...EVERYONE DESERVES A THIRD CHANCE: City Admin is trator Fred Russell, Augusta Convention and Visitors Bur eau President Barry White and Commissioner Don nie Smith attended the Georgia Association of Chiefs of Police board meeting in Duluth last week...

...location changes as long as events stay in the metro area. Economic development must be viewed regionally, he said.Barry White, the president and CEO of the Augusta Convention and Visitors Bureau, said the economic impact to Augusta-Richmond...

...That translates into more money spent in the Augusta area on hotels and in restaurants, she said.That's what Barry White, the CEO and president of the Augusta Convention and Visitor's Bureau, also hopes will happen.The bureau hopes...

...don't tell thing between business owners not wanting to talk about it and detour people away from downtown Augusta."Barry White, the president and CEO of the Augusta Convention and Visitors Bureau, said he wouldn't be surprised if Augusta's...

...convention center brochure uses the name throughout.Asked why the CVB uses the "TEE" name, CVB President and CEO Barry White initially pointed to the city of Augusta, saying in an e-mail that his organization did so "as directed by the city...

...welcome new groups to Augusta, but is also great to welcome back groups that had grown too big to meet in Augusta," Barry White, the president and CEO of the CVB, said in a news release.Ten of the groups would not have been able to meet in...

...disrespect to city government, or the hotel, but life has to go on," he said. "I have an obligation to my members."Barry White, the president of the Augusta Convention and Visitors Bureau, said that the cancellations were the only ones he knew...

...Visitors Bureau Masters of Hospitality award for 2011, each with 11 individual nominations.CVB president and CEO Barry White said the program is designed to reward those in the Augusta hospitality industry who go above and beyond the call of...

...people to come to Augusta, although "we have an extremely high conversion rate once we bring people here," said Barry White, the president and CEO of the Augusta Convention and Visitors Bureau. Coolness is a factor in attracting visitors...

...which is on schedule to be ready in 11 months."They have not met in Augusta since 1994," said bureau President Barry White.Targeting the association fits with one of the marketing strategies of seeking events that were once held in the city...