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12/12/2008 GWCVB Building new campaign to market Wichita
The Greater Wichita Convention & Visitors Bureau (GWCVB) selected Sullivan Higdon & Sink (SHS), a Wichita-based advertising, marketing and public relations firm, to help develop the bureau’s next marketing campaign to promote Wichita as a destination for convention planners and leisure travelers.…more
12/1/2008 RADIO-CONTROL AIRCRAFT TO TURN EXPO HALL INTO FREE-FLY ZONE
More than 100 pilots will be demonstrating their airmanship skills by flying their electric-powered, radio-controlled aircraft inside Expo Hall during the inaugural Central Plains E-Fly Spectacular, Dec. 13-14, 2008.…more
10/13/2008 CONCERT CELEBRATES ‘INTERNATIONAL YEAR OF THE ORGAN’
The Wichita Chapter of the American Guild of Organists (AGO) is celebrating the “International Year of the Organ” (IYO) with a special concert at the First United Methodist Church, 330 N. Broadway, Tuesday, Oct. 21, 7:30 p.m.…more
10/13/2008 GWCVB WELCOMES NEW DESTINATION SALES MANAGER
Keith Talbert Jr. has joined the Greater Wichita Convention & Visitors Bureau as a destination sales manager. He is responsible for the SMERF market, which is made up of social, military, education, religious and fraternal groups.…more
9/16/2008 Media Advisory - State HR professionals gathering in Wichita
Dealing with human resource issues is a daily fact of business life. Company owners need to find replacements for baby boomers who are about to retire, and the marketplace is moving faster each day.…more
8/5/2008 CAST, CREW NEEDED FOR “THE SUNSET SKY”
The Greater Wichita Convention & Visitors Bureau (GWCVB) selected Sullivan Higdon & Sink (SHS), a Wichita-based advertising, marketing and public relations firm, to help develop the bureau’s next marketing campaign to promote Wichita as a destination for convention planners and leisure travelers.…more
7/16/2008 WICHITA HOSTS NATIONAL AMERICAN MISS KANSAS PAGEANT
An expected 300 girls in five age groups from throughout Kansas will compete in the National American Miss Kansas pageant at the Hyatt Regency Wichita, Aug. 8-11, 2008.…more
6/16/2008 57TH NATIONAL SQUARE DANCE CONVENTION® IS AN INTERNATIONAL AFFAIR
Dancers from eight foreign countries, including the United Kingdom, Japan and Germany, will be among the expected 7,000 registered attendees to the 57th National Square Dance Convention® (NSDC) - “Promenade on the Prairie” in Wichita, June 25-28. The convention will be held in the Century II Performing Arts and Convention Center, with additional dancing venues at the Hyatt Regency Wichita and the Broadview Hotel.…more
6/12/2008 MEDIA ADVISORY - COLEMAN COLLECTORS LIGHTING UP WICHITA
Collectors of Coleman Co. products produced between 1900 and 1960 are holding their international convention in Wichita June 12-14, 2008. The International Coleman Collectors Club expects 200 attendees who will display samples of their collections at the Central Community Church Activity Center, 6100 W. Maple St. The convention is open to the public June 14 from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. with an auction scheduled for 3 p.m.…more
6/4/2008 ‘AMERICAN BARNSTORMERS TOUR’ HEADING TO WICHITA
As many as 20 meticulously restored biplanes will fly into Wichita’s Col. James Jabara Airport for the 2008 American Barnstormers Tour, June 25-26. The tour showcases aircraft from the 1920s and 1930s in a nostalgic salute to the daring young men and women who ventured across America seeking fame and fortune in their biplanes dubbed "Barnstormers."…more
5/8/2008 BE A TOURIST IN YOUR OWN TOWN
The Greater Wichita Convention & Visitors Bureau urges Wichita families trying to balance vacation plans with rising fuel prices to plan a “Stay-cation” and look at their hometown with the eyes of a tourist. The average family of four can save at least $200 on a three-day “Stay-cation” that never leaves southcentral Kansas.…more
5/8/2008 ‘STAY-CATION’ PLANS CAN CREATE VACATION SAVINGS
Just because gasoline prices continue to climb is no reason why families must cancel summer vacation plans. The Greater Wichita Convention & Visitors Bureau is urging Wichitans to become a tourist in their own backyard and plan a “stay-cation.”…more
1/29/2008 GWCVB Welcomes new board chair, three new members
Patti McDonough, mall manager, Simon Property Group, assumed the chair of the Greater Wichita Convention & Visitors Bureau Board of Directors during the 2008 Travel Industry Outlook Annual Meeting, Friday, Jan. 25, 2008.…more
1/15/2008 GWCVB WELCOMES THREE NEW STAFF MEMBERS
The Greater Wichita Convention & Visitors Bureau has added three new employees.…more

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