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Why Regional Destinations Should Market Their Destinations Even When They’re Booked Out

Advanced Travel and Tourism

Since the pandemic h as been incredibly hard on the tourism industry, regional destinations are undoubtedly relieved about the uptick in visitors. Tourism companies who are still at max capacity might be so busy that they aren’t even thinking about marketing. After all, business is booked, so why focus on more?

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TWT: United May Pull Out of JFK, U.S. on Top of Travel and Tourism Markets

Smart Meetings

Maintains Title as Most Powerful Travel and Tourism Market. In its latest Economic Trends Report, the World Travel and Tourism Council (WTTC) has ranked the U.S. as the number one largest and most powerful travel and tourism market, despite serious economic losses due to Covid and related travel restrictions.

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Quick Trips: How to Score Spontaneous Bookings

Dana Communications

The golden rule of traveling was always to book early, and the earlier the better. Jump ahead to today’s world of flexible work schedules and mobile-savvy globe-trotters and you’ll find that more and more people are choosing to book shorter, spur-of-the-moment trips on the fly. The more the better. Spread the word in different ways.

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TWT: United May Pull Out of JFK, U.S. on Top of Travel and Tourism Markets

Smart Meetings

Maintains Title as Most Powerful Travel and Tourism Market. In its latest Economic Trends Report, the World Travel and Tourism Council (WTTC) has ranked the U.S. as the number one largest and most powerful travel and tourism market, despite serious economic losses due to Covid and related travel restrictions.

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6 Smart Tourism Marketing Ideas to Combat Seasonality

Tourism eSchool

Seasonality has a huge impact on tourism businesses, and is a consistent challenge of tourism businesses who we work with around Australia. Trying to keep their head above water when the season is slow, and then working overtime when visitation is high is a constant battle for so many tourism businesses.

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Our top 7 marketing tactics for ALL tourism businesses

Tourism eSchool

From social media and email marketing to website marketing, search engine optimisation and online advertising, the internet offers so many fantastic ways for tourism businesses to connect with their best customers. These-days, the majority of promotional activities can be measured, marketing is not a cost-centre anymore.

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How Destination Marketers Can Leverage Longer Short-Term Rentals

Advanced Travel and Tourism

Here are some thoughts on leveraging your short-term rentals in tourism marketing. Thankfully, destinations can offset the valleys by encouraging off-season visitors to book STRs for longer periods of time. Getting the most out of your STRs might require creativity and shifts in your marketing strategy. Like what you see?

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