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How to: Engage Visitors with Irresistibly-Clickable Itineraries

Travel itineraries are no new thing in the world of destination marketing–but are your destination’s itineraries adding value to your strategic marketing efforts? We’ll walk you through how to make an irresistibly-clickable itinerary for your audience. We’ll walk you through the entire process of creating itineraries for your destination, starting with goal setting and strategic […]

4 social media trends your destination needs right now!

Social media has become a daily part of our lives, and so increasingly important in our marketing. With the average person in the U.S. spending about two hours on social media each day (and some many more), it makes sense that the things we see on Instagram and Facebook affect the things we buy, events […]

Not sure who will win the big game, but here are our wins for the best ads!

Super Bowl Sunday, a huge day in sports, and some would argue an even bigger day in advertising.  Let’s be honest, of the 100 million Americans who tune in to watch each year’s big game, many are more interested in the commercials, yummy snack foods, and star-studded half-time show than the two competing teams. No […]

Five Ways to Market your Destination to Couples for Valentine’s Day

Hollywood—and marketing agencies—of the 20th  century significantly branded our cultural consciousness to align certain destinations with romance: think Paris, Vienna, Los Vegas, Napa Valley, Hawaii. While not every destination’s brand can lean its full weight into the “couples” target-market, it does provide an opportunity to round out your marketing efforts, especially to bridge the gap […]

Creating a Destination Personality

Marketing our destinations goes far beyond communicating to your potential visitors that you have hotels, things for them to do, and food for them to eat. Alongside the rise of the “experience economy,” future guests are now looking for you to sell them on an experience. For example, in Visit California’s new ‘What If, California’ […]

Get Your Board on Board: Six Steps for Building Consensus

A new year comes with a lot of exciting things– new marketing campaigns, new organizational strategies, and a fresh vision to guide the impact our organizations will have. Don’t let these exciting things become laborious as they go through the required board approval process for your BID. To kick off the new year, rather than […]

What will tourism look like in 2022? Here are the latest stats and trends

By: Ashlee Akers It’s almost 2022, which means people are starting to think about New Year’s resolutions and planning trips! For tourism destinations, it’s time to reassess how best to position your brand and entice people to visit. Here are some important stats and trends to keep in mind while continuing to recover and rebound […]

Top 5 holiday ad hits and misses you need to watch

By: Emily Brower The holidays are among us, and that means a new batch of ad campaigns are making their way onto our screens and into our hearts.  As viewers, one of the most important parts of any advertisement is the way it makes us feel. From happy and hopeful to sorrowful and despondent, a […]