Greenville, SC Named “Best in the US” by Lonely Planet

We did it again! So excited to share some great news we have been working on. This morning, Greenville, SC was named “#7 Best in the US” by Lonely Planet, the world’s leading travel media company. This milestone, “Top 10 Best in the US” list includes recommendations on places in the US that travelers should consider visiting in the year ahead. Each year, this annual list gets a ton of buzz and coverage in both traditional and social media. In fact, this morning the list was announced online at CNN and is in print in today’s issue of the New York Times (which, oh by the way marks the 2nd week in a row that Greenville, South Carolina graces the pages of The Times!).

Wow. Great stuff!

So who all made the list?

1. Queens, New York

2. Western South Dakota

3. New Orleans, LA

4. Colorado River

5. North Conway, NH

6. Indianapolis, IN

7. GREENVILLE, SC

8. Oakland, CA

9. Duluth, MN

10. Mount Shasta, CA

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The Best in the US list is live at http://www.lonelyplanet.com/best-in-the-us-2015.

Some interesting stats on why this win is so significant:

• Lonely Planet’s “Best in the US” list is among their top read articles on www.lonelyplanet.com every year.
• LonelyPlanet.com is the second most-visited English language travel media website in the world; Lonely Planet has over 1.2m fans on Facebook, over 1.8m Twitter followers and almost 200,000 Instagram followers.
• Lonely Planet has #1 market share for guidebook sales in both the US and globally and has published over 130 million guidebooks in its history.
• Lonely Planet’s “Best in the US” list takes a deeper look into the United States with 10 destinations they believe are “the best places to go in the US in the year ahead.”

 

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