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Understanding Travel Influencers and the Power of Storytelling

Spend a few minutes scrolling on any social media platform and you’ll see dozens of posts created by influencers – from the brand-sponsored posts on celebrity’s pages to funny videos…
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The Evolving Role of DMOs as Placemakers

In recent years, many DMOs have embraced a more holistic approach to managing a destination’s brand and narrative. While the acronym ‘DMO’ traditionally stands for Destination Marketing Organization, an increasing…
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Travel Industry Trends to Watch in 2025

As the travel landscape continues to evolve, keeping a pulse on the current trends is vital for tour operators, tourism boards, and travel businesses looking to stay competitive. During the…
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How Tourism Businesses Step Up in Times of Government Shutdown & Other Challenges

Travel is designed to fuel discovery, as well as promote a sense of wonder, excitement and curiosity. While the tourism industry can do its best…

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Preparing for Crisis Management in Tourism

Tourism is a fun industry. It’s vacations! People are having fun and aside from a few customer service issues, your organization may not have faced…

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2018’s Best Tourism Campaigns: Our Five Favorites

As we reach the end of another great year and start to plan for campaigns to come, our team likes to draw inspiration from those…

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4 Digital News Solutions for the Modern PR Pro

As a modern PR professional, keeping up to date on the news is half the job. It’s important for me to be aware of the…

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Pinterest for Destination Marketing Content

Social media and tourism marketing go hand in hand. Taking on social media can be challenging, especially with limited time and budget. In this series,…

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Inside A Blogger’s World

A first-hand immersion with bloggers and the five ‘what I know for sure’ take-aways The Finger Lakes Region of New York recently hosted bloggers for…

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Email Marketing for Tourism

Most of us receive many – maybe even hundreds of – emails a day. To break through the clutter of newsletters, notifications, sales and promotions,…

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Travel PR: How to Turn Desksides into Destination Guides

At the heart of media relations – especially when it comes to Travel PR – is building relationships with the writers, bloggers and influencers that…

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How Association Management Companies help multi-stakeholder tourism marketing programs

Multi-stakeholder entities and collaborative partnerships are pervasive in the world of tourism. When DMOs, TPAs, counties and other representatives of regions come together, their marketing…

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Lights, Camera, Action! Television Media Training 101

Public Relations professionals are often assigned the role of a spokesperson or asked to execute media training for clients. While you might be comfortable speaking…

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