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Tourism – Top Articles of 2016

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From the DMAI Newsbrief, here’s the most trending tourism-related articles of 2016: How CVBs and Convention Centers Are Working Together to Lure Business From Meetings and Conventions, how three enterprising cities effectively forged a bond between their convention centers and destination marketing organizations, to the benefit of all. San Antonio City Council Passes Historic Vote to Replace CVB with New Tourism Group From the San Antonio Business Journal, City Council members voted 7-2 to approve a new management agreement that will essentially replace the San Antonio Convention & Visitors Bureau with a new public-private group called Visit San Antonio. Suit Over… 

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Tourism Best Practices – DMO Twist to Way Finding Signage and more

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Tourism professionals at Convention and Visitors Bureaus – CVBs (or Destination Marketing Organizations – DMOs) are implementing some innovative programs to increase visitation in their destinations. We call them Tourism Best Practices. Cheap Trick ‘Dream Police’ Signs Could be Placed on Rockford Streets Signs designed to honor Cheap Trick that were taken down from state roadways likely will be put up on Rockford streets. Christmas Tour of Homes Provides Big Economic Boost Pella (Iowa) CVB partners with volunteers and homeowners in the community to feature four homes that are each decorated for Christmas. Houses of Worship Tour Set for Dec.… 

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Tourism Best Practices – Sunny TV, Convention Subsidies and More

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Tourism professionals at Convention and Visitors Bureaus – CVBs (or Destination Marketing Organizations – DMOs) are implementing some innovative programs to increase visitation in their destinations. We call them Tourism Best Practices. Greater Fort Lauderdale Convention & Visitors Bureau Launches A Destination First: Hello Sunny TV Network Network casts spotlight on growing appeal to affluent and millennial audiences with weekend debut during riptide music festival on Fort Lauderdale Beach Luzerne County Tourism Video in the Works Luzerne County’s Convention and Visitors Bureau is putting the finishing touches on a new video promoting the area’s amenities and attractions. Omaha Could Create… 

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Lobby With The Big Boys

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Did your tourism friendly candidate win yesterday? Were we tourism professionals as active in this past election as all other interested parties? All too often we leave it to the Chambers to host the candidate forums, to publish the candidate profiles and talk the issues that impact business. Then we wonder why our Representatives and business community doesn’t pay respect to the tourism industry. Health care, taxes and education impact tourism just as much as the manufacturing plant the Chamber represents. Here are some actions to take today to make contact with that newly elected (or re-elected) legislator. Share with… 

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Tourism Best Practices – Signage, Welcome Centers, Events and San Fran

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Tourism professionals at Convention and Visitors Bureaus – CVBs (or Destination Marketing Organizations – DMOs) are implementing some innovative programs to increase visitation in their destinations. We call them Tourism Best Practices. Kalispell Sign Project Directs Visitors to Popular Places CVB leads way finding project in Montana destination. Tourist Landmark Moving to South End The Brown County Indiana Convention and Visitors Bureau gets new offices and relocates the Visitor Center. SC Pecan Trail Highlights Local Restaurants, Pecan Dishes Ahead of Pecan Festival Florence Convention and Visitors Bureau has developed the SC Pecan Trail to highlight locally owned restaurants that feature… 

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Tourism Best Practices – Event Marketing and Destination Development

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Tourism professionals at Convention and Visitors Bureaus – CVBs (or Destination Marketing Organizations – DMOs) are implementing some innovative programs to increase visitation in their destinations. We call them Tourism Best Practices. This week we share many examples of how DMOs are engaging and even taking the lead in destination management including the the development of attractions. Also this week, more examples of visitor-drawing events managed by DMOs. As Virginia Beach Becomes a Destination for Sports Events, City Studies Where to Build New Field House As part of the effort to boost the city’s sports-tourism market, (the CVB has) launched… 

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Tourism Best Practices – Week of October 17

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Tourism professionals at Convention and Visitors Bureaus – CVBs (or Destination Marketing Organizations – DMOs) are implementing some innovative programs to increase visitation in their destinations. We call them Tourism Best Practices. Fort Worth Prepares To Unveil Newly Renovated Visitor Center The city unveils the newly renovated Main Street Visitor Center in Fort Worth’s Sundance Square. New Downtown Albany Kiosks Helping Point the Way for Visitors Waist-high electronic kiosks have a digital touch screen for users to navigate through the tourism information loaded on them. Cincinnati Tourism Industry to Combat Skills Gap Cincinnati’s regional tourism bureau has helped launch a new leadership… 

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Tourism Best Practices – Week of October 10

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Tourism professionals at Convention and Visitors Bureaus – CVBs (or Destination Marketing Organizations – DMOs) are implementing some innovative programs to increase visitation in their destinations. We call them Tourism Best Practices. This week, events and wayfinding signage make up the bulk of the best practices: Fall Into Art: Artists Open Studios for Annual Fall Tour CVB sponsors Iowa’s oldest and largest art studio tour. Vintage Car Show Joins Scarecrow Fest Lineup St. Charles CVB presents the 31st annual Scarecrow Festival. New Signs Meant to Unify Downtown Paducah and Lower Town CVB leads implementation of way finding signage program in… 

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Tourism Best Practices – Visitor Centers, Events and Geo Caching

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Tourism professionals at Convention and Visitors Bureaus – CVBs (or Destination Marketing Organizations – DMOs) are implementing some innovative programs to increase visitation in their destinations. We call them Tourism Best Practices. This week is chalked full of examples of successful events managed by CVBs to drive tourism. Sandusky Co. Visitors Bureau Kicks off Barn Painting Project Last spring, the Sandusky County Convention & Visitors Bureau sponsored a historic barn mural painting project and the residents of Sandusky County were encouraged to submit their barns for consideration. After months of review and artwork designing the painting of the first barn mural… 

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