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White Lodging Names New Manager For Collegeville Hotel

David Arena takes over general manager duties at the Collegeville facility operated by White Lodging Services Corporation. He’s been promoted from the same position and chain in Malvern; the Collegeville hotel is becoming a corporate hospitality training center.

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Ursinus Announces Its Pick To Lead Berman Museum

Charles Stainback currently is deputy director of Florida’s largest museum, located in West Palm Beach. He’ll officially start at Ursinus College in Collegeville PA next April.

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Atlantic City Hopes To Draw Tourists With Public Art

The city’s tourism promoters see the installations, which should be ready by this fall, as a way to engage and occupy tourists near the boardwalk. They hope the art installations become destination-driving “spectaculars.”

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FirstEnergy Becomes National Soap Box Derby Sponsor

The utility company that owns Met-Ed, which provides electric service to parts of Pennsylvania, is the national Soap Box Derby sponsor for the next three years.

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Valley Forge Casino Attracted $4M During First Month

KING OF PRUSSIA PA – The Valley Forge Casino Resort in nearby King of Prussia brought in more than $4 million during April 2012, its first month of operation, the Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board said Wednesday (May 2) as part of its monthly report on gross operating revenues at the state’s 11 casinos. The Valley [...]

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Visitors Wowed By Reading Area, Spending $64M More

The amount visitors to Reading and Berks County PA spent on tourism-related costs during 2010 rose $64 million over the previous year, according to a report on the economic impact of tourism.

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Arts, Culture Boost Business, Creative Montco Contends

Is building Montgomery County’s arts and cultural scene also a good way to boost its economy? The folks of Creative Montco think so, and they’d like the public’s answers to key questions in guiding future arts and business partnerships.

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Crayola is among the Lehigh Valley manufacturers whose tourism appeal will help Lehigh Valley bring in new business later this year

Lehigh Valley Wins Bid To Bring Tourism Tour This Way

The convention and visitors’ bureau successfully won its bid to attract dozens of journalists and tourism related businesses to the Lehigh Valley. That means added publicity and, it’s hope, more tourism business.

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Outlets, Other Attractions Drum Up Business In Harrisburg

Representatives from the Philadelphia Premium Outlets in Limerick were part of a concerted annual effort, repeated Tuesday, to entice thousands of tourists to spend their vacation dollars in western Montgomery County’s economy.

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Douglassville’s Klein Transportation Marks 55th Anniversary

The Pottstown PA area bus company, now in its third generation of family ownership, is observing its business anniversary with a gift, of sorts, for its customers.

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