Fear is a primary barrier to making the changes that the travel industry – and your DMO – most desperately need during...
Strategic planning
Reimagine what tourism and travel can become: Phase 3 of 3
Reimagining tourism and travel requires destination marketing organizations (DMOs) to radically accept the world as it...
Why symbolic actions matter when no one knows how COVID-19 will unfold
“How you conduct yourself during a crisis leaves a lasting impression.” Sarah Prud’homme, Senior Strategic...
Why destination marketing organizations need to become experts at visitor engagement
Digital technology and online platforms have disrupted the communication landscape. As a result, promotion through...
The Destination Management and Marketing Model part 8: Conversation Starters
We're living in a time of extreme word-of-mouth. Get people talking and they'll do the marketing for you. And people...
The Destination Management and Marketing Model part 7: Channels
We've arrived at channels, the last of the main sections within our destination management model. Channels serve as a...
The Destination Management and Marketing Model part 6: Storytellers
On the internet, anyone can be a publisher. And in social media, everyone can publish their stories...and many of us...
The Destination Management and Marketing Model part 5: Target Audience
An important part of any marketing strategy is to define and understand your target audience. Who are you trying to...
The Destination Management and Marketing Model part 4: Experiences
In our last post we identified that storytelling is a central component of destination marketing. In this post,...
The Destination Management and Marketing Model part 3: Storytelling
We put storytelling at the centre of our Destination Marketing and Management Model. We’ve done this for a reason....
The Destination Management and Marketing Model part 2: Assessment
Last week, we introduced the Destination Think model for destination management. It’s a visual representation of our...
The Destination Management and Marketing Model part 1: Introduction
The chart above is our framework for Destination Management and Marketing. It’s the result of everything we’ve learned...
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