Visit Savannah, Georgia partners sell to world
Representatives from Visit Savannah, along with other members of the Georgia tourism industry, will attend International Pow Wow Saturday through Wednesday in Las Vegas.
International Pow Wow, produced by the U.S. Travel Association, is the tourism industry’s largest generator of sales leads between the domestic travel industry and international buyers.
Joe Marinelli, president of Visit Savannah, and Mindy Shea, Visit Savannah’s director of international sales, along with representatives from the Georgia Tourism office and the Atlanta Convention and Visitors Bureau, will meet with more than 250 travel buyers focused on international leisure and group travel.
“Our goal is quite simple: to leverage the value of being with our strategic partners from the Atlanta CVB and the Georgia Tourism office to continue to expose Savannah to travel buyers from around the world,” said Marinelli.
More than 1,000 U.S. travel organizations and 1,500 international buyers from more than 70 countries will attend the Pow Wow.
International travelers represent 7-9 percent of overall visits to Savannah, with top feeder markets being Canada, the United Kingdom, Germany and France.
New Marco’s outlet to open
Marco’s Pizza will hold a grand opening hosted by the Savannah Area Chamber of Commerce for its new store at 50 Berwick Blvd., suite 390, at 5:30 p.m. June 17.
The kid-friendly event will feature players from the Savannah Sand Gnats signing autographs, inflatables, free food, free on-site haircuts from Sports Clips and Chef Marco, the featured mascot for Marco’s.
The new store, Marco’s fourth location in the Savannah area, will be open for business at 11 a.m. June 18.
The first 25 customers will win free pizza for a year, and the next 100 customers will receive prizes from one of 30 sponsors.
The first Marco’s Pizza store opened in Toledo, Ohio, in 1978. Today, there are more than 370 franchised and company-managed Marco’s in 21 states and the Bahamas.
General Dynamics board declares dividend
FALLS CHURCH, Va. — The board of directors of General Dynamics (NYSE: GD) Wednesday declared a regular quarterly dividend of 56 cents per share on the company’s common stock, payable Aug. 9, to shareholders of record at the close of business on July 5.
General Dynamics, headquartered in Falls Church, Va., is the corporate parent of Savannah-based Gulfstream Aereospace and employs approximately 89,900 people worldwide.
The company is a market leader in business aviation; land and expeditionary combat systems, armaments and munitions; shipbuilding and marine systems; and information systems and technologies.
More information is available at www.generaldynamics.com.
