NEW YORK — The United States Tour Operators Association (USTOA) has released a survey of its membership that indicates positive growth expectations for 2014. In the survey, nine in 10 (93.3 percent) of active tour operator members reported that anticipate a growth in...

Betty Carver When West Virginia and its capital city of Charleston signed up to host the state's first-ever Travel South Showcase, it resulted in an "all hands on deck" response from the state's travel industry. Three months before the event, more than 40 West...

Liz Bittner All trails lead to West Virginia," replied Liz Bittner, executive director of Travel South USA, when asked what her organization's domestic emphasis was this year. "This is the first time we've ever had Travel South Showcase in the state, and we're...

BIRMINGHAM, Alabama — A new bronze monument in Kelly Ingram Park honors the four girls killed in the Sixteenth Street Baptist Church bombing.  The sculpture was unveiled during ceremonies in the park marking the 50th anniversary of the bombing on September 15, 1963....

Mike Rea SCOTTSDALE, Arizona — Tourism Cares announced last month that it is launching an initiative to preserve, enrich and empower World Heritage destinations and local communities that are emerging from crisis and reopening to tourism. The program, called Global...