News you need to know
Egypt in Columbus collaboration recognized
Egypt in Columbus was named Best Community Collaboration or Partnership of 2009 by the Ohio Museums Association. Held over eight months in Columbus in 2009, Egypt in Columbus was a partnership of the Columbus Museum of Art, COSI, Columbus Metropolitan Library and five additional public libraries.
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WOSU’s Columbus Neighborhoods
Join WOSU in telling the story of Central Ohio by sharing photographs, video clips, amusing or poignant audio clips and your memories about your neighborhood. Several will be included in WOSU’s documentary series, Columbus Neighborhoods.
Columbus in the news
The Short
North Arts District was described as “challenging all
preconceived notions of what passes for cool in the Midwest" by The New York Times in its March 14
edition.
- Crew Stadium was ranked
the No. 1 most notable sports stadium built in the last decade,
according to Stadia Magazine
this spring.
- Columbus was selected by RelateAmerica.com in April as one of the
nation’s top 10 best big cities in which to live.
- Jeni’s Splendid Ice Creams’ Queen City cayenne flavor was recently featured on the Food Network show The Best Thing I Ever Ate.
Discounted
advertising opportunities
Receive a 10 percent discount off advertising in the Experience Columbus Visitors Guide. Advertising closes June 18 for the fall issue. Contact Bryan McMahan at Columbus Custom Publishing. Plan ahead with a complete calendar of advertising deadlines.
Festivals and special events promoted
Experience Columbus is promoting
festivals and special events through a marketing campaign that includes
giveaways and a Web page
designed by Fahlgren Digital.
The events featured are members of the Greater
Columbus Events Council, a
co-operative marketing group
comprised of annual festivals and large-scale special events.
Play. Dine. Shop. airs on Time Warner
The second edition of Play. Dine. Shop. debuted in April on Time Warner Cable. Available on the Local On Demand channel 411, the Columbus-based show was themed Just the Guys. The hosts of the show were Rick Carfagna of Time Warner and Amy Weirick of Weirick Communications, which does tourism public relations for Experience Columbus.
Columbus hosts Ohio Tourism Day celebration
The Ohio Tourism Division
celebrated Ohio Tourism Day April 28 at Huntington Park.
Following a press conference, several tourism partners, including
Experience Columbus, distributed travel information to fans at the
Columbus Clippers game. See photos.
New way to promote Columbus on your Web site
Want to share links about things to do in Columbus on your blog or
Web site? Use one of our new widgets. Click here to grab the code for installing them on
your site.
- Columbus Conversation widget featuring where to dine, play and stay in Columbus.
- Columbus Events Calendar widget featuring upcoming events and things to do in Columbus
Aimbridge Hospitality awards Columbus sales manager
Robin Rankin, sales manager at Embassy
Suites Dublin, was recognized as the 2009 Sales Manager of the
Year for Aimbridge Hospitality.
Operating 50 hotels in 17 states, Aimbridge is one of the nation's
leading independent hotel investment and management firms.
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