2010 Visitors Guide for Pinehurst, Southern Pines and Aberdeen, NC Now Online

SOUTHERN PINES, NC – JANUARY 26, 2010 – Repeat visitors probably won't recognize the official visitor guide for the Pinehurst, Southern Pines, Aberdeen Area of North Carolina for 2010. Why? A new design, a great publishing partner (Pace Communications), and quite frankly a new attitude for the publication to inform visitors and residents about the destination - The Home of American Golf®.

Visitors have come to expect an unbiased, comprehensive guide from the Convention & Visitors Bureau (CVB) for all there is to see and do in the NC Sandhills, and that has been delivered for over 20 years. The 2010 guide will add that special emotional connection that motivates and inspires travelers to invest their hard earned money and time in a leisure, business trip, or meeting to Moore County. How will this be accomplished? Through all new photography, graphics, and story telling, visitors will become engaged with the destination on a whole new level. The guide will be a "must read" for visitors already in the market and those that are in the planning stage. Some additional enhancements include:
— A one year guide, which is more time relevant
— A new size and vibrant color scheme
— Reorganized content to make it more manageable to the reader
— More appealing and compelling editorial copy
— Superior design for accommodation, golf, attraction, restaurant and event sections
— An online version at www.homeofgolf.com/visitorguide/ for viewing or downloading

"More than ever, travelers want a positive experience based on their expectations of a destination in consideration for the time and money they invest. The 2010 Destination & Golf Guide is designed to provide many options for visitors. Whether a visitor is looking for a special kind of restaurant, a suggestion for a day trip, spa services, outdoor recreation and of course, golf and lodging, the guide is the perfect resource," according to Claire Phillips, Director of Marketing for the CVB. "Several residents have already expressed surprise in learning more about what the area has to offer when their friends and family come to visit."

For your free copy, call (800) 346-5362, order online at www.homeofgolf.com, or simply stop by the Visitor Information Center at 10677 US Highway 15-501 in Southern Pines.

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The Pinehurst, Southern Pines, Aberdeen Area Convention & Visitors Bureau is an economic development organization and non-profit authority of Moore County, North Carolina. The CVB mission is to promote the area as a destination for visitors, meetings, conventions and tours. The CVB is funded primarily by a three percent hotel / motel room occupancy tax paid by visitors to Moore County. For more information, please contact Caleb Miles, President & CEO of the Convention & Visitors Bureau for the Pinehurst, Southern Pines, Aberdeen Area at (800) 346-5362 or (910) 692-3330 or visit the bureau's Web site at www.homeofgolf.com.