News Releases
| Article Date | Article Title |
| Milwaukee Plays Host to Tourism Conference In Wisconsin, tourism is a $13 billion annual business. In the greater Milwaukee area, tourism contributes about $2.7 billion to the local economy and supports 66,000 jobs. | |
| Iron Horse Hotel in Milwaukee, Wisconsin The Iron Horse’s historical details turn this Milwaukee boutique hotel into a living museum. From the antique Bank of London library chairs to the building’s original 1907 fire door used as the entrance to Smyth restaurant, every room has a conversation piece. | |
| 02/23/2010 | Top 10 Craft Beers That Trim Your Waistline Need a beer that won’t weigh you down (literally) while you’re trekking through ... |
| 02/23/2010 | James Beard Award Names 4 Milwaukee Semifinalists Three renowned chefs and one premier restaurant from the Milwaukee area were announced as semifinalists last week for the prestigious 2010 James Beard Awards. The awards are considered the Oscars of the culinary world. |
| 02/14/2010 | Find gems in Milwaukee's neighborhoods An outing to Milwaukee used to mean a gut-filling meal at a German restaurant and maybe a brewery tour. But the city keeps evolving, saving prized ethnic treasures while developing areas with a cool urban vibe. |
| 02/11/2010 | Milwaukee Airport wants.... Mention Milwaukee, and many people would think of city icons such as bratwurst, Miller Beer or even Laverne and Shirley. But the city's General Mitchell International Airport is quickly putting Milwaukee on the map for travelers in the Midwest. |
| 02/10/2010 | Moose International Commits to Milwaukee for 2013 Moose International has selected Milwaukee as the host city for its 2013 International Convention. The convention is expected to bring more than 7,000 delegates to the city, take up as many as 18,000 room nights and pump approximately $9 million into the local economy. |
| 02/09/2010 | THIS VALENTINE’S DAY GET OUT OF THE BOX Looking for a new take on an old story? Cupid’s arrow has landed on some compelling reasons to celebrate Valentine’s Day in Milwaukee. |
| 02/04/2010 | German Traditions Withstand Time at Mader’s Bootleggers and speakeasies weren’t the only ones who profited from the Prohibition. In 1920, Charles Mader saw the nationwide alcohol ban as an opportunity to revamp his business, Mader’s Restaurant located in downtown Milwaukee. |
| 02/01/2010 | Milwaukee Rising.... |
| 01/29/2010 | VISIT Milwaukee Wins Planners Choice Award |
| 01/22/2010 | Milwaukee Tourism Outlook.... The hospitality and convention business is poised to make a comeback in 2010.... |
| 01/19/2010 | Milwaukee's Harley-Davidson Museum is Hog Heaven Unofficially, the dress code at the Harley-Davidson Museum calls for black and orange. When my friends met me in our hotel's lobby, they were appalled. My stylish slacks and cotton blouse would never do. They handed me a black Harley T-shirt and sent me back to my room to change. |
| 01/12/2010 | Fancy a dip? Swimming in frigid water is an annual tradition for thousands worldwide..... |
| 12/20/2009 | Milwaukee Museum Event The Milwaukee Public Museum features the exhibition Dead Sea Scrolls and the Bible..... |
| 12/04/2009 | MillerCoors ‘Lites Up' Brew City MillerCoors will kick off the holiday season this week at the company's historic Miller Valley location in Milwaukee with its annual "Holiday Lites Show," a spectacle of more than 250,000 LED lights synchronized to the music of the Trans-Siberian Orchestra. |
| 11/19/2009 | Unusual Holiday Happenings in Milwaukee You can get a Christmas tree lighting anywhere. But the lighting of a 40-foot humpback whale skeleton? Only in Milwaukee! A must-see tradition, the Milwaukee Public Museum's "Lighting of the Whale" signals the start of the holiday season in the city. |
| 11/13/2009 | Creative Addition to Milwaukee Hotel Market The "Hotel of the Arts" is the latest addition to the burgeoning business development in Milwaukee's historic Brewer's Hill neighborhood. Newly opened in October 2009, this unique take on a Days Inn & Suites property treats guests to a variety of visual arts exhibits and musical performances. Individual rooms are enhanced by modern art and common areas feature the work of local artists. |
| 11/04/2009 | Travelers to Milwaukee in for a ‘Soft Landing’ Airline competition is heating up in Milwaukee and that means that travelers to and from “Brew City” are the winners. Milwaukee-bound travelers are seeing lower fares and more options than ever at Milwaukee’s General Mitchell International Airport. |
| 10/14/2009 | Milwaukee County Parks – Another Reason to Visit The Milwaukee County Parks Department has won the 2009 National Gold Medal for Excellence in the Park and Recreation Management Program. |
| 10/06/2009 | Spooky Milwaukee Lakefront Brewery's Pumpkin Lager and Sprecher Brewery's Oktoberfest beer aren't the only "spirits" in Milwaukee this fall. |
| 09/29/2009 | Milwaukee Walks the Sustainability Walk Increasingly more and more meeting and convention planners are looking at a community's commitment to sustainable practices when deciding a host destination |
| 09/29/2009 | Milwaukee, Wisconsin is Harley Hog Heaven When the Harley-Davidson Museum opened in Milwaukee, Wisconsin on July 12, 2008, motorcycle enthusiasts and particularly hog owners surely thought they had achieved the highest state of nirvana.... |
| 09/04/2009 | Smooth Traveler: Memorable Milwaukee More than 10,000 years ago humans began to settle on the shore of the largest freshwater lake in the country. |
| 09/03/2009 | U.S. Travel Association Gives the Bronze Fonz... Milwaukee statue project picks up prestigious industry award |
| 07/27/2009 | Wall Street Journal Confirms: Meeting in Milw...
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We know we’re in a recession. We’re reminded of it pretty much 24/7. However, don’t cancel your meeting or convention because of the current economic woes or out of concern that your event might become the lead story on the evening news. The bottom line: meeting in Milwaukee is good for the bottom line! |
| 07/21/2009 | INTERCONTINENTAL EARNS TRAVEL GREEN WI CERT. InterContinental Milwaukee is not only dedicated to its guests but also the environment as the hotel was recently awarded Travel Green Wisconsin Certification. |
| 07/22/2009 | Government Meeting? Stay Away From Fun City What do Reno, Orlando and Las Vegas have in common? To some pockets of the federal government, they just seem like too much fun. |
| 07/22/2009 | Federal agencies steer business meetings... There is broad agreement that Milwaukee is not Las Vegas. Or Orlando. We may have the Fonz and Summerfest and Water Street. We don't have Mandalay Bay or Space Mountain and Sea World. But that's OK. The federal government says we are a place where business gets done. |
| 07/15/2009 | SOME OF THE BEST THINGS IN LIFE ARE FREE... Today's travelers are looking for quality experiences that provide a good return on investment. Milwaukee's budget-friendly offerings provide all of the excitement of a big city at prices that won't break the bank. |
| 07/05/2009 | Street Farmer Milwaukee's Will Allen and the good-food movement! |
| 06/26/2009 | Milwaukee’s Danny Gokey Sings Praises of Hometown “American Idol” finalist appears in new tourism video at www.visitmilwaukee.org. |
| 05/12/2009 | Season of Festivals Offers Global Journey The world comes to the shores of Lake Michigan |
| 05/01/2009 | Milwaukee Hotels Land on Second Annual "Stay List" National Geographic Traveler Magazine Releases "129 Hotels We Love" for 2009. |
| 03/20/2009 | Draft Magazine Honors Six Milwaukee Beer Bars Legendary Schlitz and other hometown brews "made Milwaukee famous" down through the years, and now the city boasts six of the "Best Beer Bars in America" according to the January/February 2009 issue of Draft magazine. |
| 03/05/2009 | MILWAUKEE REVEALED |
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