Come Together, Learn Together
With ongoing educational opportunities offered throughout the year, Destinations International is committed to professional development and lifelong learning for its members. Whether you are new to the travel industry or a veteran with 30 years of experience, there is an opportunity tailored to your specific needs.


Advocacy Support When You Need It Most
Destinations International serves as the voice for the entire destination marketing and management industry, advocates for the role of the destination organization and partners with other industry trade associations to communicate the message to our members' customers.
- Online Industry Resources and Toolkits
- Investment in issue tracking and listening tools to allow proactive monitoring to tackle governance and political challenges on a local level
- Committees and Task Forces providing continuous feedback on future needs for membership



Share Knowledge, Gain Power
One of the biggest benefits of membership in your industry trade association is the power of fostering dialogue within a larger community. Through your organization's membership, access to resources and benefits extends down to your entire professional staff. This is an excellent opportunity to provide your team with additional learning and collaboration.
- Industry news through member updates, CEO Updates, News Brief, Meetings and Convention Industry Insights, blog posts and Career Center
- Network with your peers and share resources in the Online Community
- Access to the searchable Membership Directory
- Committee and Advisory Board opportunities to help shape the direction of your industry organization



Make Informed Decisions
Are you trying to understand performance metrics and benchmarking? Do you want to accurately assess and compare your organization’s achievements? Destinations International provides several tools that will help your team make decisions and provides comprehensive guides to evaluate, calculate and report on performance.
- Industry Benchmarking, Toolkits and Trends Reports
- Destination Organization Performance Reporting
- Compensation & Benefits Study
- MINT+/Overnight Room Demand Analyzer (ORDA)
- Event Impact Calculator (Meetings, Sports, Festivals & Cultural Events and Local & Public Events Modules)


Dive Deeper and Grow Stronger
In addition to the rich member benefits, Destinations International offers unique
tools to assist your organization in business development, customer visibility, strategy development and advocacy. For those destinations looking for specific ways to challenge their organization to reach that next level of success or to create additional buy-in with stakeholders, Destinations International also offers the following tools to enhance your competitive edge in the marketplace:


