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Butch Spyridon

Nashville Tourism Shows Signs Of Bouncing Back Over Memorial Day Weekend

Caroline Eggers

June 4, 2021

While Nashville’s tourism industries continue to face reduced revenues, hotel occupancy during Memorial Day weekend suggests a renewed desire for leisurely travel.

Filed Under: Arts, Culture & Music, WPLN News Tagged With: Butch Spyridon, hotels, tourism

Nashville’s Light Enforcement Of Downtown Health Orders Even Has Its Top Tourism Promoter Worried

Samantha Max

August 5, 2020

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In a photo posted to Twitter this weekend, a giant electronic sign on Lower Broadway urges passers-by: “Don’t share our air” in bright orange letters. Right beside it, a maskless group poses for selfies.

Filed Under: WPLN News Tagged With: Butch Spyridon, Coronavirus In Tennessee, John Cooper, Lower Broadway, masks, Metro Nashville Police Department, Metro Public Health, tourism

Nashville Businesses Say They’re ‘Good To Go’ For Customers With New Vanderbilt Partnership

Samantha Max

May 28, 2020

As businesses continue to reopen in Nashville, the city’s tourism industry is partnering with Vanderbilt Health to find ways to make both locals and visitors feel safe. Medical experts are offering free advice to any business that agrees to follow the Metro Public Health Department’s COVID-19 guidelines. In turn, they can post green music notes […]

Filed Under: Coronavirus Live Updates Tagged With: Butch Spyridon, Coronavirus In Tennessee, ryman hospitality properties, tourism, Vanderbilt

Nashville Tourism Dollars Are Helping This Year’s Budget, But A Battle Is Brewing

Tony Gonzalez

December 19, 2019

Nashville downtown tourism

One of the last-minute surprises that’s filling Metro’s budget gap this year is a payment of $3.6 million from the city’s tourism agency.  

Filed Under: Metro, WPLN News Tagged With: Blue Ribbon Commission, Butch Spyridon, Metro budget, tourism

Nashville’s Hotel Prices Hit New Record. Is Change Finally On The Horizon?

Emily Siner

November 27, 2018

A photograph of a downtown Nashville hotel

Listen Nashville hotel prices hit their highest point ever last month: The average daily rate in October for the region was $162.55 per night, according to the travel data company STR.

Filed Under: Business, WPLN News Tagged With: Butch Spyridon, hotels

Why Nashville Could Have A Shot To Be A Host City For The 2026 World Cup

Chas SiskandJay Shah

June 13, 2018

The head of the Nashville Convention and Visitors Corp. said Nissan Stadium has a good shot at hosting World Cup games, after international soccer authorities announced Wednesday that they had chosen the joint United States, Canada and Mexico bid to host the tournament in 2026.

Filed Under: WPLN News Tagged With: Butch Spyridon, Soccer

Music City Center To Wine And Dine Convention Of 6,000 Convention Planners

Blake Farmer

May 29, 2014

The Music City Center is preparing for its most important convention yet. It’s a group most people have never heard of, and they’re so important that tourism officials plan to wine and dine all 6,000 attendees.

Filed Under: WPLN News Tagged With: ASAE, Butch Spyridon

Who’s Behind The Glowing ABC Documentary About Nashville? Nashville.

Blake Farmer

October 24, 2013

Though the hour-long film was produced by the Convention and Visitors Corporation using federal grant money for marketing Nashville after the 2010 flood, its producer says it’s neither infomercial nor tourist film. It’s about the ‘authentic’ Nashville.

Filed Under: WPLN News Tagged With: Butch Spyridon, Nashville TV Show

Signs Point To ABC’s ‘Nashville’ Staying Put In Nashville

Blake Farmer

June 21, 2013

The casting agency that finds extras for the TV show “Nashville” is reopening its Music City office next month, according to a Facebook announcement. The company has been told shooting resumes July 17th, even though the show has not confirmed publicly it plans to keep filming in Nashville.

Filed Under: Arts, Culture & Music, WPLN News Tagged With: Butch Spyridon, Nashville

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