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…
How to Find the Right Collaboration Partners
Collaboration is one of the most powerful tools available to tourism organizations. It can help stretch limited resources, spark new ideas, reach new audiences, solve…
How Curated Experiences Can Help Your Tourism Marketing
In years past, travelers may have been satisfied to see sites like the Eiffel Tower or Colosseum; now they want to get behind the scenes, get underground access or see a destination from the air. The possibilities for curated experiences are unlimited.
Driving Visitation Through Culinary Tourism
When visitors come to a destination, they’re looking for experiences that feel authentic and unforgettable. Few things connect people—or capture the essence of a place—like…
What is Accessibility in Tourism?
Travel is an incredibly life-enriching and rewarding experience, yet it is still inaccessible to many people. About 15 percent of the world’s population live with…
The Art of Strategic Positioning for Attracting More Visitors
I often hear people talk about writing with the premise that you start by “staring at a blank screen,” but a blank screen is rarely…
Travel Reflections: What is “Authenticity” in Tourism?
In August, my husband and I traveled to Alaska’s Inside Passage on a cruise that stopped in the ports of Sitka, Skagway and Juneau, Alaska….
How DEI Initiatives Transform Destination Experiences
The landscape of DEI is shifting and the travel industry is no exception. According to a recent article in Travel Weekly, almost as suddenly as…
Collaboration Toolkit
Our first research study confirmed that collaboration is a constant in the travel, tourism and hospitality industry. It is not a matter of if, but when and how, organizations will collaborate together. Our latest study reveals how organizations are putting collaboration into operation and how they are setting up systems and processes so that collaboration becomes a strategic part of the organization.
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