Places to Stay

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Are you staying closer to home this summer?

Posted by Lisa Sullivan
June 20, 2008

Tourism marketing organizations across the country are adjusting their business plans to reach the high number of consumers deciding on ”staycations” or “homecations” this year due to high gas prices.  Families may decide to stay closer to home this summer and explore destinations within a “tank of gas” away.  This offers many smaller destinations the opportunity to promote [...]

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SLEEP INN & SUITES SMITHFIELD RANKED NUMBER 1 SLEEP INN

Posted by Lisa Sullivan
May 30, 2008

Smithfield, NC (May, 2008) - The Sleep Inn & Suites located at 270 North Equity Drive is ranked # 1 in its brand as of March 31, 2008.  The Sleep Inn & Suites has previously won Choice’s Platinum Hospitality Award in 2006 & 2007.  Only three percent of properties in the Choice Hotels system are [...]

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A Diamond in the Rough

Posted by Lisa Sullivan
February 28, 2008

I have heard the phrase, “it’s a diamond in the rough”, used so many times to describe tourism attractions people just haven’t heard of yet.  And Howell Woods Environmental Learning Center in Eastern Johnston County is just one of these attractions.