Your organization’s path through the COVID-19 crisis will cross three stages: mitigating the impact, restarting local...
Strategic planning
Why symbolic actions matter when no one knows how COVID-19 will unfold
Restart your destination’s tourism industry: Phase 2 of 3
Mitigate COVID-19’s impact on your destination: Phase 1 of 3
Your DMO’s role in the slow-motion tourism restart
May 7, 2020 | Destination marketing strategy, Strategic planning
Believe it or not, it’s been a month since Virtual Forum, when many destination marketers gathered to discuss the...
DMO communication in uncertain times: Responses to COVID-19
Apr 30, 2020 | Destination marketing strategy, Strategic planning, Topic: Place DNA®
Is your destination’s communication strategy suitable for the COVID-19 crisis? Marketing a destination has never...
Strategy is not what you think it is
Apr 18, 2016
“For a destination marketing organization (DMO), strategy means formulating a vision for providing lasting,...
Why destination marketing organizations need to become experts at visitor engagement
Apr 13, 2016
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
Feb 3, 2015
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
Dec 23, 2014
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
Dec 18, 2014
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
Dec 8, 2014
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
Dec 3, 2014
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
Nov 27, 2014
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
Nov 25, 2014
Last week, we introduced the Destination Think model for destination management. It’s a visual representation of our...
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