Ua hōʻailona ka Virginia Tourism Corporation i kēia lā i ka 50th anniversary o kā lākou brand Virginia no For Lovers® i ka wā o kahi kūkā nūhou ma US Travel's IPW 2019 ma ka Anaheim Convention Center. Ua hoʻomaka ka Pelekikena a me Luna Hoʻokele o Virginia Tourism, ʻo Rita McClenny, i ka hanana no ka paʻi huakaʻi huakaʻi honua me ka ʻai i 50 Years of Love, a laila kaʻana like me kāna mau malihini kūikawā i kekahi o nā hana kūʻokoʻa a me nā papahana hou e hana nei ma waena o ka Commonwealth i kēia makahiki. ʻO Mike Whiteside ka hōkū o ke kīwī i hoʻolaha ʻia ma ka honua holoʻokoʻa 'Salvage Dawgs', nāna i hōʻike i kāna ʻike pilikino i ke kumu o Virginia no Lovers.
Ua hoʻokumu ʻia ka inoa mokuʻāina, ʻo Virginia For Lovers® i ka makahiki 1969 a mai kona hoʻomaka ʻana, ua lilo ia i hoʻokahi o nā ʻōlelo huakaʻi kaulana a kaulana loa i ka honua. Ma ke koho balota kaulana, ua hoʻokomo ʻia ʻo Virginia no ka Lovers® i loko o ka Madison Avenue Advertising Walk of Fame ma Kepakemapa 21, 2009. Ua hoʻokomo ʻia ka slogan i ka Hale Hōʻikeʻike Icon Advertising me nā hoa 2009 inductees, ʻo ka AOL Running Man, ka Budweiser Clydesdales, a me ka mokuʻāina. ʻO ka mahiʻai "E like me kahi hoalauna maikaʻi, aia i laila ka Mahiʻai Moku'āina." Loaʻa kēia ʻike ma nā kuʻekuʻe wāwae o Forbes.com e hoʻopaʻa ana iā Virginia ʻo For Lovers® ma ke ʻano he ʻumi o nā ʻoihana kūʻai mākaʻikaʻi ʻumi o nā manawa āpau.
"No 50 mau makahiki ua ola mākou, hanu a aloha i kā mākou brand - ʻo ia kahi ʻāpana o ka mea nui loa ʻo Virginia," wahi a Rita McClenny. "I kēia lā, ʻike nā malihini mai nā wahi a puni o ka honua i ke aloha no nā mauna o Virginia, nā kahakai, ka mōʻaukala, nā kūlanakauhale ikaika, nā mele, a me nā hiʻohiʻona meaʻai ulu."
No ka hoʻolauleʻa ʻana i kēia lā hoʻomanaʻo nui, e hui pū ana nā wahi i komo ma waena o Virginia i ka leʻaleʻa ma ko lākou ala kūikawā. I loko o 2019 e loaʻa nā pia hana hoʻomanaʻo ma nā hale kūʻai a me nā mea aloha i hui pū ʻia ma nā hale waina; 1969-mau meaʻai a me nā kumukūʻai ma nā hale ʻaina; kūikawā 50 makahiki o ke aloha hanana, hoʻokūkū, hāʻawi makana, a me nā mea hou aku.
"No ka laʻana," wahi a McClenny, "hiki i ka poʻe kipa i Virginia ke kū i kahi kaʻa Volkswagen kahiko, i hana hou ʻia ma ke ʻano he kikowaena malihini kipa, i ka wā o ka huakaʻi 'Summer of Love' o Loudoun County. A i ʻole e noho i loko o kahi 50 Years of Love themed suite ma Floyd.
Ua hōʻike pū ʻo McClenny i kekahi o nā leʻaleʻa i kōkua i ke kau ʻana iā Virginia ma ke kahua honua i nā makahiki, mai nā kiʻiʻoniʻoni lanakila ʻo Academy Award a i nā wikiō mele. Ua kaʻana like ʻo ia me ka poʻe i hele mai i kekahi o nā papahana e hiki mai ana e kiʻiʻoniʻoni ma Virginia - me ke kolu o ka moʻolelo ʻo The Walking Dead franchise, i hana ʻia i kēia kauwela, a me Australia's Dancing with the Stars e kiʻiʻoniʻoni i kēia mahina ma ka home o ka kiʻiʻoniʻoni kaulana kaulana ʻo Dirty Dancing. : ʻO Virginia's Mountain Lake Lodge ma nā mauna Blue Ridge.
No ka ʻai ʻana i ka makahiki 50 ma IPW 2019, lawelawe ʻo Virginia Tourism iā Greenhill Winery & Vineyards Blanc de Blanc. Ua hoʻokomo ʻia ka waina Virginia lanakila i ka makana i loko o nā ʻeke makana makana Oscar i hala a he kumu hoʻohālike maikaʻi loa ia o nā hua waina maikaʻi i loaʻa mai ka aneane 300 - a me ka ulu ʻana - nā hale waina ma Virginia.
Co-hoʻokumu a me Luna Nui o Black Dog Salvage Mike Whiteside
ʻO ka mea hoʻokumu a me ka Luna Hoʻokele o Black Dog Salvage Mike Whiteside, ʻo ia nā hōkū ma ke kīwī i hoʻokani ʻo 'Salvage Dawgs', aia ma ke kahua me McClenny e hōʻike hou aku iā Virginia ma o ka lens o ka hōʻike. Ua hahai ʻo 'Salvage Dawgs' i ka poʻe holo moku mai Black Dog Salvage, kekahi o nā hana hoʻopakele hale kiʻi nui ma ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa, ʻoiai lākou e hoʻopaʻa i nā ʻāpana kupaianaha o ʻAmelika i hūnā ʻia i loko o nā hale kahiko ma mua o ka wāwahi ʻia a nalowale mau loa. Hoʻokumu ʻia ma Roanoke, Virginia, ʻo ka Black Dog Salvage 'Dawgs' e hoʻopili kokoke i nā kihi a pau o Virginia e ʻimi i ka waiwai e kiʻi hou, hoʻohana hou a hoʻohana hou no ka wā e hiki mai ana. Ke hoʻolele ʻia nei ka manawa 10 o ka hōʻike kaulana kaulana i ka US a hoʻomaka e hoʻolele ʻia ma hope o kēia makahiki ma ka honua.
Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Whiteside, "Ua paʻa ʻo Virginia i ka nui o ka moʻolelo kahiko o ʻAmelika, mai Jamestown a me Williamsburg a i ka Shenandoah, Appalachian Mountains a ma waho. Ua nalowale nā mea waiwai o ia mau makahiki mua i kēlā me kēia lā e like me ka makahiki o nā hale. ʻO ka hoʻohanohano ʻana i ka hale kūkulu hale o Virginia ma o ka hoʻihoʻi ʻana iā ia no nā hanauna e hiki mai ana, ʻo ia kā mākou misionari no nā makahiki he 20 i hala. Hauʻoli mākou e kāhea iā Virginia ko mākou home a hoʻolaha i ke aloha i kēlā kipa ʻana.
Hoʻohui ʻo Black Dog Salvage i kā lākou makana ponoʻī no ka hoʻohanohano ʻana i ka makahiki 50th. ʻO ka poʻe kipa i ka Black Dog Salvage i ka makahiki 2019 e ʻōlelo nei 'Hoʻolauleʻa wau i 50 mau makahiki o ke aloha' i nā limahana ma ka pākaukau nui o ka hale kūʻai e loaʻa kahi makana kūikawā.
