AUTHOR: Nicole Mahoney
How Tourism Businesses Can Plan for the New Year in Collaboration With Staff
A 2024 Tourism Business Plan will set you up for success. I talk to a lot of business owners and organization leaders in the travel,…
The Business Case for Collaboration
I am a huge believer in co-opetition––where perceived competitors cooperate and come together to create something bigger together than they could do on their own….
Making a Career in Travel and Tourism: Getting Started
I attended the Destinations International Annual Convention recently and talked to several members of the travel, tourism, and hospitality industry. I wanted to know what…
Tourism Marketing for a Milestone Event: Getting Ready for the 2024 Eclipse
Milestones are major events that mark significant change or a new development. Milestones are also markers along the way to know that you are progressing…
The DMO of the Future
Everything we’ve gone through in the past few years has fast-forwarded the role of the DMO. It started to change shape, both to get through the…
Co-opetition: Good For Business
I am a huge believer in co-opetition – where perceived competitors cooperate and together create something bigger than they could do on their own. It…
Using Anniversaries, Celebrations and Awards for Tourism Marketing
Break the Ice Media celebrated a milestone anniversary in 2019, 10 years since I started the company. In that year, I was also recognized with…
Becoming More Diverse, Equitable and Inclusive – Small Steps Add Up
Equitable is one of our core values and in 2020 my team decided to lean into this value. We started by evaluating how we were…
Successful Collaborations start with Commonality
Successful collaborations start with commonality. The most important commonality elements include establishing and agreeing on goals for the collaboration, having strong champions, and designing the collaboration to benefit all participants.
Collaboration Toolkit
Our first research study confirmed that collaboration is a constant in the travel, tourism and hospitality industry. It is not a matter of if, but when and how, organizations will collaborate together. Our latest study reveals how organizations are putting collaboration into operation and how they are setting up systems and processes so that collaboration becomes a strategic part of the organization.
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