Looking for a place to eat, play, or stay while you are in Happy Valley? Add the best to your list! In November 2024, the third annual Happy Valley Hospitality Awards recognized industry excellence in areas such as tourist attractions, events, and hospitality. These peer-nominated awards celebrate great venues and hospitality professionals in Happy Valley—here’s your chance to celebrate them too. Go visit!

The sixth annual Centre Film Festival recently wrapped after bringing nearly 200 thought-provoking independent films spanning multiple genres and formats to audiences in theatres throughout Happy Valley, PA, as well as to virtual audiences throughout the Commonwealth.

Pennsylvania marketing and advertising agency Blink has announced the acquisition of Ethic Advertising Agency, located in Pittsburgh, PA. The addition of Ethic immediately extends Blink’s advertising and marketing footprint and client roster, and furthers the agency’s digital performance marketing, traditional media planning and buying, creative services and website development capabilities.

State College, PA – June 2024 – Elected officials, and community and business leaders joined representatives of Hospitality Asset Management Company (HAMCO) to break ground for HAMCO’s new Tru by Hilton.

A recent Centre Daily Times article referenced movies produced in Pennsylvania in 2023. Our state is of course no stranger to the film industry, with many recognizable motion pictures made in the Commonwealth over the years. During my time with the Pennsylvania Office of Tourism, Film and Economic Development marketing, more than 30 major motion pictures were filmed in Pennsylvania. Prior to that, blockbuster movies such as 1985’s “Witness” helped make already well-known Lancaster County the extremely popular tourist destination it is today.

The newly launched HappyValley.com is crafted by 3twenty9 Design on a state-of-the-art platform and filled by HVAB with visually appealing and informative content designed to enhance visitation to Happy Valley, Pennsylvania.

The Happy Valley Adventure Bureau (HVAB) will begin accepting nominations for the second annual Happy Valley Hospitality Awards on Thursday, Aug. 3, coinciding with Hospitality Appreciation Night at the State College Spikes.

For the more than 2,400 elite athletes that competed in the inaugural IRONMAN® 70.3® Pennsylvania Happy Valley triathlon, crossing the finish line at Beaver Stadium marked a moment of tremendous pride and personal accomplishment. Months and months of preparation and planning were followed by day-of determination and grit to achieve the goal of IRONMAN success. For first-time participants, it was a particularly noteworthy milestone.

Hospitality Asset Management Company (HAMCO) is continuing its steady growth by announcing its intended development of a Tru by Hilton in the Bellefonte/State College area along the I-99 corridor and Benner Pike interchange.