Visit Detroit

For 28 years, Visit Detroit has been celebrating outstanding customer service in metro Detroit's hospitality industry with the Recognition of Service Excellence (ROSE) Awards Program! ✨🌹 Annually, metro Detroit welcomes millions of visitors - a feat that would not be possible without the daily commitment of everyone in our community. It takes a lot of outstanding people to make our region shine and the ROSE Awards are here to honor the hard-working employees and volunteers at our restaurants, hotels and attractions. 👏 We cannot wait to gather together again this year for the 28th Annual Rose Awards this week to honor the fearless spirit of our community and celebrate everything they have done and continue to do to champion our region. No matter what they do, awardees represent the best of Detroit! 🎉 ➡️ Learn more about the history of the event here at theroseawards.com

Exciting Detroit dining news! PAO Detroit has been named one of the Most Beautiful Restaurants in America by People Magazine and OpenTable 🏆🌟 For People's 50th anniversary, one restaurant from each state was selected and PAO was the selection for Michigan! A well-deserved recognition, the location is known for its beautiful plating and food and beautiful building and ambiance. 😍 Inside Detroit’s former 1920s Oriental Theatre, it has ornate green high vaulted ceilings that combined with modern interior details, is a unique blend of past and present. The Asian Fusion restaurant is a great spot for date night, to celebrate birthdays and special occasions, or to just get a delicious taste of Detroit's dining scene. Thank for PAO Detroit for representing Detroit and Michigan so beautifully! 🥂🎉 Check out more spots to dine in Detroit here! ➡️ https://lnkd.in/e96iKXuw

Visit Detroit is thrilled to be at the ASAE: The Center for Association Leadership Annual Meeting this weekend! 🙌🏙️ From being a committed partner with ASAE on the Diversity Executive Leadership Program to being the first event of 2024 where we are debuting our new trade show booth, there’s a lot to celebrate. 🎉 For the last two decades, we have been a proud partner on the DELP Program that has helped more than 240 incredible professionals accelerate their careers, and dramatically improve our industry. Every year they come to Detroit to experience our city, mentor our youth and network and learn from Alumni scholars.      This week the conversations at ASAE will help shape the future of events and help us all thrive in unity within our individual communities! This weekend is also the first event where we are debuting our new booth showcasing our new brand that speaks to Detroit's energy, creativity, and swag. 🎨🎶🚗 Check out this sneak peek and be sure to visit it to hear about the latest in Detroit, like the record-breaking 2024 NFL Draft, the reopening of the historic Michigan Central Station, and more! ➡️ Head here for info about hosting meetings and conventions in Detroit: https://lnkd.in/gtNQc_A #ASAE24 #VisitDetroit #MeetInDetroit

Summers in Detroit are like nowhere else! ☀️🔥 From global music festivals to iconic events, check out our list of ways to get outside in August across the city and the Detroit metro area to experience this summer before it’s over. 🌆 Also check out some beautiful assets captured by Detroit creatives featured in this video that we have had the honor of collaborating with! 📸 😎 August 3-4: Motor City Summer Festival at Hart Plaza 🇧🇩 August 3-4: Bangladeshi American Festival 📸 Brandon Vanno 🍗 August 9-11: Ribs and R&B Festival at Hart Plaza 🌍 August 17-18: AfroNation 📸 Bre’Ann White 🚗 August 17: Woodward Dream Cruise 🎤 August 24: Southwest Fest  📸 Scott Millington 🏈 August 24: Detroit Lions Pre-Season Home Game 📸 Steven Kwasny 🥃 August 25: Detroit Bourbon and Blues Festival at Eastern Market Partnership 🎠 August 29-September 2: Michigan State Fair, LLC 🎷 August 30-September 2: Detroit Jazz Festival 📸 Elonte Davis 🎶 August 30-September 2: Arts Beats and Eats 📸 Ami Nicole 🎸 August 31: Black Women Rock 20th Anniversary by Jessica Care Moore Head to the link in our bio for more things to do and ways to explore the Motor City! https://bit.ly/3QFw0uv 🎥 Hart Plaza, Eastern Market, Woodward Dream Cruise, and Drone video by Charles Falsetti

Exciting Detroit news! A new study has named Eastern Market Partnership as the 6th most popular 'hidden gem' destination in the US! 🏙️🌱 The study conducted by travel information website Places to Travel analyzed over 2,700 U.S. destinations featured on Tripadvisor's “hidden gems” lists across all states. 💎 Eastern Market racks up an extraordinary 86,950 Google searches monthly, with 349 out of 497 TripAdvisors reviews rating it as “excellent”. With over 150 bright murals and 225+ vendors covering 43 acres, Eastern Market is one of the largest historic public market districts and regularly sees 40,000 visitors a day during busy season. 🎨🖌️ While you're there, be sure to check out the countless longstanding and new Detroit shops and restaurants! 🥘🛍️👉 Check out our guide here: https://bit.ly/3yoCy9r

Join us in congratulating Saint John's Resort for being named one of the top 10 Favorite Resorts in the Midwest in 2024 via Travel + Leisure! 🎉 With a beautiful Romanesque Revival architectural style, Saint John's Resort is a luxury destination in metro Detroit surrounded by outdoor space on their 200-acre property. ☀️🌳 The rankings were gathered via votes cast by over 180,000 travel enthusiasts that read Travel + Leisure. ✈️ Highlighting the hospitality the Midwest is known for, the top properties were also heralded for their location, food, and rooms - categories Saint John's shines in. Converted from a seminary, the resort has recently been undergoing a $50 million dollar renovation. With scenic views and multiple restaurants like Five Steakhouse, it's the perfect location for a memorable staycation or vacation. 🍽️🛌 Some recent additions include: 🍷 The Wine Grotto: An underground bar that blends old-world charm with modern vibes featuring over 150 wines ⛳️ The Cardinal at Saint John's: Southeast Michigan's newest high-end golf facility featuring a championship course, a walking course, and putting course. 🍻 Doyles Irish Pub: A multi-level space with an outdoor balcony as well as a 4,000 square-foot lawn with games and lounge chairs In 2025, they will be opening the Monarch Ballroom, which will include 17,000 square feet of outdoor space and join their four seasons Garden Pavilion event space! ✨ Learn more about experiencing Saint John’s Resort here: 👉 https://bit.ly/4fvmRP9

Exciting Detroit news! The first hotel connected to Detroit's convention center in the city’s history is being developed on the former Joe Louis Arena site. 📣🏨 The 4-star JW Marriott Detroit Water Square will be 25 stories, 600 rooms, and be connected to Huntington Place with a skybridge. It will also feature 50,000 square feet of meeting space, restaurants, a lobby bar, a market, and more right off Detroit's international and award-winning Riverfront. The property reflects the accelerating strength of Detroit to attract premier meetings and conventions. A connected hotel is a critical component that will boost Huntington Place's opportunity to host more, and larger conventions and major events! 🙌 It also elevates the status of Huntington Place nationally and joins the convention-style hotels present in cities like Chicago, Minneapolis, Cleveland, and others. Hotel construction began in early April 2024 and is expected to be completed by early 2027, in time for the Men’s NCAA Final Four tournament in Detroit in March of that year. 🏀 Read more about the hotel here! ➡️ https://bit.ly/4fhtJQ2

The numbers are in! The 2024 #NFLDraft generated $213.6 million in economic impact for the City of Detroit and the Detroit Metro region, including $161.3 million from visitors coming to Southeast Michigan. 🏈📣 The comprehensive third party study out of Washington University analyzed spending levels by both visiting fans and locals, as well as the NFL. It illuminated the collaborative effort of the event and its celebration of our region’s entrepreneurs, music, entertainment, dance, cuisine, and more! 🎶🌭🎨 Check out more highlights below: 💯 775K fans attended, making it the the highest ever for any NFL Draft (beating the previous record of 600K held by Nashville in 2019) 📺 Night 1 had 12.1 Million average viewers tuned in, the highest viewership since 2021 and higher than the NBA Finals, the Masters Final Round, and the World Series. ❤️ It was the most viewed, highest time spent, and most engaging NFL Draft week ever on NFL social channels 🚌 For the On the Clock Tour, 15K miles were traveled to 30 stops, 20 events, and 10 communities throughout the city, region, and state 🤝 The Detroit Sports Commission’s Living Legacy Initiative helped distribute $1.5 million dollars in grants to local non-profit organizations Read more of the report here! ➡️ https://lnkd.in/ewKacKcM This year’s NFL Draft was a collaborative effort by so many incredible people from Detroit. Congratulations to the Detroit Local Organizing Committee including Detroit Sports Commission, Detroit Lions, City of Detroit, Downtown Detroit Partnership, Bedrock Detroit, Rocket Mortgage and so many others 🎉 📸 Photo by Stephen McGee

Visit Detroit is excited to introduce the Detroit Swag Shop! 📣😎 Detroit has always led the way in creativity, innovation, and culture— we’re a city with a swagger and style you won’t find anywhere else. Our new online store is dedicated to expressing our hometown pride and honoring Detroit’s deeply talented creator community via iconic logo wear and limited-edition collaborations with local artists and partners. 💯🎨🤝 To kick off our launch, we’re releasing our core collection that will be available year-round! Subscribers to our updates will receive priority notice of upcoming creator collaboration drops. These exclusive pieces will be available in the coming months, so stay tuned for the first announcement! 👀 Check out all the available pieces via the link on our new site https://lnkd.in/edVj5sie! 🔗 The Detroit Swag Shop is also more than just a store; it’s a reminder that in Detroit, you get what you give. That we don’t need pity or saving. That all you need is to bring an open heart and mind, and we’ll fill them up. 🖤 🎥 Ending shot by Charles Falsetti for Visit Detroit | Shout out to our Visit Detroit staff swag squad for pulling up and representing! 👏 #ComeToDetroit #ButComeCorrect #VisitDetroit #Detroit #DetroitLove

There is simply no other place that looks, acts, or feels like The D. 🏙️💯 We don’t just have swag - we created it. It’s in our style, our identity, the spaces we connect and definitely in our people. Hard to define, easy to recognize - but always Detroit. 🎶🎨🚗🌭🕶️ Join us this Friday for a special Visit Detroit announcement! 7.12.24 👀