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Tourism Best Practices – Week of February 19

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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. Lincoln Tourism Leaders Unveil Abe, With Shades, In Hopes Of Luring Younger Visitors CVB debuts “something just a little bit different” to attract visitors to their visitors center. Over in Lincoln’s home state… This Is How Springfield Will Market Itself For Illinois’ 200th Birthday Another Illinois DMO rolls out their marketing campaign… MACVB Plans Development of New Rural Tourism Marketing Campaign It’s not all Illinois this week. Over… 

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Tourism Best Practices – Week of November 27

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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. New Tourism Tool Available to Keweenaw (MI) Businesses Copper County Certified is a program to get people who work in the service industry all on the same page, so that the tourist is left with a good impression of the Keweenaw, and naturally would want to come back and explore even more on their next visit. Charleston Debuting Shop Local Campaign A campaign, backed by the Charleston CVB, and… 

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Tourism Best Practices – Week of October 30

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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. Vegas Rebranding Shows Difficulty of Messaging After Tragedy Las Vegas has moved to rebrand itself after the Oct 1, 2017 shooting that killed 58 people and wounded hundreds of others. Response (to a new campaign) shows just how difficult it can be for organizations to hit the right tone after a deeply tragic event. Post-Hurricane Marketing in the U.S. and Caribbean Puts Tourism Boards to the Test Marketing… 

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Tourism Best Practices – Week of October 16

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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. Hays Kansas CVB, Kiwanis Work to Revive Trips to Historic Fort Hays Love partnerships! This is the first we’ve seen where the DMO teams with a local service club. Henry County (GA) CVB to Premiere New Videos at Pizza Party Unique way to include the community in your marketing! Sunshine Summit “Mega FAM” Tour Held in Daytona Beach The Daytona Beach (FL) CVB staff getting back to work… 

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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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