After being closed due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Downtown Huntsville Visitor Center will reopen June 19. New health and sanitization protocols will be implemented for visitors and staff. Highlights of the new protocols include: All Visitor Center staff will wear protective face masks. Curbside service – visitors may call the Visitor Center to request […]
The Huntsville/Madison County Convention & Visitors Bureau has been given quite a reason to celebrate. According to the 2019 economic impact report recently released by the Alabama Tourism Department, the Huntsville and Madison County area achieved the state’s highest percentage increase in travel and tourism revenue over the past year, reaching $1.62 billion in sales. The area […]
Huntsville International Airport will implement a face-covering policy for anyone entering the airport terminal building effective Monday, May 18. This policy will be in effect until further notice. The policy urges everyone entering the facility to wear a face-covering and applies to anyone inside the terminal building whether traveling or not. In addition, HSV is […]
It officially began with a health order from the state March 20. That’s when all on-premise consumption of food and beverages in restaurants and bars had been officially banned. Then, Gov. Kay Ivey’s “Stay at Home order” followed on April 4 thus further delineating “essential” versus “nonessential” businesses. One thing that is certain since COVID-19 […]
Huntsville International Airport is among the entities to receive aid in the $2 trillion coronavirus relief package passed by Congress and signed by President Trump last week. The Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security Act provides financial assistance to the air travel industry to help overcome the staggering impacts of COVID-19. The legislation provides some […]
The Public Health Officer for the State of Alabama released a new list of stringent containment policies for communities to follow to combat the COVID-19 pandemic. These include full school closures, senior center closures, pre-school and child care closures, nursing home restrictions, delayed elective-medical procedures, limited gatherings of no more than 25 persons, bar closures, and […]
Due to the ongoing COVID-19 (coronavirus) public health threat, the Huntsville/Madison County Convention & Visitors Bureau (CVB) has announced that the guided, historic walking tours, originally scheduled for each Saturday in April through the Twickenham and Downtown Madison historic districts, have been cancelled. The free walking tours are part of a statewide initiative by the […]
Mayor Tommy Battle informed City Council this morning that he vetoed the 1 percent lodging tax the Council approved 3-2 Thursday night to fund the city’s planned amphitheater at MidCity District. In a message to Council, Mayor Battle outlined his reasons as follows: The City of Huntsville has a solid financial model to pay for […]
J. Alexander’s has been announced as the first restaurant for Town Madison. Mark A. Parkey, President and Chief Executive Officer of J. Alexander’s Holdings, said the new J. Alexander’s restaurant will be on a 2.8-acre site at the entrance to Town Madison on Town Madison Boulevard. Town Madison is a 560-acres mixed-use development focused […]
Balloons dropped over the ticket counters at Huntsville International Airport after USA Today announced HSV was named the No. 1 Small Airport in the U.S. Madison Mayor Paul Finley and Madison County Commission Chairman Dale Strong joined Rick Tucker, airport CEO, for a public celebration, complete with sparkling champagne, party hats and horns. USA Today’s […]
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