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CACVB officially launching its new mobile visitor centers

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CACVB officially launching its new mobile visitor centers

Les Sinclair is joined by Brantley Ussery, Director of Marketing & Public Relations for the Charlottesville Albemarle Convention and Visitors Bureau. Ussery announces CACVB will officially launch its two new mobile visitor centers on Wednesday, May 5. This launch will be done in conjunction with National Travel and Tourism Week, a weeklong celebration of the importance of travel and tourism, hosted by the U.S. Travel Association. The mobile visitor center dedicated to Albemarle County will be at The Wool Factory from 11:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m. and the mobile visitor center dedicated to the City of Charlottesville will be at Central Place on the Downtown Mall from 10:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m. The two mobile visitor centers will run on a predictable weekly schedule, Wednesdays through Sundays, with the flexibility to provide on-site visitor services for popular events. These new visitor services efforts will complement online interactions with visitors on the CACVB’s website, www.visitcharlottesville.org

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