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Before You Hit Send: A Crash Course in Email Marketing for Tourism

Great email marketing is about reaching the right people with content that matters to them. For travel and tourism destinations and attractions, that could mean inspiring someone to plan their…
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What Does It Mean to Operationalize Collaboration and Why Does It Matter?

Most travel and tourism organizations recognize the value of collaboration. But how many have built the processes, systems, and resources necessary to make collaboration an ongoing part of their business?…
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500 Episodes, 10 Years, and the Growing Value of Original Content in the Age of AI

When I launched my podcast, Destination on the Left, ten years ago, the acronyms LLM, GPT, AI, and AGI had not entered the marketing conversation. If I had heard of…
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How Meeting Planners Are Choosing Destinations Today

There was a time when selecting a meeting destination felt largely logical. Today, it feels personal. Planning meetings has always required balancing budgets, logistics and…

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Tourism Marketing Blogs Turn Inspiration Into Travel

Most destination marketing organizations already have a blog. Many tourism-focused organizations and businesses do as well. But many don’t have a strategy for producing regular content….

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Pinterest for Tourism Marketing

When most tourism organizations think about social media, they think about Instagram, Facebook, or TikTok. But Pinterest for tourism marketing rarely makes the shortlist. That…

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Maximizing and Proving Trade Show ROI

Trade shows are a significant investment. Between booth space, travel, staffing and time away from the office, the costs add up quickly. Most tradeshow websites justify that…

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Themes from ABA 2026 Part 2: Embracing the Experience

In Part 1 of this series, we explored how collaboration has become essential to the future of group travel. Another change that is quickly becoming…

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Themes from ABA 2026 Part 1: Collaboration is Essential

At Travel Alliance Partnership, collaboration has always been at the center of everything we do. We’ve long believed that when destinations, associations, attractions, and industry…

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Top Tourism Campaigns of 2025

Each year, destination marketers are challenged to do more than inspire travel. They’re expected to entertain, connect culturally, reflect values, and show up where audiences already…

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Understanding Content Marketing for Tourism

You’ve probably heard the phrase “content is king” more than once. And while marketing trends come and go, content has proven to be a solid…

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Niche Group Travel Starts With Communities

Group travel is changing. For a long time, group trips were built around logistics—shared transportation, fixed schedules, and stress-free travel. But today’s travelers don’t join…

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