June 28 - July 2, 2021 NC TRAVEL NEWS

A weekly newsletter on North Carolina General Assembly news relevant to the North Carolina tourism industry Charlote Hotels Struggling to Find Employees Happy 4th of July NCTIA wishes all of its members WSOC-TV fled a story last week a very happy Independence Day, about a legislative partnership a holiday that will be very between NCTIA and the Charlotte appreciated this year after a Area Hotel Association to assist its subdued commemoration of our hotel staffng recruitment and nation’s founding last year. hopefully draw in major events to the greater Charlotte area post The General Assembly is pandemic. scheduled to recess next week (July 5-9) and NCTIA’s lobbying As struggling hotels in the and communications will do the Mecklenburg County need 10,000 hotel workers, NCTIA lobbyists are same. working with House Appropriations Chairman Jason Saine (R-Lincoln) on a one-year program that will help the hospitality industry recruit employees No e-newsletter will be from surrounding counties, including Lincoln County. published on July 9 and will resume on July 16. “This innovate idea came from a meeting we had a couple years back with Rep. Saine when he met with Charlotte hotel executives as we were Podcast Features struggling to fnd a thousand employees,” said NCTIA Executive Director Vince Chelena, who also serves as CAHA’s Executive Director. “Rep. Saine House Rules Chair understands that young people in nearby counties can launch careers in a hospitality industry that is dynamic, fnancially rewarding, and full of upward mobility opportunities.”

Click here to view the news story by WSOC-TV’s Allison Latos, who interviewed both Rep. Saine and Chelena.

CBS This Morning’s Ted Koppel Visits Mayberry

One week after featuring Mayberry welcomed Ted Koppel to town last week. powerful Senate Rules Chairman The veteran broadcast journalist — known for Bill Rabon in last Friday’s edition anchoring ABC’s Nightline from 1979 to 2005 — of the Do Politics Better Podcast, was in Mount Airy for an assignment for CBS This NCTIA lobbyists Brian Lewis and Morning. Koppel is a contributor to the weekly Skye David follow it with an Sunday morning magazine show. interview with House Rules Chairman Destin Hall is today’s According to Jessica Icenhour Roberts (right), edition. Executive Director at Mount Airy TDA, Koppel took in The Andy Griffth Show sites, including a squad Do Politics Better is sponsored car tour and a visit with celebrity resident Betty by NCTIA and is available on all Lynn, who played “Thelma Lou” in the classic show. podcasts platforms, including Apple, Google, Spotify, Stitcher, NCTIA will share news about when the broadcast airs in a future e- and Audible. newsletter.