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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...
Jim McCaul, Destinations International
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...
By Jim McCaul, Destinations International
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...
by John Lambeth, President & CEO of Civitas
April 2018
On March 13, the White House released a statement entitled, “ What You Need to Know About Sanctuary Cities ,” outlining what the term...
By Jim McCaul, Destinations International
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
This year's inaugural Advocacy Summit takes place October 25-26 in Baltimore, MD and will bring insight into the latest trends...
Jim McCaul, Destinations International
October 2017
We are seeing it come up more and more – travel boycotts and bans rolled out in hopes of effecting political change. We've seen it...
Andreas Weissenborn, Director of Research & Analytics, Destinations International
September 2017
The Policy & Trends Brief is planned for release at the end of this year and will be the result of DMAI’s thoughtful assessment of...
Mason Smith, Public Policy at Airbnb
October 2016
Studies show we prefer them from our friends and trusted sources. This familiarity is especially key as more and more sites – often sites with...
Matt Carmichael, Director of Editorial Strategy, North America, Ipsos
August 2016
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