Martin Armes

Martin Armes has a proven track record developing and executing successful strategic marketing communications for clients ranging from destinations, historic hotels and restaurants to golf courses, resorts, golf associations and real estate communities.

In addition to working almost a decade in college athletics media relations at the Universities of North Carolina, Florida and Georgia, including a stint as the assistant men's golf coach at Georgia, and a current member of the North Carolina Golf Ratings Panel, Armes is one of the nation's most respected and queried tourism marketing and public relations professionals, and serves as an active member in the Society of American Travel Writers and Public Relations Society of America.

Martin possesses a unique blend of qualifications, beginning as a Phi Beta Kappa graduate of the University of North Carolina with a master's degree in sports management from the University of Georgia. He received the Certified Destination Management Executive designation - the highest educational achievement in destination marketing. He and his family live in Raleigh, NC.