Tag: VISIT Milwaukee

Appointment of new VISIT Milwaukee board chair accused of “ginning up” voter fraud in 2011 slammed as “tone deaf”

June 11, 2020

Local convention and visitors bureau VISIT Milwaukee will have a new chairman of the Board of Directors next year, but the identity of that new board chair isn't sitting well with some Milwaukee politicians and...

On The Record Episode 125: Visit Milwaukee with Claire Koenig

Milwaukee Record Staff

March 28, 2018

Milwaukee's festival season is just around the corner, which means visitors will be swinging by the city to take in the sights, attractions, drinks and dining delicacies, and all the amenities that help make th...

10 highly specific Milwaukee entertainment “itineraries”

Matt Wild

August 2, 2016

// Local tourism organization Visit Milwaukee has come a long way since proclaiming Milwaukee to be "Chicago's Upper, Upper North Side," and thinking a campaign entitled "You Gotta Be Here!" was a good idea...

This VISIT Milwaukee parody site is brutally honest about life in the Brew City

Matt Wild

March 9, 2015

If the future of a city depends in part on the city’s ability to sell itself to the outside world, then Milwaukee’s future is frustratingly unclear. On one hand, there are smart, passionate community leaders an...

New VISIT Milwaukee video highlights beer, not those totally necessary UW System cuts

Matt Wild

February 5, 2015

A new VISIT Milwaukee promotional video was released yesterday, highlighting an aspect of Milwaukee culture that usually doesn’t get a lot of attention: beer. It’s a lovely video, featuring lovely images of jus...

VISIT Milwaukee’s “You Gotta Be Here” video is hilariously awful

Matt Wild

June 6, 2014

Back in 2008, a strange video surfaced online called “This Is My Milwaukee.” The 11-minute clip was an upbeat tourism video touting the many benefits of the Brew City, hosted by an agreeably accented man named ...

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