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This year at the Destinations International Annual Convention 2020, Jack Johnson, Chief Advocacy Officer at Destinations International, really threw down the gauntlet in a big...
July 2020
Around the corner from my house is the Reese Funeral Home. A couple of years ago, shortly after I moved to Alexandria, Virginia USA, the...
June 2020
There remains a lack of understanding of what a destination organization does, why it is important, why it is relevant to residents, and stakeholders alike...
June 2020
By now, if you have lived in any major city across the United States, you’ve no doubt seen, heard, or been narrowly hit by the...
January 2019
When the advocacy team finally reached the end of November 9, I don’t think any of us were able to fully process the event we...
December 2018
The past two years have seen an unending series of politically sparked boycotts and counter-boycotts, due in large part to an increasingly competitive business environment...
May 2018
For years, our industry has talked at length about the need for destination organizations to shift their mandate from destination marketing to destination marketing and...
May 2018
I wince each time DMO leaders state that they must work harder to defend their budgets. The threat and response assume a pattern. A new...
April 2018
On March 13, the White House released a statement entitled, “ What You Need to Know About Sanctuary Cities ,” outlining what the term...
March 2018
If you haven’t already read the recent article in Travel Weekly entitled “ DMOs must prove their work boosts revenue ” by Leland Pillsbury,...
January 2018
This year's inaugural Advocacy Summit takes place October 25-26 in Baltimore, MD and will bring insight into the latest trends and threats to...
October 2017