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Thursday, June 13, 2013  South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley was in Myrtle Beach Thursday evening to meet with Grand Strand business leaders at the Myrtle Beach Area Chamber of Commerce.

Wednesday, June 12, 2013  Grand Strand restaurants and hotels rely on foreign workers to fill temporary jobs during the peak tourism season, but the program that lets area businesses do this could be in jeopardy.

Wednesday, July 25, 2012  The Myrtle Beach Area Chamber of Commerce and the Coastal Carolina University Center for Resort Tourism gave presentations and updates on how the one penny tourism tax is doing for our area Tuesday to the Myrtle Beach City Council.

Friday, May 18, 2012  The compliance date for a new law requiring lifts at all public pools in the United States has been given a second extension, giving the hotel industry time to lobby against part of the law.

Saturday, February 18, 2012  While the $14 billion industry is expecting a better year than 2011, those predictions are shadowed by the specter of an expected rise in gas prices to $4 a gallon.

Friday, January 20, 2012  In early December, Myrtle Beach Area Chamber of Commerce President Brad Dean donated a kidney at Duke University Hospital in North Carolina.

Thursday, January 19, 2012  President Barack Obama was at Walt Disney World in Florida Thursday, and announced he wants to make America the top travel destination in the world.

Tuesday, January 17, 2012  The three sand sculptures across the street from the Myrtle Beach Convention Center will remain until after the Presidential Primary.

Friday, December 09, 2011  Three patients who underwent surgery Monday for Duke University Medical Center's first ever four-way kidney transplant met for the first time Friday.

Tuesday, December 06, 2011  Myrtle Beach Area Chamber of Commerce president Brad Dean donated his kidney Monday in the first four-way kidney transplant at Duke University Medical Center in Durham, NC.

Thursday, December 01, 2011  Myrtle Beach Area Chamber of Commerce leaders came out swinging Thursday, to support chamber president Brad Dean and contradict what they called "misstatements, unsubstantiated allegations and unfounded innuendo" in reporting by The Sun News.

Tuesday, October 11, 2011  The Myrtle Beach Area Chamber of Commerce says the tourism tax is working.

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Friday, April 15, 2011  The unemployment tax South Carolina raised to payback a $1 billion federal loan is leaving some businesses with too much to handle.

Tuesday, April 12, 2011  In his first visit to the Grand Strand since becoming South Carolina's Parks, Recreation and Tourism  Director, Duane Parrish spoke to members of the Myrtle Beach Area Chamber of Commerce about tax dollars and tourism.