OUR PURPOSE
TOURISM MUST LEAD TO A BETTER FUTURE
Whether through a robust marketing strategy, an all-inclusive place brand, an award-winning piece of creative or just a really smart execution, Destination Think’s global network of offices is united by one purpose, to help ensure the tourism industry’s actions lead to a better future for everyone. This idea has motivated us for over a decade and has never been more relevant in today’s complex reality.
COVID-19
A WORLD OF FORESIGHT
Since the onset of COVID-19, our team has been working around the clock to help places all over the world with mitigation and recovery strategies, scenario planning, agile creative platforms and always-on communications. Our global roster of clients continues to allow us to respond with unparalleled foresight into behavioral patterns, effective tactics and creative solutions. The majority of our COVID-19 recovery work is rolling out now, but please contact us if you want to chat or visit our industry support initiative, which is full of the tools and support you need to get started.
STRATEGY :: COPENHAGEN
THE BEGINNING OF LOCALHOOD
The world-famous four-year plan saw residents and travellers co-create the tourism destination and shape its development to make Copenhagen a better place to live for all.
BRAND :: THE WHITSUNDAYS
ENOUGH HEART TO GO AROUND
A customizable brand platform that created a signature heart for all of the Whitsundays to make their own. Starting from the heart of the Great Barrier Reef extending to the wonders of the often forgotten regions.
CREATIVE :: VICTORIA BC
RE-SETTING THE PACE
An innovative, hyper contextual campaign platform transformed a negative local sentiment into a cultural superpower. A remedy to the harried pace that shaped the lives of travellers in our target market.
You’ve found your partner for destination marketing
We work with the most innovative tourism boards in the world to create a vision for each of their destinations, solve business challenges and execute brilliant, integrated campaigns. The expertise we apply to that work is shared in the articles published here and in our DMO Matters newsletter.
The circumstances of change: Innovation at UBC’s Creative Destruction Lab
“We're not just doing something minor and iterative here. We're trying to radically disrupt for the positive benefit...
Hope and a reality check from Dr. Susanne Becken, sustainable tourism professor
“I think a value shift is needed. [...] This whole idea of regenerative tourism – that's taking off both with...
How guided tours help preserve nature
"People inherently want to protect things that they care about.” — Jared Garfield People are going to explore, and it...
Bottom-up solutions: The bike shop making Bend better
“I don't know if tourists actually have as much of an effect on the values of Bend as much as Bend has an effect on...
How regional tourism impacts Tribal lands: Bend and Warm Springs Reservation
“We look out for our land base because this is all we've got, and because this is all we have, we need to take care of...
Why “complete communities” make more sustainable places
“I think in order to take care of a destination, it has to be a true partnership with the community.” — Ben Gordon...
Learning from resident sentiment studies at OSU’s Sustainable Tourism Lab
“The goal, really, of sustainable tourism is to protect the destination for the next hundred, 200 years, so that...
Like-minded destination leaders shape the future of sustainable travel
We’re working on travel’s greatest challenges with the world’s leading destinations. The Destination Think team is...
How Visit Bend reinvests tourism dollars into sustainability and local amenities
“At Visit Bend, we think about regenerative travel like, how are we reinvesting the money that tourism brings into our...