Duluth bypasses its visitors bureau, looks to hire Twin Cities firm for tourism marketing
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May 4, 2021
DULUTH, Minn.-With the first week of May being National Travel and Tourism Week, Visit Duluth hosted their annual meeting to talk about the state of the tourism industry, and future plans for the summer, which includes some major events like Grandma’s Marathon, and all the concerts at Bayfront Festival Park.
This was the first time the meeting has taken place since may of 2019 with about 100 people attending.
“Duluth is a great place to visit, but it’s the people who work day in and day out in our industry who really make it worth it to come back time and time again,” said Maarja Anderson Hewitt, the director of communications at Visit Duluth.
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Visit Duluth’s 2021 visitor guides are being delivered throughout the state.
April 7, 2021
75,000 visitor guides were shipped out today to different parts of Minnesota including the Twin Cities.
There is a new visitor guide produced every year and they are usually delivered in December. However, with COVID, there were a lot of unknowns, and management at Visit Duluth didn’t know if they would be able to put together a guide.
While it is a few months later than usual, management hopes the guide will help locals and visitors with enjoying Duluth for all its worth.
“This guide is really important because it highlights what we have in this destination and it’s really important for our partners, our breweries, our restaurants, our shops who need the tourism and are looking forward to a tourism season to have this kind of marketing material,” said Maarja Anderson Hewitt, the media communications manager at Visit Duluth.
Three Cruise Lines Announce Stops in Duluth
DULUTH For the first time in years, cruise ships will be stopping in Duluth later this year.
Maarja Anderson Hewitt is with Visit Duluth. She says two cruise lines are scheduled to stop in the port city this summer and fall.
We do have the Hanseatic Inspiration visiting as well as a ship with Victory Cruise Lines, they are scheduled to visit in the summer and one also in October for fall colors. It s really exciting because Duluth hasn t welcomed a cruise vessel since 2013.
Hewitt says a third cruise line, Viking, is building a ship called The Ocantis that will start sailing in Lake Superior next summer with a scheduled stop in Duluth.
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