SC tourism board taps Bluffton ad agency

A Bluffton advertising agency was tapped by the state Thursday to promote South Carolina's $15 billion tourism industry with a contract worth an estimated $57 million. The contract will go to BFG Communications of Bluffton, said Marion Edmonds, a spokesman for the state Department of Parks, Recreation and Tourism. For years, the contract had been handled by Greenville-based Leslie Advertising and its successor, the bounce Agency.

This story was originally published January 3, 2013 at 3:46 PM with the headline "SC tourism board taps Bluffton ad agency."