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The Collaborative Mindset: Five Traits That Drive Better Partnerships

Every leader I meet agrees that collaboration is important.  It’s written into strategic plans, highlighted in mission statements, and celebrated in annual reports. Organizations proudly point to successful partnerships as evidence…
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4 Tips to Plan a Successful FAM Tour

In the wonderful and exciting world of tourism marketing, there are countless ways to showcase a destination, but few are as effective as a well-planned FAM tour. Short for familiarization…
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Tourism Advocacy: How Stronger Partnerships Build Stronger Communities

Tourism advocacy often brings to mind meetings with elected officials, legislative priorities, and policy discussions. While those efforts are important, they’re only one piece of the picture. The strongest advocates…
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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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Main Street Marketing and Community Partnerships

The COVID-19 pandemic reignited a desire to support local businesses, and this doesn’t seem to be going away anytime soon. After the pandemic, an Intuit…

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2022 Top Tourism Campaigns Bring Typing Ponies & Talking Kangaroos

This year saw us returning to travel in big ways, and the campaign ideas rose to match! We found some of the most creative, quirky,…

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Increase Foot Traffic with Motorcoach Business – 11 Ways to Become Group Ready

Working in the travel and tourism industry allows us to get to know organizations that rely on visitors to their communities to help grow their…

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Lessons from Museums on Building Strong Community Partnerships

Museums have a unique perspective in the tourism industry, and they form their collaborations and change around community. What can other tourism attractions and destinations…

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