Articles tagged “nashville”

Tourism

Nashville’s $450 Million Downtown Investment Offers Renewed Tourism Hope

Innovating amid budget slashes, natural disasters, plus a pandemic, takes vision. With backyard tourism now on a new pedestal, plus a high vaccination rate, Nashville's tourism execs are beginning to see their efforts bear fruit after having had some of the best tourism numbers in the country pre-pandemic.

Lebawit Lily Girma, Skift | 1 year ago
Nashville’s $450 Million Downtown Investment Offers Renewed Tourism Hope

Tourism

Nashville Tourism Fights Back From Tornadoes and Coronavirus Fears

Nashville is trying to solve a problem with no real blueprint: How do you encourage visitation after a natural disaster when people are afraid to travel due to coronavirus?

Sarah Enelow-Snyder, Skift | 2 years ago
Nashville Tourism Fights Back From Tornadoes and Coronavirus Fears

Hotels

Tenants of the Latest Airbnb-Branded Complex in Nashville Feel Blindsided

Oops, they did it again. Will the Airbnb-branded apart-hotel developer Niido ever learn its lesson?

Deanna Ting, Skift | 4 years ago
Tenants of the Latest Airbnb-Branded Complex in Nashville Feel Blindsided

Hotels

Developer Expects to Open as Many as 14 Airbnb-Branded Hotel Concepts by 2019

Given the pushback they've received from residents in Nashville and Kissimmee, Florida, we have to wonder: Why does Niido still insist on using a bait-and-switch approach to building its empire of apart-hotels?

Olivia Zaleski, Bloomberg | 4 years ago
Developer Expects to Open as Many as 14 Airbnb-Branded Hotel Concepts by 2019

Tourism

Tourism Boards Offer Funding to City Police Departments to Boost Security

Tourism boards are usually behind the scenes of events, but Las Vegas and Nashville's organizations are often front and center in the form of security personnel hired by tourism officials through local police departments. Even if travelers don't realize this, parts of both cities' tourism budgets are very much on the front lines.

Dan Peltier, Skift | 4 years ago
Tourism Boards Offer Funding to City Police Departments to Boost Security

Tourism

Grand Ole Opry House Set for Expansion as Nashville Tourism Booms

Tourism has boomed in Nashville in recent years. A revamped Grand Ole Opry House will help the venue cope with the huge increase in demand.

Associated Press | 5 years ago
Grand Ole Opry House Set for Expansion as Nashville Tourism Booms

Hotels

Nashville Residents Grapple With Their Own Airbnb Challenges

Nashville's short-term rental debacle shows that Airbnb and other short-term rental sites still have a lot of ground to cover in 2017 to further legitimize themselves in the minds of residents and city governments alike.

Associated Press | 5 years ago
Nashville Residents Grapple With Their Own Airbnb Challenges

Airlines

Nashville Airport Set a New Passenger Record in 2015

Nashville's visitation numbers have increased for the last five years in a row, so it's imperative that airport development keeps pace.

Associated Press | 6 years ago
Nashville Airport Set a New Passenger Record in 2015

Tourism

New Music Tourism Triangle Connects New Orleans, Nashville and Memphis

It's great to see a tourism initiative that connects destinations by visitors' interests rather than by annual marketing budgets by particular cities and states.

Adrian Sainz, Associated Press | 7 years ago
New Music Tourism Triangle Connects New Orleans, Nashville and Memphis

Tourism

Destinations Need to Roll Out a Better Welcome Mat for Visitors

That big welcome sign may not cut it anymore. Destinations need to figure out a clever way to make a strong first and last impression with visitors.

Doug Lansky, Skift | 8 years ago
Destinations Need to Roll Out a Better Welcome Mat for Visitors