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Chapel Hill/Orange County Visitors Bureau <br />Communications Report <br />June 2023 <br /> <br />Monthly Statistics Current Month 22-23 TOTALS 21-22 Totals <br /> <br />Definite Runs: 20 274 247 <br /> <br />Bureau Referenced: 10 124 111 <br /> <br />Triangle: 10 390 343 <br /> <br />Regional: 7 180 183 <br /> <br />National: 2 102 146 <br /> <br />International: 2 46 28 <br /> <br />Total Media Assisted: 8 136 133 <br /> <br />Highlights Media & Communications Highlights <br /> <br />Publications/Flyers/Online Campaigns/Videos in June – Sent mural map files to designer on June 7. Sent files to wall <br />map designer on June 23. Wrote and sent July Check it Out newsletter on June 30 to 3,533 subscribers. Updated and <br />printed what’s open sheet for July and placed in Welcome Center for walk-in visitors. Visitor Bureau has ongoing digital <br />marketing and social media campaign this spring with Triangle Digital Partners with Reels posted on June 1 – Pride <br />Month in Orange County and June. This month’s Video Reels posted June 1 Pride in Orange County and on June 19 – <br />West Franklin Street/Midway Businesses. Bureau highlighting LGBTQ website page for Pride. Bureau updated published <br />Chelsea/Wrexham informational page on website. <br /> <br />Work with VisitNC and/or Work from Travel Writers who visited or interested in a visit –Went to Women’s <br />Correctional Facility for presentation on What there is to do and see in Orange County, including highlighting Uproar on <br />June 28. Attended PRSA Travel & Tourism Conference in Madison WI on June 20-23 and participated in the Media <br />Reception on the final night meeting 6 media. Proofed Uproar Featured Event for VisitNC.com website on June 26. <br /> <br />June Travel Media Assistance –Working with Kimberly Simpson of Our State Magazine to update the Sounds of <br />Orange County story which ran last summer; Charlotte Travel Blogger Kathy Hsu interested in visiting Chapel Hill <br />with family for weekend; Aaron Keck on WCHL interview Laurie about the upcoming international soccer match; <br />Roadtrip Amerika Oliver Hedderick wanted to do a German cooking show with the UNC Football Team – time does not <br />allow. <br />June Stories Appearing and/or Media Mentions – ConventionSouth online Directory features Chapel Hill; Local <br />Reporter includes Laurie Paolicelli Orange Slice Columns throughout the month; Botanist & Barrel feature on NC <br />Weekend; Car-Free Summer Weekend in Chapel Hill by Alyssa – Wayward Travel Blog; NC Speakeasy Reinvents the <br />Supper Club in Carrboro on Eater Carolinas by Jenn Rice; 11 Hottest Triangle Restaurants in June by Matt Lardie on <br />Eaters Carolinas; Chapel Hill queerramid downtown during Pride Month on WRAL; Local Palate Magazine running 7 <br />destination stories on Chapel Hill, Carrboro and Hillsborough and went live this month; Our State Field Trip magazine <br />includes Orange County; PrideJourneys website includes Chapel Hill & Carrboro during pride month by Joey Amato; <br />WCHL story on Hargraves Center added to statewide civil rights trail; Sounds of Summer in Orange County in Our State <br />by Jodi Helmer updated and posted on June 27; Storm Chases Blog on SB Nation by Justin Dottavio on the Maim <br />Hurricanes features what to do and see when the Canes visit Chapel Hill for football game this fall; WCHL story on <br />Soccer Match ran June 26; Charlotte Observer Road Trip: 23 Places to Visit during summer 23 including Chapel Hill. <br />