Shop Small Saturday is November 30, 2019. It's a day when people that love to shop hit the stores more than any other day of the year. Shop Small is a movement that asks consumers to support small businesses, rather than huge corporations that don't need the money nearly as much.

Holli (Conley) Fourniquet, Vice President of Marketing for Visit Tyler, was elected Board President of the Texas Forest Trail Region at the board meeting held earlier this month. Fourniquet will lead the board in helping East Texas heritage tourism and economic development partners attract a…

Encore Multimedia, the integrated marketing/PR firm located in East Texas, is pleased to announce that it has been honored with eight 2019 Hermes Creative Awards (four platinum and four gold awards) for video and television work the company has created, developed, and produced on behalf of i…

The Longview Chamber of Commerce has been named Chamber of the Year by ACCE, the Association of Chamber of Commerce Executives. ACCE is an Alexandria, Virginia-based membership association that represents over 9,000 professionals who work for and with more than 1,300 chambers of commerce aro…

Planning and implementing events is a passion of mine that started as a child. My little brother and the other kids in my neighborhood were often the "crowd" for my productions of backyard carnivals, theatrical performances, bug clubs, and sing-a-longs. Early in my adult years I started my o…

To solve regional talent gap issues, ways must be found to educate and upskill local adults. To this end, the Longview Chamber of Commerce has been selected to participate in The Graduate! Network's "Bridging The Talent Gap," an employer and employee engagement initiative supported with fund…

The Board of Directors of the Texas Travel Industry Association (TTIA) has named Daniel J. Decker as the Association’s new President & CEO and Executive Director of the Texas Commercial Airports Association. In his new roles, Dan will focus on advocacy, elevating education and networking…

Several regional Chambers of Commerce were recognized recently through the Texas Chamber of Commerce Executives (TCCE) Annual Excellence Awards.

This month, Visit Tyler and Downtown Tyler joined efforts to launch two new websites that will

A group of advocates to make Hunt County artistically beautiful is entering its fifth year to fund outdoor murals by artists. Artists are invited to apply for participation; the deadline is September 29.

As internet AD BLOCKING continues to grow (198 million active ad block users around the world to date) make sure you aren't putting too much of your marketing mix in to internet digital ads — a better idea is to focus on getting editorial coverage to support your advertising efforts.

I've noticed lately that several of our tourism entities, venues, performers, and others are trying to use their Facebook pages (or other social media) to relay information to the media and general public and letting their websites become obsolete or not have one at all. While there is value…

A recently signed joint resolution between the policy boards of the Ark-Tex, East Texas and Deep East Texas Rural Planning Organizations represents the first formal cooperative action of the 35-county East Texas Coalition.

One of the challenges communities face in promoting tourism is empty buildings. When people come to town and see those it leaves a negative image in their minds. I recently read a few articles by Becky McCray at smallbizsurvival.com that got me excited about the possibilities of how a commun…

The City of Tyler partners with local historic preservation organizations to provide educational opportunities related to historic preservation during this three-day event March 26-28. Thursday events include presentations by Diane E. Williams on historic resource surveys and Beverly Abell o…

Texas Economic Development Council along with the Council of Development Finance Agencies present a webinar on Exploring Industrial Development Bonds in Texas from 10-11:30 a.m. March 11.