“Everybody needs to earn their daily bread, but this is not about the bread, this is about saving the bakery. And...
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The Love of Tourism: Bay of Plenty plans a future of flourishing
“Sustainability doesn’t go far enough,” says Kristin Dunne, CEO at Tourism Bay of Plenty (TBOP), echoing The Love of...
Master your destination brand with DMO Matters: Rebrand Edition
Discuss “brand” with a room full of your tourism stakeholders, and you might bring up a bundle of baggage bigger than...
Why 70% of destinations say involving stakeholders is a major branding challenge
We asked our readers to tell us their destination’s biggest branding challenge. (The poll has since closed.) About 70%...
What tourism businesses need to know about destination branding
Michael Eisner, ex-CEO of Disney, once said, “A brand is a living entity – and it is enriched or undermined...
Ottawa Tourism CEO: “We would become obsolete” without modern strategic planning
When Michael Crockatt joined Ottawa Tourism as President & CEO in 2016, the city was on the verge of a big moment....
Place DNA® airs resident viewpoints to aid tourism planning in Big Sky, Montana
Can you define your destination’s community identity? Do you know your residents’ greatest hopes and fears about...
If your visitors disappeared, would your residents miss them?
A destination’s perceived success is often tied to visitation. An increase in visitation can help destination leaders...
Copenhagen declares “The End of Tourism as We Know It” in 4-year destination strategy
Wonderful Copenhagen has just announced the destination strategy that will lead it through 2020 and beyond. Written in...
4 perspectives on Airbnb from leading destination marketers
Airbnb and the sharing economy have forever changed the way we travel. In just over a decade, the online platform has...
How will augmented reality support the tourism experience?
Building an incredible visitor experience is essential to a destination’s success. Augmented reality (AR) has an...
Can destinations reconcile competing logos and brands?
Changing a logo is like a divorce. It can be messy, painful and take years to complete. It’s no wonder that some of...
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