Just four weeks after the St Paul s Cathedral fundraising drive was launched, it reached the milestone last night thanks to the incredible support of Mail readers and a string of donors.
Tennessee Aquarium Adding Additional Hours In May Friday, April 30, 2021
A guest gets up close with a turtle swimming in the Turtles of the World gallery - photo by Tennessee Aquarium/Casey Phillips
A giant Japanese Spider Crab showcases its tremendous size in the Boneless Beauties gallery. This species will be among those featured during May as part of the Aquarium’s Global Passport Program focus on Asian animals. - photo by Tennessee Aquarium/Casey Phillips
A masked guest views American Alligators in the Mississippi Delta Country gallery - photo by Tennessee Aquarium/Casey Phillips
Gentoo Penguins strut about the Penguins’ Rock gallery. This gallery has been a flurry of activity since April, which marked the start of the birds’ annual breeding season.
Research On Travel Plans And Safety Tops 2021 Chattanooga Tourism Summit Tuesday, March 9, 2021
Around 175 people tuned into the 2021 Virtual Chattanooga Tourism Summit to reflect on the past year and look ahead to the future of Hamilton County’s hospitality and tourism industry. Speakers from TripAdvisor, Miles Partnership and STR shared insights, research and best practices to help guide tourism’s recovery.
“A destination marketing organization can only succeed when the destination succeeds. Without a healthy, unique, and appealing product to promote, without each of you, the Chattanooga Tourism Co. and Chattanooga and Hamilton County cannot succeed,” Barry White, president and CEO of Chattanooga Tourism Co., told participants.
Flower Garden Banks National Marine Sanctuary Triples In Size Tuesday, January 19, 2021
National conservation groups and aquarium partners celebrated the expansion of Flower Garden Banks National Marine Sanctuary, announced Tuesday by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. The expansion increases protections within the Gulf of Mexico’s only national marine sanctuary from 56 square miles to 160 square miles and includes 14 critical reefs and banks.
Many people in the Chattanooga area may not know the Flower Garden Banks National Marine Sanctuary by name, but they have seen a living model of it. The Tennessee Aquarium’s Secret Reef exhibit replicates the protected habitat that is located in the Gulf of Mexico.