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Destinations International believes that destination organizations need to support their economic message with emotional and values-based appeal to convince political leaders and community stakeholders that...
December 2021
After nearly two long years, being at the Advocacy Summit felt like attending a family reunion in Houston. As a (triple!) vaccinated Canadian who had...
Cassandra McAuley, MMGY NextFactor
November 2021
F.W. de Klerk, who helped build, then as president of South Africa dismantle, the apartheid system that he and his ancestors had helped put in...
Jack Johnson, Destinations International
November 2021
Let’s face it, it has been a tough year to be a destination organization. Yet, if you read the room, it was a hard year...
Andreas Weissenborn, Destinations International
November 2021
In 2019, we released a paper articulating our cornerstone , the foundational premise that guides our research and advocacy work. Put simply, we argue...
Gabe Seder, Destinations International
October 2021
The following is the latest COVID-19 data for Harris County, Texas including the City of Houston – the site of the Advocacy Summit, Funding Forum...
Jack Johnson, Destinations International
October 2021
This autumn, we’re kicking off a celebration of one of our sector’s pinnacle tools: the 10-year anniversary of the Event Impact Calculator . The...
Andreas Weissenborn, Destinations International
October 2021
I have heard that, or something like that, from a few people over the last few weeks. Whether it is the state’s response to the...
Jack Johnson, Destinations International
October 2021
Elections are often viewed as a win or lose situation, up or down, yes or no. And for individual candidates, they often are. Elections are...
Jack Johnson, Destinations International
October 2021
This is where we are. And it is an uncomfortable place to be. When I was in high school, I had a chemistry teacher named...
Jack Johnson, Destinations International
September 2021
As travelers return to the skies and roads, they’re seeking destinations that fulfill the escapist fantasies they’ve spent the last year-plus dreaming about. Yet, many...
Paul Peterson, Casual Astronaut
September 2021
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