The 36th Annual Hang Gliding Spectacular and Air Games! May 16th-19

The 36th Annual Hang Gliding Spectacular and Air Games! May 16th-19



The Hang Gliding Spectacular and Air Games is a true example of what hang gliding is all about, fun! Originally named the 1st Annual Tactile Meet, the Spectacular has endured over 30 years of continuous years of fun flying, good times and the creation of life long friends. The competition is scheduled each year during the third week of May. Over 60 competitors from all over will travel to Kitty Hawk Kites on the Outer Banks of coastal North Carolina to fly, party and meet old and new friends! Click on Photo Galleries to see all the action!

http://www.hangglidingspectacular.com/

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Contacts: Carolyn McCormick, Managing Director Aaron Tuell, Public Relations Director

Outer Banks Visitors Bureau Outer Banks Visitors Bureau

252-473-2138 252-473-2138

mccormick@outerbanks.org tuell@outerbanks.org

The Outer Banks Make TripAdvisor^® and USA Today^® Short Lists

SPRING TRAVEL SEASON GETS OFF TO A GREAT START

(MANTEO, NC) May 2, 2007 – Just announced, The Outer Banks of North Carolina ranks #3 in TripAdvisor’s^® list of Top Ten Spring Beach Destinations. According to the world’s largest travel community with 15 million unbiased opinions and 25 million monthly website visitors, once again The Outer Banks ranks as a premier vacation destination, accompanied by Punta Cana, Maui, Bahamas, Cabo San Lucas, Key West, Bermuda, Puerto Vallarta, Santa Monica, and Turks and Caicos.

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Also celebrated, the Cape Hatteras National Seashore has been named by USA Today as one of 10 Great National Parks That Will Engage Your Kids, and is one of the favorite sites by author Trefoni Rizzi of Teddy’s Travels: America’s National Parks. "This park is filled with the history of pirates, shipwrecks and lighthouses. Check out the many Especially for Kids programs at the visitor centers to learn more…Kids will love the ferry from Hatteras Island to Ocracoke Island, and the best of all, it’s free.” http://www.usatoday.com/travel/destinations/10great/2008-04-24-10-great_N.htm

“This is a fantastic way to start the season,” says Carolyn McCormick, Managing Director of the Outer Banks Visitors Bureau. “The barrier islands experience is a truly beautiful dance with mother nature. The Outer Banks offer a safe, family-friendly place to vacation at a great value. Norfolk International Airport (ORF) is just 90 miles to our north. We are a few hours drive from most major cities on the eastern seaboard. The barrier islands offer the feeling of being a million miles away, but you can get here on less than a tank of gas for many families.”

To learn more, log onto the Outer Banks Visitors Bureau website www.outerbanks.org or speak to one of our information specialists toll free at 877-629-4386.

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About The Outer Banks

The Outer Banks of North Carolina is a 130 mile chain of barrier islands located midway on the Atlantic Coast. The Outer Banks Visitors Bureau is a public authority and the lead marketing and promotional agency for Dare County's Outer Banks. www.outerbanks.org

About TripAdvisor LLC

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Aaron Tuell

Director of Public Relations

Outer Banks Visitors Bureau

One Visitors Center Circle

Manteo, NC 27954

252-473-2138 office

252-305-2137 cell

252-473-5777 fax

tuell@outerbanks.org

www.outerbanks.org

Travel Channel Presents Cape Hatteras Lighthouse

Travel Channel Presents Segment on Cape Hatteras Lighthouse

The Outer Banks Group announced today the Travel Channel will premier an episode on the Cape Hatteras Lighthouse. The new back-to-back, half-hour episodes on Wednesday, April 30, 2008 at 9:00 and 9:30 pm (ET/PT) of John Ratzenberger's Made in America series will include segments on Cape Hatteras Lighthouse, scenes of U.S. Coast Guardsmen changing the lens for aid to navigation, and the Graveyard of the Atlantic Museum which displays the remaining original pieces of the Cape Hatteras Lighthouse lens.

Season five of Ratzenberger's Made in America series continues its tradition of celebrating the people, places and products that are uniquely American. This season, however, viewers are in store for a new twist on the series' familiar theme. In addition to profiling the sought-after products of American manufacturers, season five will premiere segments featuring some of the country's most fascinating American-made wonders including the Cape Hatteras Lighthouse, the Sears Tower in Chicago, the General Jackson Showboat in Nashville, the Twin Span Bridge in New Orleans, Seattle's Space Needle, and the Cable Car system in San Francisco.
Ratzenberger takes viewers along for rare, behind-the-scenes tours of these iconic American-made structures and reveals the fascinating stories behind how they were built and how they continue to operate today.


National Park Service News Release
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: April 28, 2008
CONTACT: 252-473-2111, ext. 148

Gary Bell to Play Golf with The Lost Colony

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Media Contact: John Buford

(252) 473-2127 x 225

john@thelostcolony.org

Gary Bell to Play Golf with The Lost Colony

(Manteo, N.C., March 27, 2008) –Red Sox Impossible Dream Team player Gary Bell will be playing in The Lost Colony’s 8th Annual Invitational Golf Classic. In his baseball career, Bell played for the Cleveland Indians (1958-1967), Boston Red Sox (1967-1968), Seattle Pilots (1969), and the Chicago White Sox (1969). He was an American League All-Star Team member in 1960, 1966 and 1968. When the Red Sox played in the 1967 World Series, he pitched three games. In his career, he won 121 games with 51 saves. In 2001 he was chosen as one of the top 100 Cleveland Indian all-time players. Bell and his 1967 Red Sox team mates were called the Impossible Dream Team because they staged an impressive come-back, making it to the World Series for the first time since 1947. Though they did not win the Series, their impressive rebound gave them the enduring name. Members of the team will be on the Outer Banks to play golf and meet the other participants in The Lost Colony’s Annual Golf Classic on April 18 at Duck Woods Country Club. If golf isn’t your game, you can meet the players at a pre-game social at the Country Club on April 17. For details on how you can play golf or meet members of the 1967 Boston Red Sox Team, contact The Lost Colony at 252-473-2127 ext 223.

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ORV Meeting April 2, 2008 at 6:30 PM First Flight High School

The Outer Banks Blog was at the ORV meeting today to show our support to help save Cape Hatteras from The National Audubon Society & The Defenders of Wildlife attack on our area, homes and our livelihoods on the Outer Banks. The meeting drew a huge crowd and was very organized. Please check out: http://www.savehatteras.com/ for more information and become part the group of people who refuse to give up without a fight!

Below are some images taken by Outer Banks Productions of tonights meeting:




































































Please get involved!

Off-Road Vehicle Use on Hatteras and Ocracoke Island

This is an important message from Carolyn McCormick, Managing Director of the Outer Banks Visitors Bureau regarding the status of the Off-Road Vehicle Use on Hatteras and Ocracoke Island. Please take an hour of your time on Wednesday evening, April 2nd to attend this important gathering.

When: Wednesday, April 2, 2008

Time: 6:30 p.m.

Where: First Flight High School Auditorium

Presentations by:

Warren Judge - Chairman, Dare County Commissioners

Allen Burrus - Vice Chairman, Hatteras Rep

Bobby Outten - Dare County Attorney

Carolyn McCormick - Managing Director, Outer Banks Visitors Bureau

John Couch - Hatteras Resident

Rob Alderman - Hatteras Island Fishing Militia

Jim Keene - NC Beach Buggy Association



The Outer Banks Visitors Bureau is highly encouraging all local tourism partners and stakeholders, whether you own a retail shop, hotel or motel, rental cottage, fishing dependent business, restaurant, or simply love life on the Outer Banks to attend this very important evening event regarding this serious situation we are all facing with the potential increased closures of free and open access to America’s greatest beaches, Hatteras Island and Ocracoke.



The Outer Banks Visitors Bureau is appealing to everyone within the sight and sound of this message to show up as a united community to discuss what the ORV Issue means to those who live on and visit the Outer Banks of North Carolina.



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Aaron Tuell

Director of Public Relations

Outer Banks Visitors Bureau

One Visitors Center Circle

Manteo, NC 27954

252-473-2138 office

252-305-2137 cell

252-473-5777 fax

tuell@outerbanks.org

www.outerbanks.org

www.savehatteras.com-ORV beach driving in the Cape Hatteras National Seashore

Dear tourism and industry partners of The Outer Banks of North Carolina,

As you know, the issue of ORV beach driving in the Cape Hatteras National Seashore is one of the greatest challenges the Outer Banks community and ultimately the American public will face. An injunction to stop beach driving has been filed, and a judicial hearing will take place on April 4^th in Raleigh, NC.

Chairman Warren Judge of the Dare County Board of Commissioners, who appeared before the Dare County Tourism Board this morning during our regularly scheduled meeting, has asked me to pass along this website link, with information on a grassroots effort to educate the public. www.savehatteras.com
Thank you,

Aaron Tuell
Director of Public Relations
Outer Banks Visitors Bureau
One Visitors Center Circle
Manteo, NC 27954
252-473-2138 office
252-473-5777 fax
tuell@outerbanks.org
www.outerbanks.org