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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 in North Carolina with HB2 and with the Bathroom Bill in Texas. But, do these boycotts and...
Andreas Weissenborn, Director of Research & Analytics, Destinations International
Tuesday, September 12, 2017
Destination Marketing Organizations occupy the unique place of acting as the connective tissue between members of your communities, along with visitors from beyond. One key aspect of our work in travel and tourism is the...
Saturday, May 2, 2015
Voices In Advocacy (VIA) : Explain your tourism education program created for candidates vying for elected office within your DMO? Carl Wilgus (CW) : We invited all candidates for county...
Roger Rickard, Founder, Voices In Advocacy®
Thursday, February 4, 2016
Almost every day an article like this one comes up in my Google alerts. The headline is almost always the same, “Destination X sets record with Y number of visitors.” This is an incredibly exciting time for the travel and...
Tuesday, September 15, 2015
A couple of weeks ago over the Christmas holiday I had to put down my eldest dog Ruud, a border collie who has been with me for almost 14 years. Of all the dogs I have had in my life, he was the most like me – observant,...
Jack Johnson, Destinations International
Wednesday, January 13, 2021
My Co-founder and I started Carvertise back in 2012, while students at the University of Delaware. The concept behind it was simple - what if we could help Uber and Lyft drivers earn extra income for placing an advertisement...
Greg Star, Carvertise
Wednesday, January 13, 2021
This week, the SBA announced that the Payroll Protection Program will reopen for new and existing borrowers. Importantly for Destinations International members, the new rules for this second round of PPP funding makes 501(c)...
Destinations International Advocacy Team
Wednesday, January 13, 2021
Community collaboration and tourism innovation…it’s where it’s at! To say this has been a difficult year for our industry is an understatement. The silver lining has been the numerous collaborative opportunities provided to...
Michael Novakovich, Visit Tri-Cities
Tuesday, January 5, 2021
Approaching the holidays during a pandemic, I’ve never felt more challenged and inspired by our community and the hospitality industry. When travel stopped last March, events were canceled, businesses closed, attractions...
Jayne DeLuce, CDME, Visit Champaign County/VCC Foundation
Tuesday, December 8, 2020
Meet Rori Ferensic, Destinations International's Senior Director of Education. Rori works behind the scenes to make sure we have the latest thought leadership and sessions at each of our events. Rori joined us over a year...
Thursday, November 19, 2020
The outcome of the 2020 US elections will have profound implications on how destinations respond to and recover from the ongoing Covid crisis. While the incoming Biden administration has assembled a team of advisors to...
Gabe Seder, Destinations International
Wednesday, November 18, 2020
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