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STR provides premium data benchmarking, analytics and marketplace insights for the global hospitality industry. Founded in 1985, STR maintains a presence in 15 countries with a corporate North American headquarters in Hendersonville, Tennessee, an international headquarters in London, and an Asia Pacific headquarters in Singapore. STR was acquired in October 2019 by CoStar Group, Inc. (NASDAQ: CSGP), the leading provider of commercial real estate information, analytics and online marketplaces. 

SearchWide Global is a full-service executive search firm primarily for companies in the travel, tourism, hospitality, convention, trade association, venue management and experiential marketing industries. Specializing in C-Level and Director level executive searches for companies ranging in size from Fortune 500 corporations to mid-sized public and private companies and associations. SearchWide Global is also the proud founding partner of the Destinations International 30 under 30 program.  

MMGY Global is a $60 million marketing communications and technology company with over 400 colleagues across global offices. As the world’s leading integrated marketing company specializing in the travel, tourism and hospitality industries, inspiring people to go places is more than just a line – it is at the core of everything MMGY Global does. From telling stories that inspire consumers to travel to providing opportunities that empower their staff to grow, this mantra is driven by the mission and values they share across all MMGY Global agencies and offices. Promoting and advocating for an equitable industry that generates opportunities and economic vitality for all individuals in the communities MMGY Global serves is an important part of what they do across their global brands and is the cornerstone of their values and inclusivity mission statements.

Madden Media is a full-service destination marketing agency on a mission to spark imagination, nurture curiosity, and connect people to communities. Our diverse team of more than 160 employees creates inspiring, data-driven campaigns for destinations that improve economies and lead to a vision for a better world. Madden Media is comprised of destination marketing experts. We have worked with over 400 destinations since our founding in 1982, and over 20% of our team has previously worked at DMOs.

Longwoods International is a full-service market research consultancy, established in 1978. As partners to over 150 leading destinations and brands in the tourism industry, Longwoods International is focused on working with clients to meet their research needs and objectives through groundbreaking research, thought-leading insights, and excellent counsel and service. Longwoods International specializes in visitor profile, return on investment, brand and destination image, Halo Effect, resident sentiment, and custom qualitative and quantitative research.

Proud of its roots in Brighton, UK, the IMEX Group operates two market-leading, annual trade shows for the meetings, events and incentive travel market globally: IMEX in Frankfurt and IMEX America. These shows have grown into extraordinary events that showcase the changing landscape of the business events industry around the world. Innovation, discovery, exploration, transformation, oh - and strong business value - are all on the menu, with that menu evolving to reflect a rapidly transforming global marketplace with new players, new technologies, new bends and new trends.

Fired-Up! Culture’s mission is to equip and build leadership capacity through talent management-focused consulting services that provide relevant and timely resources for their clients. Fired-Up’s commitment to excellence supports a focused and intentional investment in the people and systems of these organizations to achieve breakthrough results.

Fired Up! Culture's leadership development and change management processes are used by a diverse client base around the world. They have had the privilege of shaping the philosophies, practices and skills of thousands of dynamic leaders, managers and teams. Their tools have been successfully used by hundreds of organizations and their team members. Their coaching, consulting and facilitation services provide the focus and insight needed to drive lasting change.

Expedia Group™ Media Solutions is a global travel advertising platform that connects marketers with hundreds of millions of travelers across the Expedia Group brands. With their exclusive access to 70 petabytes of Expedia Group traveler search and booking data points, they offer advertisers actionable insights, sophisticated targeting and full-funnel results reporting. Their suite of solutions includes display, sponsored listings, audience extension, co-op campaigns and custom creative campaigns – all designed for their branded sites globally to add value to travel shoppers and deliver on the objectives of our advertising partners. Expedia Group brings more than 20 years of travel and media experience to help our advertising partners inspire, engage, and convert travelers for meaningful results.

Meetings marketing: Digital Edge truly gets it and takes it to the next level. For over ten years – and with more than 100 years of destination organization and hotel sales expertise – they have created edgier solutions for destination organizations exclusively and partner with some of the coolest destinations in the country along the way.
 
Digital Edge's in-house team of sales veterans, marketing professionals, media experts, designers, visionaries and meetings focused writers take an untouchable approach to telling the ‘group side’ of a destination’s story. We integrate organizational goals, industry data and research, fine-tuned audience modeling, creative discovery processes, and authentic touches into digital marketing to solve the unmet needs of destination organizations' sales and marketing teams. 

Meetings marketing isn’t a foray into an untapped opportunity for their agency. This is what they do … solely!