Agency Awarded Destination Website Contract 7/15/09

HILTON HEAD ISLAND, SC (July 15, 2009)- World Design Marketing (WDM), a fully integrated advertising agency with agency offices in Orlando, Florida, and Hilton Head Island, South Carolina, was recently contracted by the Beaufort Regional Chamber of Commerce to build a comprehensive interactive website. The site will be utilized as a key tool in marketing Beaufort as a destination.

WDM was selected from among 7 finalists that represent the top web companies in the region.

“Great marketing is the external telling of a great internal reality,” explained WDM president Wayne Johnson. “Destination Beaufort has an extraordinary story to tell and this website will bring this story to life while attracting visitors to this beautiful location.”

About an hour south of Charleston and north of Savannah, the Beaufort region offers scenic beauty and a slow pace of life surrounding the history and culture, which increasingly beckon travelers, and some never want to leave. The Beaufort Regional Chamber of Commerce was organized as the Beaufort Board of Trade in 1892 and has been active for more than 100 years. Today's chamber includes more than 900 member businesses representing a broad cross section of the region. The Chamber has been in the tourism business since 1964 when it began operating a visitor center. In 1980, the Greater Beaufort Chamber of Commerce became the designated marketing organization for Beaufort County and the City of Beaufort. Today, the Beaufort Regional Chamber of Commerce Visitor and Convention Bureau serves as the designated tourism marketing organization for the City of Beaufort, the Town of Port Royal and the northern part of Beaufort County.