Coastal business | Grand Strand chambers host marketing seminar

Coastal Business

HORRY COUNTY

Chambers host marketing seminar

Grand Strand chambers of commerce are joining together to offer a marketing seminar called "Business in Blue Jeans."

The daylong seminar will have workshops about how to stay relevant, networking, hiring and training, storytelling, and marketing strategies. There will also be a panel discussion and question and answer session about how to address today's well-informed consumer.

The seminar is presented by the Conway, Georgetown County, Little River, Loris, Myrtle Beach area and North Myrtle Beach chambers of commerce.

The event is from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Aug. 5 at Coastal Carolina University's Wall Auditorium. The seminar costs $88 per person, which includes lunch. For more information or to RSVP, call the North Myrtle Beach Chamber of Commerce at 281-2662 or email Charlene Lynam at Charlene@nmbevents.com

Charlene@nmbevents.com.

SOUTH CAROLINA

Redesigned culinary website unveiled

South Carolina's tourism agency's redesigned culinary website brings popular features to the forefront, making it easier for browsers to find the culinary details they need when planning a trip to South Carolina.

Building off the state's already strong online presence, www.SavorSouthCarolina.com has easy access to information on chefs, restaurants, cooking schools, recipes, festivals and gourmet shops. Bold columns highlight what's new on the culinary scene, what's been discovered by South Carolina's food blogger and which restaurants and festivals are highlighted for the week.

"Great food has become such an important part of the vacation experience, it deserves special attention like this," said Duane Parrish, director of the S.C. Department of Parks, Recreation and Tourism.

COLUMBIA

Vision halts Columbia service

Vision Airlines will stop flying from the Columbia Metropolitan Airport to Destin, Fla., less than four months after starting the flights.

It is the third airline that has pulled out of the airport since 2006, citing a lack of demand for low-fare flights to Florida.

The Atlanta-based carrier started serving Columbia on April 1 with air fares as low as $89 for a one-way ticket to the vacation spot. Vision started serving 16 other markets around the same time.

Allegiant Air offered service to Tampa, Fla., for three months starting in late 2006 and to Fort Lauderdale, Fla., for less than two months in 2009. Spirit Airlines flew to Fort Lauderdale for less than a year, ending in 2009.

Travelers who have flights booked after July 17 will be offered a full refund or will be given the option of taking their flight from another city serviced by Vision.