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Area Accolades
WILMINGTON:
USA TODAY 10Best - Wilmington, North Carolina has been voted as America’s Best Riverfront. This prestigious 10Best Readers’ Choice travel award shines a spotlight on Wilmington’s vibrant riverfront with more than 200 shops, restaurants, attractions, tours and cruises within easy walking distance.
USATODAY 10Best Picks for November 2014 include Wilmington, N.C.
MovieMaker Magazine includes the Cucalorus Film Festival among its 25 Coolest Film Festivals in the World (2013 & 2014)!
Movoto.com’s trendy blog ranked Wilmington #2 in its list of “Top Ten Most Exciting Places in North Carolina” (June 2014). According to Movoto: “This port city has it all: arts and entertainment, a young population, nightlife, music, tons of restaurants, and an overall active lifestyle”
The Wilmington restaurant scene has garnered recent national attention:
*Garden and Gun magazine’s “Guide to Best Southern Burgers” includes Wilmington restaurants PT’s Grille and Ogden Tap Room
*Coastal Living magazine’s 2014 roundup of “Favorite Seafood Dives” includes Wilmington’s “Something Fishy” restaurant
*Thrillist.com (April 2014) roundup of "21 Best Soul Food Kitchens in the Country” included longtime Wilmington favorite Casey’s Buffet
FoxNews.com/Travel’s list of “Spookiest Cemeteries in the U.S.” includes two Wilmington, N.C. graveyards: Belleveue Cemetery (a location on FOX Television series Sleepy Hollow) and St. James Parish Cemetery (a stop on the Ghost Walk of Old Wilmington)
Facilities & Destinations 2014 Superbook featured the Wilmington Convention Center as Prime Site Award of Excellence winner (page 68).
Where To Retire magazine (Nov/Dec 2013) included Wilmington as a “Top Retirement Destination.”
Huffington Post included Wilmington, NC in its list of “Most Fabulous Places to Retire in America” (September 2014)
Culture Map Austin included Wilmington, NC among its picks for “Next Hipster Cities in America” (September 2014)Poplar Grove Plantation, located on Hwy. 17 just a few short miles from Wilmington, was named in USA Today’s 10Best list of “Historic Southern Plantations”
CAROLINA BEACH & KURE BEACH:
About.com 's “Best Family Beach Vacations in the Southeast” includes Carolina Beach and Kure Beach.
The NC Aquarium at Fort Fisher has made TripAdvisor.com’s “Top 25 US Aquariums” list (July 2014).
USAToday featured Kure Beach as one of “11 Beaches In The World Where History Was Made” (June 2014)
Last summer the CB Boardwalk & Britts were front and center:
Carolina Beach Boardwalk named among “America’s Most Awesome Boardwalks” by Budget Travel magazine/FOX News (July 2013). The Boardwalk also made The Daily Meal’s list of “Best Boardwalks for Food” (June 2013). The Daily Meal also included Britts Donuts on the Carolina Beach Boardwalk among America's 25 Best Donuts (Dec. 2013).
WRIGHTSVILLE BEACH:
Wrightsville Beach was named by National Geographic Traveler (June/July 2014) among the “Last Best American Beach Towns”.
Celebrating 50 years as a family-owned beach resort in 2014, the Blockade Runner Resort in Wrightsville Beach has received recent notoriety for its Kids’ Club and for its surf and SUP amenities:
*The Blockade Runner Resort in Wrightsville Beach made USAToday.com’s 10Best list as one of the “Best Beach Resort Kid's Clubs” (July 2014)
*The Blockade Runner Resort in Wrightsville Beach was included in Outside Magazine’s roundup of “10 Best Surf Lodges in North America.” Wrightsville was also praised for its “unusually rabid surf culture owing to its consistent swells, clear water, and surprisingly high-profile contingent of surfers…”.
Garden and Gun Magazine’s “Guide to Best Southern Burgers” includes Dockside Restaurant in Wrightsville Beach.
Men’s Journal (April 2014) included Wrightsville Beach in its “2014 Best Summer Vacation Destinations” roundup, proclaiming it as “North Carolina's most naturally gifted watersport hub, an undomesticated destination for canoeists, kayakers, and surfers…”
Wrightsville Beach ranked #88 among WalletHub.com’s “Top 100 Honeymoon Destinations in America” (June 2014) WalletHub.com ranked 100 domestic destinations mentioned by popular media in recent years. It then evaluated the cities on 13 key metrics that collectively speak to the affordability, weather conditions, romanticism and activities that each city and town has to offer.
Wrightsville Beach recently made the Natural Resources Defense Council’s (NRDC) list of 35 Superstar Beaches (defined as popular spots that consistently meet water quality safety thresholds). The locations spanned 14 states and maintained at least a 98% water safety record over several years
The Wrightsville Beach Ocean Rescue Team is a repeat winner of the 2014 USLA South Atlantic Regional Championships
WILMINGTON:
USA TODAY 10Best - Wilmington, North Carolina has been voted as America’s Best Riverfront. This prestigious 10Best Readers’ Choice travel award shines a spotlight on Wilmington’s vibrant riverfront with more than 200 shops, restaurants, attractions, tours and cruises within easy walking distance.
USATODAY 10Best Picks for November 2014 include Wilmington, N.C.
MovieMaker Magazine includes the Cucalorus Film Festival among its 25 Coolest Film Festivals in the World (2013 & 2014)!
Movoto.com’s trendy blog ranked Wilmington #2 in its list of “Top Ten Most Exciting Places in North Carolina” (June 2014). According to Movoto: “This port city has it all: arts and entertainment, a young population, nightlife, music, tons of restaurants, and an overall active lifestyle”
The Wilmington restaurant scene has garnered recent national attention:
*Garden and Gun magazine’s “Guide to Best Southern Burgers” includes Wilmington restaurants PT’s Grille and Ogden Tap Room
*Coastal Living magazine’s 2014 roundup of “Favorite Seafood Dives” includes Wilmington’s “Something Fishy” restaurant
*Thrillist.com (April 2014) roundup of "21 Best Soul Food Kitchens in the Country” included longtime Wilmington favorite Casey’s Buffet
FoxNews.com/Travel’s list of “Spookiest Cemeteries in the U.S.” includes two Wilmington, N.C. graveyards: Belleveue Cemetery (a location on FOX Television series Sleepy Hollow) and St. James Parish Cemetery (a stop on the Ghost Walk of Old Wilmington)
Facilities & Destinations 2014 Superbook featured the Wilmington Convention Center as Prime Site Award of Excellence winner (page 68).
Where To Retire magazine (Nov/Dec 2013) included Wilmington as a “Top Retirement Destination.”
Huffington Post included Wilmington, NC in its list of “Most Fabulous Places to Retire in America” (September 2014)
Culture Map Austin included Wilmington, NC among its picks for “Next Hipster Cities in America” (September 2014)Poplar Grove Plantation, located on Hwy. 17 just a few short miles from Wilmington, was named in USA Today’s 10Best list of “Historic Southern Plantations”
CAROLINA BEACH & KURE BEACH:
About.com 's “Best Family Beach Vacations in the Southeast” includes Carolina Beach and Kure Beach.
The NC Aquarium at Fort Fisher has made TripAdvisor.com’s “Top 25 US Aquariums” list (July 2014).
USAToday featured Kure Beach as one of “11 Beaches In The World Where History Was Made” (June 2014)
Last summer the CB Boardwalk & Britts were front and center:
Carolina Beach Boardwalk named among “America’s Most Awesome Boardwalks” by Budget Travel magazine/FOX News (July 2013). The Boardwalk also made The Daily Meal’s list of “Best Boardwalks for Food” (June 2013). The Daily Meal also included Britts Donuts on the Carolina Beach Boardwalk among America's 25 Best Donuts (Dec. 2013).
WRIGHTSVILLE BEACH:
Wrightsville Beach was named by National Geographic Traveler (June/July 2014) among the “Last Best American Beach Towns”.
Celebrating 50 years as a family-owned beach resort in 2014, the Blockade Runner Resort in Wrightsville Beach has received recent notoriety for its Kids’ Club and for its surf and SUP amenities:
*The Blockade Runner Resort in Wrightsville Beach made USAToday.com’s 10Best list as one of the “Best Beach Resort Kid's Clubs” (July 2014)
*The Blockade Runner Resort in Wrightsville Beach was included in Outside Magazine’s roundup of “10 Best Surf Lodges in North America.” Wrightsville was also praised for its “unusually rabid surf culture owing to its consistent swells, clear water, and surprisingly high-profile contingent of surfers…”.
Garden and Gun Magazine’s “Guide to Best Southern Burgers” includes Dockside Restaurant in Wrightsville Beach.
Men’s Journal (April 2014) included Wrightsville Beach in its “2014 Best Summer Vacation Destinations” roundup, proclaiming it as “North Carolina's most naturally gifted watersport hub, an undomesticated destination for canoeists, kayakers, and surfers…”
Wrightsville Beach ranked #88 among WalletHub.com’s “Top 100 Honeymoon Destinations in America” (June 2014) WalletHub.com ranked 100 domestic destinations mentioned by popular media in recent years. It then evaluated the cities on 13 key metrics that collectively speak to the affordability, weather conditions, romanticism and activities that each city and town has to offer.
Wrightsville Beach recently made the Natural Resources Defense Council’s (NRDC) list of 35 Superstar Beaches (defined as popular spots that consistently meet water quality safety thresholds). The locations spanned 14 states and maintained at least a 98% water safety record over several years
The Wrightsville Beach Ocean Rescue Team is a repeat winner of the 2014 USLA South Atlantic Regional Championships