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I would like to welcome you to the Louisville Convention&Visitors Bureau business site. I encourage you to visit the site often and use it as your on-line resource for the latest trends, statistics and most recent happenings in the hospitality arena. Not only will the information encompass local tidbits, but regional, national and even international travel trends will be shared as well. The site will be updated on a regular basis, so make it a point to check back often. Information is integral to success. Your success is our success. I welcome your comments and/or suggestions, and look forward to our continued dialogue.

Sincerely, Jim

Tourism Trends | Blog

Big Four Bridge

Another fabulous tourism attraction has opened today in Louisville. The Big Four Bridge (named after St. Louis, Cleveland, Chicago and Cincinnati) originally opened in 1895 as a train bridge and is now functioning as a pedestrian bridge that will be open 24 hours a day. The Big Four Bridge will become an instant hit with tourists and residents alike who will enjoy the one mile trek over the Ohio River. Bridges are viewed as a natural attraction and people naturally gravitate towards water. For years our waterfront has been an underutilized gem. Today that all changes. With the opening of the Big Four Bridge, people of all ages will have a great new venue to enjoy Louisville's beautiful waterfront park. A special thank you to the Waterfront Development Corporation for possessing the vision to convert this bridge from trains to pedestrians and to David Karem for his leadership in this project.

Kentucky Kingdom Reopening

Thursday's announcement that Kentucky Kingdom will reopen in May 2014 is a great day for tourism in Louisville. It's also a great day for Louisville residents who will enjoy the parks reopening and those that will land summer jobs. Tourism is all about economic impact on the local economy and it's about jobs. The vision that the Kentucky Kingdom Redevelopment Agency has for the park will definitely make it one of the best theme parks in our region. Doubling the size of the water park in year one is just one indication that bigger things are in store for the future of the park.