International visitation to Atlanta increased 5 percent in 2017, resulting in a total of 1.25 million visitors to the metro area. Between 2012 and 2017, arrivals rose to 1.2 million, a cumulative increase of 20 percent in five years.

Despite the risk of opening together, Jurassic World and Incredibles 2 have both garnered much success on opening weekend. Tag had a meager opening and Gotti premiered horribly. Solo continues to struggle, with it’s only hope being the opening in Japan next week.

Frazier & Deeter, a nationally ranked top 60 CPA and advisory firm, was named one of the 2018 Best Accounting Firms for Leadership Equity by the Accounting MOVE Project.

“The timing of this event could not be better,” says Peter Hoffman. “It coincides with World Refugee Day, designated by the United Nations as an expression of solidarity with people who have been uprooted from their homes by war or persecution.”

2018 marks the 37th Annual Savannah Jazz Festival, the Lowcountry’s only entirely free week-long music festival featuring regional, national and international world-class jazz.

This year’s award will be shared by Shay Griffin, Wilbur Fitzgerald, Melissa Goodman and Ric Reitz. This group was instrumental in securing tax credits that have propelled Georgia into a leading position for network television production.

California’s share of overall U.S. film production has dropped by a third, declining from nearly 40 percent in 2007 to just over 26 percent in 2017. Georgia’s has soared from 2 percent of overall U.S. film production to more than 15 percent in 2017.

Beck Media & Marketing, the Santa Monica-based entertainment and technology PR and marketing firm, has established an office in Atlanta, Georgia.

State Representative Terry Rogers (R-Clarkesville) was recently appointed by Governor Nathan Deal to serve as a member of the Georgia Film, Music and Digital Advisory Commission.