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In preparation for our upcoming Annual Convention, we asked the experts at the Visit Anaheim team where attendees should visit while in town. Here are their picks: Lindsay M. – Communications Golden...
Monday, June 18, 2018
We hope to see you at this year's Annual Convention in Anaheim, CA July 10-13! Register here. 1. Inspirational Keynotes From TV chefs to global destination leaders, hear...
Friday, June 15, 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 management. This is no simple task and requires the...
By Jim McCaul, Destinations International
Tuesday, May 1, 2018
In July, Google and Miles Partnership presented on the Google destination organization content initiative at Destination International’s Annual Conference. Since then, there has been considerable industry discussion around...
Tuesday, November 14, 2017
The Experience: In 2017, as the Senior Project Manager at Regional Tourism Organization 4 Inc. (RTO4), I was honored to be selected by Destinations International and founding partner SearchWide for the...
Andrea Gardi, Senior Project Manager at Regional Tourism Organization 4 Inc.
Tuesday, October 3, 2017
Most vacation plans begin with a focal point or a main attraction in mind. Think Niagara Falls or the Sistine Chapel. But it might not be that grand or iconic for everyone all of the time. It could be a music festival, a...
Denise Otero, Director of Partnerships, Inspirock
Friday, May 6, 2016
When I first started teaching in 2004, one of my responsibilities was to attend recruitment events that functioned very similar to the average trade show. Universities and colleges set up table top displays and sold their...
Dr. Nicole Davis, Southern Illinois University and International Society of Travel and Tourism Educators
Wednesday, August 27, 2014
Studies show we prefer them from our friends and trusted sources. This familiarity is especially key as more and more sites – often sites with no other content in the travel realm – are posting click-baity stories to get...
Matt Carmichael, Director of Editorial Strategy, North America, Ipsos
Monday, August 15, 2016
Arguably, we are a jaded group when it comes to the messages delivered by an accomplished him or her, author, researcher and established subject matter expert. Maybe it’s just overexposure to too many insights that our brain...
Wednesday, January 25, 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 home sharing. As travelers are provided with more choices in the way they book...
Mason Smith, Public Policy at Airbnb
Thursday, October 6, 2016
If you haven’t read the Oxford Economics DMAI report entitled “ Destination Promotion as an Economic Engine ,” I strongly suggest you do. As the report...
Carl Wilgus, Former President/CEO, Pocono Mountains Visitor Bureau
Monday, May 4, 2015
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