I’ve learned over the years that working with destinations can be a tricky and sometimes frustrating endeavour.
How the web can make money for destinations through tours and activities
February 23, 2011 By 19 Comments
Amadeus to provide competitive intelligence to destinations, hotels
November 8, 2010 By 1 Comment
Amadeus has a lot of airline booking data, to say the least, and the company utilizes those numbers in a new product that helps hotels and destination management organizations gauge how they measure up against the local market.
Online players virtually absent from US travel promotion board
September 17, 2010 By 2 Comments
The U.S. Commerce Department made a few curious picks for the maiden board of the Corporation for Travel Promotion.
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After the Gulf oil spill, Florida tourism should stop advertising and start communicating
August 9, 2010 By 8 Comments
The BP oil spill brought an unyielding spotlight of media coverage to the sunshine state and its Gulf Coast neighbors. Now what?
DiscoverPad puts destination marketing organizations on the iPad
August 9, 2010 By 2 Comments
Discover Anywhere Mobile, a Toronto-based software and services company specializing in location-aware applications for mobile devices and platforms, introduced the DiscoverPad.
A new destination marketing organization strategy involving the tripecho
August 5, 2010 By 7 Comments
In this era of iPads, metasearch and consumer content, where does the traditional CVB (convention and visitors bureau) or DMO (destination marketing organization) fit into the ever-fracturing leisure travel planning process?
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Expedia, American Express — When travel research perfectly aligns with business goals
July 21, 2010 By 6 Comments
You have to love it — or maybe not — when travel research released separately today by Expedia and American Express almost reads like an advertisement for their respective offerings.
Expedia offers marketing support for Gulf state tourism boards
July 1, 2010 By 3 Comments
Expedia Media will offer oil-spill impacted Gulf states free one-day advertising placements on the homepages of Expedia.com and hotels.com.
Florida Keys tourist board posts weekly videos to clear up Gulf oil spill inaccuracies
June 15, 2010 By 4 Comments
If a picture is worth a thousands words, then weekly videos showing vacationers frolicking at Florida Keys beaches, with no traces of the Gulf oil spill in sight, must count for a whole lot more.
Western retro — Utah running out of printed maps, travel guides
June 11, 2010 By 2 Comments
Online travel guides, GPS systems and maps accessible through your mobile device are all the rage, but state officials in Utah are running out of the print versions of the official state road map and the Utah travel guide.
