About the Myrtle Beach Area Chamber Commerce

History of the Myrtle Beach Area Chamber of Commerce

• 1938 Chartered as Myrtle Beach Chamber of Commerce
  
  
• 1941 Inactive during World War II
  
  
• 1947 Restructured and re-chartered, located at 824 N. Kings Highway
  
  
• 1955 Included North Myrtle Beach (no office)
  
  
• 1957 Area officially designated South Carolina's Grand Strand
  
  
• 1957 Changed name to Greater Myrtle Beach Chamber of Commerce, serving South Carolina's Grand Strand from North Myrtle Beach to historic Georgetown
  
  
• 1960 Moved to 1301 N. Kings Highway in Myrtle Beach
  
  
• 1968 Opened Georgetown office
  
  
• 1973 Opened North Myrtle Beach office
  
  
• 1975 Closed Georgetown office
  
  
• 1978 Completed 4,000-square-foot addition to Myrtle Beach Office
  
  
• 1979 Changed name to Myrtle Beach Area Chamber of Commerce. Opened Myrtle Beach Area Convention Bureau.
  
  
• 1984 Opened Murrells Inlet office
  
  
• 1987 Opened 501 Welcome Center on the campus of Horry-Georgetown Technical College
  
  
• 1994 Myrtle Beach office relocated to 1200 N. Oak Str.
  
  
• 2002 In preparation for opening new welcome center in Aynor, closed North Myrtle Beach office and Myrtle Beach/Grand Strand Welcome Center on Horry-Georgetown Technical College campus
  
  
• 2003 Opened Ashby Ward Official Myrtle Beach/Grand Strand Welcome Center on U.S. 501 in Aynor
  
  
• 2004 Opened a new welcome center at Myrtle Beach International Airport