NEWS

Pictured (from left to right): Chelsea Paulsen and Mindy Shea with Visit Savannah, Jo Piani with VVV Global Marketing, Marcia Thompson with Mrs. Wilkes’ Boarding House and Carey Ferrara with Leopold’s Ice Cream.
Visit Savannah recently entered into a one-year agreement with VVV Global Marketing for representationwithin the U.K. and Ireland to promote travel to Savannah. Over the past several years, Savannah has seen double-digit growth from this region, with approximately 10 percent of all visitation coming from international markets as a whole.

VVV Global Marketing will work in partnership with Visit Savannah to make sales calls to travel agents in the U.K. and Ireland, as well as attend key industry trade shows and execute some in-market marketing.

Jo Piani, director of U.K. and Ireland for VVV Global Marketing, visited Savannah this past week to run in the Rock ‘n’ Roll Half Marathon as well as to explore the city and meet with Visit Savannah.