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Stay two steps ahead with insights from our tourism marketing expertise. Our knowledge comes from our work first-hand in tourism campaigns, talking with industry professionals on our podcast, attending industry events and staying current on travel trends and research.

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Five Road Trip Trends Shaping Tourism Marketing in 2026

A road trip used to feel like the simplest kind of vacation: pick a place, pack the car and go. Travelers are still eager to get away. They still want…
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Mapping the Travel Customer Journey

Most tourism marketers I know have an almost innate grasp of the unique ways the traveler’s mind works. Maybe it’s because they paid attention to how they handle their own…
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How to Move Your Organization from Reactive to Proactive Collaboration

In 2016, I launched my podcast Destination on the Left to explore creativity and collaboration in the travel and tourism industry. At the time, I noticed collaboration was happening naturally across the…
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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…

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Insights from TAP Dance 2023

Travel Alliance Partners (TAP) was established in 2001 as an organization of premier North American Tour Operators who offer unique products from more than 500 destinations worldwide. From…

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Elemental Photography in the Tourism World

All tourism photography has one thing in common- an element that evokes a reaction, a feeling, or a desire to visit. When you’re in the…

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How to Leverage Local in Your Tourism Marketing

Visiting friends and family is an often overlooked travel motivation for incoming visitors when it comes to tourism marketing. It was one of the top…

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Destination Positioning: How to Stake Your Claim and Find Your Niche

“You can’t be everything to everyone.” You’ve heard it before, but when talking about your destination it can be hard not to showcase “everything” —…

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Food for Thought: Inspirational Food Writing Tips for Destination Marketing

“I love how food has a magical power of bringing people closer together and breaking down barriers.”– Michelle Ng, episode 297, Destination on the Left…

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Artificial Intelligence In Tourism

Although it may be easy to get caught up in the story of all-powerful AI, the reality is much less close to a “war with…

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Destination Podcasts: Telling Your Story

It’s no secret that we’re huge fans of podcasts at Break the Ice Media, as we have our own podcast, Destination on the Left, exploring…

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Changing Travel Trends in 2023

With constant changes in the world around us and everything moving at seemingly hyper-fast speeds, travelers are increasingly turning to their vacations as a way…

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Mindsets & Marketing: How Embracing a Growth-Mindset Can Set Your Destination up for Success

We learned that having a growth mindset – or calling yourself “growth-minded” – is more than just forward motion. It is a willingness to work, learn, grow, fail, and try again. … We’ve pulled out five lessons for destination marketers to help you adopt a growth mindset and set your destination up for success:

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