Explore St. Louis

Katherine “Kitty” Ratcliffe is set to step down at the end of the month after 18 years running Explore St. Louis. She's leaving after the America's Center expansion and renovation has gone over budget by at least $40 million.

Explore St. Louis says an additional $30 million to $40 million may be needed to cover rising expansion costs at America's Center in downtown St. Louis.

The Regional Arts Commission gets most of its funding from the hotel-motel tax. With tourism down since the outset of the pandemic, a new marketing campaign aims to raise the profile of St. Louis as an arts destination.

Business and civic leaders hail nonstop service between St. Louis and Germany.

The Missouri Explorers program celebrates the Show-Me State's bicentennial — and encourages residents and tourists alike to travel by offering a series of challenges. Karen Meirink of Explore St. Louis discusses the St. Louis highlights.

A massive show featuring reproductions of Michelangelo's Sistine Chapel frescoes is headed to the America's Center Convention Complex in St. Louis.

Explore St. Louis has launched a new online hub to help people find restaurants that are serving take-out food during the coronavirus outbreak. The site,…

To hear Kitty Ratcliffe tell it, the America’s Center Convention Center in downtown St. Louis has had a good run since it first opened in 1977 – and since…

This article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon, April 21, 2011 - In a moment of weakness, I told my old Little Rock buddy, Jim Rule, "Of course" when…