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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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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Low-Cost Marketing Tools for Tourism Promotion

A successful destination marketing plan starts with strategy and is chock full of targeted tactics from social media to video, content marketing and more. The…

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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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Public Relations Takes Time: Setting Realistic Expectations for Your PR Efforts

Public relations is a marathon, not a sprint. It sounds like a cliché, but it’s true. Public relations and media relations take time – because…

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10 Digital Marketing Trends from Destination Marketers

This September, we attended the eTourism Summit in Las Vegas, Nevada. We brought the award-winning, 5-star Destination on the Left podcast to the convention and…

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The Growing Importance of SEO In Tourism Marketing

SEO is a term we hear often in our marketing and PR circles, but what does it really mean for tourism marketing? What strategies should…

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Creating Your Travel and Tourism Marketing Strategy and Plan

Planning is the most critical thing that we can do for our organizations if we want to continue to grow and be successful. Our process…

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Collaborative Marketing in Tourism: Working Together to Lift All Boats

In the travel, tourism and hospitality industry, we understand how difficult it can be to grab the attention – and reservation – of a visitor….

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7 Steps in Creating a Marketing Plan

Creating a strong marketing plan is an important part of planning for your destination’s year-to-year growth. Writing such a plan should be a collaborative team…

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