"KTSC Bear" receives name!

March 20th, 2009-

The “KTSC Bear” has finally been named. He will now be known as “K. Town Bear” and will reside inside the Knoxville Visitor Center.

K. Town Bear was named by…

Four Points wins two awards based on guest satisfaction, overall performance

March 17th, 2009-

For the second year in a row, the Four Points by Sheraton Knoxville Cumberland House Hotel has received the 2008 Tiffany award for the #1 Four Points by Sheraton in North America for overall guest…

Spades Tournament comes to Knoxville

March 5th, 2009-

The Spades Connection will bring its Live Spades Tournament to Knoxville for the first time, holding the event at the Holiday Inn-Select Downtown hotel March 12-15.

This…

March's Uniquely Fridays at the Knoxville Visitor Center

March 3rd, 2009-

• WHAT: Uniquely Friday, a program highlighting local artists & talent

• WHEN & WHO:

o March 6 – Martha Woodward will be presenting her book,…

Downtown Dining Guide wins award

February 27th, 2009-

The Knoxville Tourism & Sports Corporation (KTSC) won second place in the Best Recreation/Travel Map category in the 2008 Cartography and Geographic Information Society (CaGIS) Map Design…

KTSC unveils new tourism technology

February 20th, 2009-

Today, during a press conference at the Knoxville Visitor Center, Assistant Commissioner of Community and Industry Relations for the State of Tennessee Department of Tourist Development (STDTD)…

Chrysler Jeep Boomsday Festival named a "Top 20 Event"

February 18th, 2009-

The Chrysler Jeep Boomsday Festival has been named one of Southeast Tourism Society’s (STS) Top 20 Events for the month of September 2009.

2009 will mark the 22nd year for the…

February’s Uniquely Fridays at the Knoxville Visitor Center

February 4th, 2009-

• WHAT: Uniquely Friday, a program highlighting local artists & talent

• WHEN & WHO:

o February 6 – Knoxville Writers Guild members, presenting their…

Uniquely Friday at the Knoxville Visitor Center

January 28th, 2009-

• WHAT: Uniquely Friday, a program highlighting local artists & talent

• WHO: Bob Meadows, Bookmaker. Meadows devotes most of his time to making from-scratch artist books…

Live Spades Connection coming to Knoxville for the first time!

January 28th, 2009-

• WHAT: Live Spades Connection (Live Spades Tournament)

• WHEN: March 12-15, 2009

• WHERE: Holiday Inn Hotel

• WHO CAN ATTEND: Open to the…