Ryan M. Smith, Director of Communications for  visitRaleigh (aka Greater Raleigh Convention & Visitors Bureau), had a busy schedule during her press trip to New York. The destination, which recently re-branded,  has opened the new 500,000-square-foot Raleigh Convention Center, as well as the 400-room Marriott Raleigh City Center  convention headquarter hotel and the 355-room Sheraton Raleigh Hotel adjacent to center. The city boasts more than 500 restaurants and bars, 40 galleries and four museums in the downtown area.