{"id":2905,"date":"2014-12-17T22:59:13","date_gmt":"2014-12-17T22:59:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lbpost.com\/articles\/life\/what-excites-you-about-long-beach-2\/"},"modified":"2014-12-17T22:59:13","modified_gmt":"2014-12-17T22:59:13","slug":"what-excites-you-about-long-beach-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/hi-lo\/what-excites-you-about-long-beach-2","title":{"rendered":"Long Beach Convention and Visitors Bureau Wants to Know, What Excites You About Long Beach?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"video-container\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/YL-oAydc62s?rel=0\" width=\"620\" height=\"349\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe> <\/div>\n<p>The Long Beach Convention and Visitors Bureau (LBCVB) is asking the community a simple question: What excites you about Long Beach? With those thoughts in mind, the LBCVB is launching its first-ever digital video contest to allow visitors and locals alike to creatively show the world why our \u201c<a href=\"http:\/\/beachwithbenefits.com\/win\">Beach with Benefits<\/a>\u201d is so great.<\/p>\n<p>Contestants have from now until January 31, 2015 to submit their 15 to 180 second video, showcasing some of their favorite Long Beach locations, to the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.visitlb.com\/beach-with-benefits\/win\/what-excites-you-about-long-beach-video-contest\">\u201cWhat Excites You About Long Beach\u201d<\/a> video contest. Six winning filmmakers will take home Beach with Benefits prizes, including a $1,000 grand prize, based on content and originality.<\/p>\n<p>To kick off the campaign, the LBCVB partnered with Andrew Smith, formerly the \u201cChief Funster\u201d for New South Wales, Australia. Andrew was one of over 330,000 applicants from 196 countries who applied to win the right to experience 802,000 \u201cmoments of fun,\u201d creating a unique moment for every square kilometer of NSW.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI was impressed with Smith\u2019s style, so I asked him if he would consider making a Long Beach video that would show off our city\u2019s unique style and environment,\u201d said President &amp; CEO of the Long Beach Convention &amp; Visitors Bureau&nbsp;Steve Goodling in a press statement. \u201cWe quickly put together a proposal for Smith and his wife Rachel to visit restaurants and local attractions like the Queen Mary, Aquarium of the Pacific, and the renovated Long Beach Airport.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Smith agreed to the task and made the video in two days with the help of his wife, Rachel. The dynamic duo was able to capture an exciting, comical and dynamic snapshot of everything Long Beach has to offer, from touring the Queen Mary and visiting the Aquarium of the Pacific, to sipping a cup of Heartbreak Coffee and sampling a few of Beachwood Brewery and Barbecue\u2019s finest craft brews.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLong Beach is a place that is completely understated,\u201d said Smith in an earlier statement. \u201cThough it\u2019s not as large or crazy as L.A., Long Beach caters to your mood, whatever it may be. I was stoked to film the city in a raw and simple manner.\u201d While Smith\u2019s video is a wonderfully entertaining view of Long Beach from a well-informed tourist\u2019s perspective, we can\u2019t wait to see what a local can do with their filmmaking skills.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=YL-oAydc62s\">resulting video<\/a>&nbsp;is the official starting point for the \u201cWhat Excites You About Long Beach\u201d contest and serves as an example for aspiring filmmakers to use when formulating ideas for their own submissions. Throughout December and January, the LBCVB will be holding free meet-ups at various locations throughout Long Beach, giving locals and visitors a chance to experience a guided tour of the Beach with Benefits. Venues and dates will be announced through CVB social media feeds throught the coming weeks.<\/p>\n<p>The video and contest rules <a href=\"http:\/\/www.beachwithbenefits.com\/win\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">can be found here<\/a>. Follow the LBCVB on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.Facebook.com\/VisitLB\">Facebook<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.Twitter.com\/VisitLB\">Twitter<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.Instagram.com\/VisitLB\">Instagram<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.YouTube.com\/VisitLongBeachCA\">Youtube<\/a> for updates regarding the competition.&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Long Beach Convention and Visitors Bureau (LBCVB) is asking the community a simple question: What excites you about Long Beach? With those thoughts in mind, the LBCVB is launching its first-ever digital video contest to allow visitors and locals alike to creatively show the world why our \u201c<a href=\"http:\/\/beachwithbenefits.com\/win\">Beach with Benefits<\/a>\u201d is so great.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":136,"featured_media":68202,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"newspack_sponsor_sponsorship_scope":"","newspack_sponsor_native_byline_display":"inherit","newspack_sponsor_native_category_display":"inherit","newspack_sponsor_underwriter_style":"inherit","newspack_sponsor_underwriter_placement":"inherit","inline_featured_image":false,"newspack_ads_suppress_ads":false,"newspack_popups_has_disabled_popups":"","_EventAllDay":false,"_EventTimezone":"","_EventStartDate":"","_EventEndDate":"","_EventStartDateUTC":"","_EventEndDateUTC":"","_EventShowMap":false,"_EventShowMapLink":false,"_EventURL":"","_EventCost":"","_EventCostDescription":"","_EventCurrencySymbol":"","_EventCurrencyCode":"","_EventCurrencyPosition":"","_EventDateTimeSeparator":"","_EventTimeRangeSeparator":"","_EventOrganizerID":[],"_EventVenueID":[],"_OrganizerEmail":"","_OrganizerPhone":"","_OrganizerWebsite":"","_VenueAddress":"","_VenueCity":"","_VenueCountry":"","_VenueProvince":"","_VenueState":"","_VenueZip":"","_VenuePhone":"","_VenueURL":"","_VenueStateProvince":"","_VenueLat":"","_VenueLng":"","_VenueShowMap":false,"_VenueShowMapLink":false,"_":"","_author_alias":"","cap-aim":"","cap-description":"","cap-display_name":"","cap-first_name":"","cap-jabber":"","cap-last_name":"","cap-linked_account":"","cap-newspack_employer":"","cap-newspack_job_title":"","cap-newspack_phone_number":"","cap-newspack_role":"","cap-user_email":"","cap-user_login":"","cap-website":"","cap-yahooim":"","newspack_article_summary":"","newspack_email_html":"","newspack_email_type":"","newspack_featured_image_position":"","newspack_hide_page_title":"","newspack_hide_updated_date":false,"newspack_post_subtitle":"","newspack_show_share_buttons":"","newspack_sponsor_byline_prefix":"","newspack_sponsor_disclaimer_override":"","newspack_sponsor_flag_override":"","newspack_sponsor_only_direct":"","newspack_sponsor_url":"","newspack_article_summary_title":"Overview:","newspack_show_updated_date":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"newspack_spnsrs_tax":[],"coauthors":[],"class_list":["post-2905","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-hi-lo","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2905","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/136"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2905"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2905\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/68202"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2905"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2905"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2905"},{"taxonomy":"newspack_spnsrs_tax","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/newspack_spnsrs_tax?post=2905"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=2905"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}