As an event coordinator for a company looking to host meetings for your organization, are you likely to eschew centrally located facilities in Grand Rapids, Lansing, Detroit or elsewhere in favor of northern Michigan? The answer, somewhat surprisingly, is often yes. While Grand Rapids boasts more...
Are sports the big untapped frontier for northern Michigan’s tourism economy? Traverse City Tourism and Grand Traverse Resort and Spa think the answer is yes, and are taking sizable steps to harness athletic events as key drivers for future traffic and revenue. Right now, there are...
2021 was supposed to be the rebound – the year that local resorts and conference centers saw their meeting and event business recover from the 2020 slump and shoot back up toward pre-pandemic numbers. In a perfect world, group business in 2022 would have looked...
by Amy Lane It’s been a year and a half since members of Michigan’s tourism industry gathered for the Pure Michigan Governor’s Conference on Tourism. And on the heels of times like the industry has never seen, the stage is set for the annual meeting to resume,...
Much of the recent news coming out of Cherry Capital Airport has been about the expansion of commercial passenger service to new locations, including cities in California, Florida and Texas. But there is a lot of activity happening in the private business travel and personal aircraft...
More than 500,000 passengers passed through the Cherry Capital Airport in 2018, a record year for an airport that seemingly has few limits on future growth. “Traverse City has far more access to the rest of the world than it did just three years ago,” said...
[caption id="attachment_19154" align="alignleft" width="300"] Kate Walski and floral manager Rory O’Donnell. Photo by Wren Photography[/caption] Kate Walski remembers the moment she decided to become an event professional. “I was working at the Park Place Hotel’s front desk and watched a bride and groom walk in,” she said....
Michigan’s premier tourism industry conference lands in Traverse City next month, bringing with it ideas, innovation and the latest travel intelligence. “Hospitality Reimagined” is this year's theme for the annual Pure Michigan Governor’s Conference on Tourism at Grand Traverse Resort and Spa. Speakers and sessions are...
Traverse City is a known major destination for tourists, but what about business groups? In recent years, more meeting planners and associations have been looking at Traverse City for their annual meetings, conferences, trade shows, seminars or events. Local hotels and resorts like the Grand...
