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Drone Shot of the La Quinta Hotel with the sun setting in the background

La Quinta Opens in Selma

By Ashby Brame on May. 12, 2021

Wyndham Opens 120th La Quinta in Selma Wyndham Hotels & Resorts, the world's largest hotel franchising company with over 8,900 hotels across nearly 95 countries, announced recently the opening of La…

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Bright blue Count On Me NC badge icon on a photo of plates of food laid out on a wooden table top.

Count On Me NC Guest Promise

By Ashby Brame on Jun. 10, 2020

Just a few months ago, as North Carolina was entering Phase II of its reopening plan (we are now a modified stay-at-home order), the NCRLA (North Carolina Restaurant and Lodging Association) rolled…

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The welcome sign at Becky's Log Cabin in Smithfield, NC.

Becky Opens Her "Home" Back Up to Visitors and Locals

By Ashby Brame on Sep. 15, 2017

UPDATE 7/2/25: Becky's Log Cabin Motel is open to travelers, but the restaurant has closed permanently. Becky’s Log Cabin Restaurant opened in 1977 in Smithfield, NC off Exit 95 on I-95. It was a…

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Bentonville Battlefield is featured on the cover of the 2015 NC Travel Guide, presented to Lynn Daniels, Donna Bailey-Taylor and Donny Taylor by Wit Tuttell.

Tourism Director Celebrates 20 Years with JCVB

By Ashby Brame on Aug. 12, 2016

Donna Bailey-Taylor, Director of the Johnston County Tourism Authority, recently celebrated 20 years in her position. I sat down to ask her a few questions about how Johnston County's tourism industry…

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