Rob Carnegie
FLORENCE– Rob Carnegie joined the Florence-Lauderdale Tourism Office as President/CEO on September 28, 2015.
“It’s a great privilege to be part of this vibrant community in the Shoals area and join the team that is doing such great work in this destination”, says Carnegie. “ There is so much happening right now and so many opportunities ahead as well.”
Before joining the Florence Tourism staff, he was the Director of Tourism Kingston, the tourism organization for his hometown of Kingston, Ontario, for 10 years. At Tourism Kingston, which was a division of the Kingston Economic Development Corporation, he developed key partnerships with municipal and provincial government agencies along with key local industry stakeholders. Carnegie oversaw the coordination and execution in multiple tourism industry segments including Leisure/Consumer, Meetings & Conferences, Travel Trade, Sport Tourism, Travel Media, Tourism Attraction and Visitor Services. Further to the marketing portfolio, he managed the Tourism Attraction & Investment file with a focus on developing Kingston’s product offering to visitors.
Prior to his role with the City of Kingston, Carnegie was the Director of Sport Tourism in the Nashville, TN area and developed Team Williamson, the Sport Tourism Council of the Williamson County Convention & Visitors Bureau. He spent 17 years in South Florida and Nashville, TN focusing his career in marketing & communications.
Carnegie is a graduate of Trinity University in Miami, FL with a Bachelor of Science degree in Human Resource Management.
