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Tourism Best Practices – Week of February 11

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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, named one of the “Top 15 Tourism Marketing Blogs And Websites To Follow in 2018.” We start with a SUPER ad during the Super Bowl… Emerald Coast Convention & Visitors Bureau (FL) Unveils Football Field Sized Aerial Advertisements at Super Bowl LIII Hampton Roads Sports Commission (VA) also looks to sports. Announces Water Country USA® Kids Triathlon Joplin CVB (MO) starts planning events around four major centennials Destination… 

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Tourism Best Practices – Week of September 24

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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, named one of the “Top 15 Tourism Marketing Blogs And Websites To Follow in 2018.” How New Orleans Uses Data To Focus Their Marketing On The Most Valuable Customers New Orleans Tourism Marketing Corporation (NOTMC) utilizes location based visitation intelligence for consumer insights and to measure their online media’s effect on offline visitation behavior. Canmore’s Tourism Agency Hopes to Gain Strategic Direction From Community The revived DMO looks… 

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Tourism Best Practices – Week of July 23

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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, named one of the “Top 15 Tourism Marketing Blogs And Websites To Follow in 2018.” First-Ever Susquehanna Folk Festival To Celebrate Folk Culture With Music, Dancing and Storytelling The two-day festival in York County PA came about as a result of a grant given by the CVB. New Orleans and Company Launches 14th Annual COOLinary New Orleans Restaurant Month The campaign, with more than 100 participating restaurants, highlights… 

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Tourism Best Practices – Destination Development and Programs to Draw Visitors

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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. Destination marketing isn’t just placing ads. It’s developing the product. Examples of two DMOs leading destination development: CVB Works to Make Parkersburg Recreation Destination Guest editorial reminds locals of what the CVB is doing to develop the destination to draw visitors. City Sign Plan Advances After Council Vote CVB leads the effort to put new signs marking places of interest in Carthage, MO. What DMOs are doing on… 

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