FORT LAUDERDALE, FL — Broward County’s tourism organization has a new name. The 2021 F&D Top Destination Award-winning Greater Fort Lauderdale Convention and Visitors Bureau has announced its new brand as Visit Lauderdale with the destination tagline “Everyone Under the Sun,” reflecting the diversity and welcoming nature of the Greater Fort Lauderdale region. The announcement comes during National Travel and Tourism Week, the time when destination marketing organizations share news about the power of travel and its positive impacts on local communities.
To illustrate the new brand, Visit Lauderdale commissioned internationally renowned airbrush artist Avi Ram, a Greater Fort Lauderdale resident, to paint a new “Everyone Under the Sun” mural. The mural is on display at the entrance of the W Fort Lauderdale hotel. On special occasions, Ram is known for camouflaging human figures with body paint who then emerge to bring the art to life. An activation for the Visit Lauderdale brand launch featured painted models representing the area’s diverse community. The mural, which stands alone without the camouflaged figures, shows the beauty of Greater Fort Lauderdale and the face of Mother Nature welcoming all to experience the area’s natural beauty.
The brand launch also included the debut of the official Visit Lauderdale Everyone Under the Sun beer, crafted by Fort Lauderdale’s Gulf Stream Brewing Company. Flags displaying the new Visit Lauderdale logo are flying high from hotels, the Water Taxi, on airboats out in the Everglades and at many other Broward County locations.
“One of my goals when I took over as head of Broward tourism five years ago was to rebrand the organization and our destination to better support our community through tourism jobs and the positive economic impact it brings,” says Stacy Ritter, President and CEO of Visit Lauderdale. “We have an incredibly diverse and inclusive community that is welcoming to literally everyone under the sun, and that message is now infused into all of our marketing as we invite people to Visit Lauderdale.”
Tourism leaders will continue to focus their efforts on marketing the entire Greater Fort Lauderdale region as a top destination for travelers, meetings and convention attendees and sports groups — just with a new name.
