Convention & Visitors Bureau
Be A Tourist Without Leaving Home
The Flint & Genesee Convention &Visitors Bureau will host the second annual “Be a Tourist in Your Home Town” on Saturday, July 19. The one-day event offers residents, and non-residents, an opportunity to see Flint & Genesee with new eyes. For just $1 per person, “tourists” (participants) can purchase a Passport, which allows them to […]
Read MoreFlint & Genesee Convention & Visitors Bureau to Open Two Visitor Centers
The Flint & Genesee Convention & Visitors Bureau (FGCVB) is looking for volunteers to help staff two new Visitor Centers opening this year in the downtown Flint area. The main Visitor Center will open May 1 in the south lobby of the Commerce Center at 519 S. Saginaw Street. A second, smaller, Visitor Center will […]
Read MoreFlint & Genesee Convention & Visitors Bureau to Open Two Visitor Centers
(FLINT, Mich., April 29, 2014) – The Flint & Genesee Convention & Visitors Bureau (FGCVB) will open two new Visitor Centers this year in the downtown Flint area. The main Visitor Center will open May 1 in the south lobby of the Commerce Center at 519 S. Saginaw Street. A second, smaller, Visitor Center will […]
Read MoreThe World is Coming to Flint
(FLINT, Mich., April 9, 2014) — International journalists, tour operators and travel agents will visit Flint during a Familiarization Tour (Fam Tour) April 12 that includes Detroit, Flint and Frankenmuth. The tour is part of the U.S. Travel Association’s International Pow Wow (IPW), the travel industry’s premier international marketplace and the largest generator of travel […]
Read MoreIn Your Corner: A look back finds great progress
Preparation and planning paid off as more than 400 business and community partners joined the Flint & Genesee Chamber at our recent Annual Meeting. It was a great celebration of our 2013 results and the progress the region is making toward economic growth and revitalization. As we took a look back, we saw evidence that […]
Read MoreTourism’s Economic Impact Increases to $123 Million in 2013
Tourism in Flint & Genesee County generated $123 million in economic impact due to overnight hotel room rentals in Genesee County in 2013, according to the Flint & Genesee Convention & Visitors Bureau (FGCVB). Additionally, hotel occupancy was 54.4 percent, a 1.5 percent increase over the previous year, and lodging revenue rose 4.8 percent in […]
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