The replica of a trail-blazing 16th-century ship will visit Wilmington this weekend and will be available for tours.   The Nao Trinidad, a precise copy of the explorer Ferdinand Magellan’s flagship, will dock Friday evening at the London Wharf, located alongside the Riverwalk near Hotel Ballast and the Veterans Memorial. The tall ship will be open for tours st ...

Shortly after 11 a.m. Thursday, Sun Country Airlines’ inaugural flight from Minneapolis, Minnesota landed at Wilmington International Airport. The nearly full Boeing 737-800 taxied through a ceremonial water salute on its way to the gate. The fanfare continued as passengers exited the plane, when they were greeted by Sun Country’s mascot, Sunny, as well as I ...

While rough surf and heavy rain is expected to dampen the forecast for travel in Cape Fear region this Memorial Day weekend, tourism officials have their "fingers crossed" that the tourists will get some time in the sun. As of 2 p.m., the National Weather Service was predicting that showers will increase Friday with the heaviest rain expected Friday night and ...

On the heels of a record-breaking year when more than 1 million passengers flew through Wilmington International Airport, a recent analysis of available seats at ILM indicates the airport could be in the midst of another year of best-ever performance.   On Thursday, airport officials announced that available seats on flights at ILM from January to September 2023 are ...

With peak tourism season soon to start, the Wilmington and Beaches Convention and Visitors Bureau hosted hospitality partners for a Wednesday morning event designed to reinvigorate the industry and announce new initiatives to improve visitors’ experiences.   Held during National Travel and Tourism Week, observed each year during the first full week in May, the ...

Avelo Airlines announced the addition of a seventh nonstop destination at Wilmington International Airport (ILM) on Thursday. Beginning June 22, the airline will offer service to Wilmington’s counterpart in Delaware: Wilmington Airport (ILG).   Located about 40 miles from Philadelphia, the new destination was billed as an easy alternative to flights into Phila ...

A real estate developer and one of the owners of boutique hotel The Hive in downtown Wilmington died Friday at the age of 57. Wilmington resident Robert Rosenberg, whose cause of death was cardiac arrest, owned The Hive Boutique Hotel at 505 N. Second St. in downtown Wilmington with business partner Kaylie O'Connor. The two also had other area hotel projects in the ...

This spring, new TV advertisements for Brunswick County’s island beaches will run in markets across the mid-Atlantic region, including cities as far away as Philadelphia. It’s the first time the Brunswick County Tourism Development Authority’s TV marketing efforts have cast such a wide net, a move enabled by an influx of funds over the past couple of y ...

At Fort Fisher State Historic Site, a new foundation is being laid that will allow the facility to tell a richer story of the area’s role in history.   Bordeaux Construction crews are currently at work on a concrete foundation for the site’s new visitor center, the first step in a multi-phase project that will also erect new facilities for the Underwater ...

Wilmington’s entertainment venues are attracting bigger acts, putting the city on the map for major headliners and the crowds that follow.   With the Wilmington City Council’s approval, Live Nation, which manages the city-owned Live Oak Bank Pavilion, has expanded to 30 shows a year, up from 20 previously.  At the city’s Hugh Morton A ...