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Building an Effective Tourism Marketing Team

When it comes to effective marketing, the people on your team and the makeup of the team are a key component of how well everything works. Hiring marketing positions in-house…
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Wellness Travel: The Transformative Trend Redefining Tourism

Wellness travel is no longer just a buzzword – it’s a movement. Travelers today aren’t content with vacations that leave them feeling like they need a vacation. Instead, they are…
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Travel Trends from NTA Travel Exchange 2024: Embracing Change and Innovation

The 2024 NTA Travel Exchange brought together industry professionals, thought leaders, and travel enthusiasts to discuss the future of tourism and reflect on the challenges and opportunities that define our…
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Tourism Innovation: Five 2020 Practices to Carry into 2021

Let’s not let the last 12 months go to waste. It may seem hard to find but, I know there was a lot of good…

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Top Travel Campaigns of 2020: Tourism Marketers Get Creative in the Face of Adversity

There is no question in anyone’s mind – this was a tough year for tourism marketers. With travel largely shuttered in the face of the…

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Capacity Building in Communities for Destination Development

Capacity building is the process of developing strength and sustainability. The process helps organizations and communities achieve longevity and focus more on fulfilling their mission…

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Diversity, Equity and Inclusion: 4 Tourism Resources

“Life is change. Growth is optional. Choose wisely.” – Karen Kaiser Clark Given all the racial injustice happening across the country, conversations around equity, diversity…

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Diversity in Tourism: Diversity = Everybody

Everybody is a tourist at some point in their lives. Everybody likes to take a vacation. Everybody dreams of getting away from the day to…

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The Importance of Core Values

Living in today’s world has been an experience unlike any we have been through before. So much of what we knew to be true, expected…

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Measuring Marketing Campaigns

The basis of every successful campaign comes down to measurement. Identifying whether you met your goals and having the ability to course-correct or change your…

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Aligning Your Marketing Around the Customer Journey

Every customer goes on a journey when making a purchasing decision – whether buying a car, selecting a cleaning service or choosing a family vacation…

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Virtual Event Technology: Keep it Simple

We’re all still meeting virtually, and even when in-person events return, we’ll likely see a mix of virtual and live events. Virtual events are not…

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Frugality is the Mother of Creativity

Having money isn’t the only tool needed to promote a destination… Where are your marketing dollars coming from right now? Where will they come from…

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