hard work in the office. Read on to hear from Travis in this week’s highlight!​

Check out our website for more on our team: https://eddyalexander.com/agency/