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Each year, thousands of bowlers compete at the USBC Women's Championships, the world's largest participatory sporting event for women. This year marks the 100th anniversary , which will run from April.... More

In 2019, Visit Wichita will host a variety of exciting sporting events in the Air Capital of the World. From bowling to basketball, the variety and magnitude of these sporting events are helping to.... More

Visit Wichita has added Hunter Hogan as Sports Coordinator to its sports sales team. Other members of the team include Brian Hargrove, executive director of sports development, and Josh Howell, sports.... More

Yesterday, Arrivalist and Kansas Department of Wildlife Parks and Tourism handed out ArrivaLIST most-visited places awards to top visited destinations in Kansas. Eleven Visit Wichita partners won.... More

Wichita State University (WSU) will be the 2019 host campus for the 27th annual Midwest Bisexual Lesbian Gay Transgender Asexual College Conference (MBLGTACC). MBLGTACC, the flagship program of the.... More

The Basketball Tournament (TBT) – a $2 million, winner-take-all summer basketball event broadcast live on ESPN – announced today regional sites for its sixth annual tournament, bringing the summer’s.... More

Jan. 29 is National Plan for Vacation Day and Visit Wichita is encouraging individuals to celebrate by planning their vacation time. Whether you decide to take several long weekends throughout the.... More

Chasercon, the world’s largest meeting of storm chasers and meteorologists also known as the National Storm Chaser Convention, will be held in Wichita for the first time in its history. The conference.... More

If you will be hosting your family or friends in Wichita during the upcoming holidays, Visit Wichita can help you make it a memorable visit. Dining Show your guests why ESPN writer Myron Medcalf calls.... More

WICHITA , Kan. (Dec. 7, 2018) — In a press conference today, Visit Wichita, the Wichita Thunder and the ECHL, Premier ‘AA’ Hockey League, announced the selection of Wichita as the host city for the.... More

WICHITA , Kan. (Nov. 30, 2018) — U.S. Figure Skating announced the selection of host cities for the 2020 regional and sectional championships and synchronized sectional championships, and Wichita,.... More

SportsEvents Media Group, a leading travel industry publication focused exclusively on helping sports event planners, announced that Visit Wichita in Wichita, Kansas has been named as a 2019 Readers'.... More

One of the reasons Wichita is a must-visit Midwest city and regional shopping destination is the appeal of many fun, funky and one-of-a-kind independent retailers – the kind Visit Wichita hopes you’ll.... More

At Visit Wichita, the sales team plays a vital role: attracting new conventions, conferences and events to Wichita and enhancing economic development by bringing in national, regional and state.... More

Visit Wichita has secured Wichita as one of the regional qualifier host cities for the Pro Football Hall of Fame World Youth Championships . The qualifying event will feature top teams from throughout.... More

A conference that has been held in Wichita for decades, the Kansas Department of Labor’s Kansas Safety and Health Conference, starts next week and anyone who wants to learn more about fostering a.... More

WICHITA, Kan. (Aug. 31, 2018) — Visit Wichita engaged The Center for Economic Development and Business Research at Wichita State University to conduct a study to determine the local economic impact of.... More

The 16th annual Tallgrass Film Festival takes place Oct. 17-21, 2018, in and around downtown Wichita, Kansas. Not familiar with Wichita’s film festival? Here’s a quick primer on what to expect at one.... More

Sixty years ago, in the summer of 1958, two dozen students from Wichita staged what would become the first successful student-led lunch counter sit-in of the Civil Rights movement. By August 11, 1958,.... More

The sales team at Visit Wichita plays a vital role: attracting new conventions, conferences and events to Wichita and enhancing economic development by bringing in national, regional and state.... More

Want to travel more, but don’t know where to go? Bill Clevlen, author of “100 Things to Do in America Before You Die,” will provide some direction when he visits Wichita this month. He will present.... More

A new position at Visit Wichita, which focuses solely on attracting new sporting events to the city, has been filled. Brian Hargrove, former general manager of the Wichita Sports Forum, is the.... More

World record-holding water skiers will be making their way to Kansas for the first time this summer for the nation’s largest water ski celebration. Aug. 7-11, the 2018 GOODE Water Ski National.... More

Wichita has been selected as the host city for the NIRSA Championship Series for the next three years, beginning in 2019. The series gives college recreational sports participants an opportunity to.... More

Visit Wichita’s new Director of Partnership Development is a familiar face to partners, the Wichita community and the travel industry: Susan Cohrs. Susan has been a Visit Wichita team member for six.... More