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Event Profs Slated for Upgrades with New Certifications, Training Programs

Smart Meetings

Global DMC Partners (GDP), the network of independently owned destination management companies, launched GDP University. The free program touches on topics, in the form of webinars, from the basics of meeting planning to more complex topics, such as event technology and sustainability. GDP University. The Certification Process.

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Sustaining the Resilience of Community-Based Tourism Initiatives in Brazil

Solimar International

Community-Based Tourism (CBT) exemplifies sustainable tourism, promoting local development through social justice, resource redistribution, sustainability, and empowerment. This paradigm shift reinterprets tourism models, emphasizing consciousness, autonomy, and bottom-up strategies while detaching from predatory practices.

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Destinations Skill-up to Support Meetings Industry Advances

Smart Meetings

Diversity, sustainability and violent crime were on the agenda for Destinations International Annual Convention 2022 in Toronto, Canada, this week along with a host of other social issues destination marketing organizations are taking on as they emerge from Covid empowered to address a larger mission of getting heads in beds.

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Destination Success – the Factors and Actors

Solimar International

While there is no set formula for destination success, successful long-term tourism development must begin with sustainability concepts. Well-established tourism organizations, supportive local governments, engaged local leaders, and a shared vision of sustainability and innovation are what most effectively foster destination success.

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What is the Value of Digital Destination Marketing?

Solimar International

Destination Management Organisations (DMOs) therefore need to understand the value of digital destination marketing as an essential part of the marketing strategy. Now more than ever, digital destination marketing matters. Destination Management Organisations are facing high competition for tourism dollars.

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Tourism Improvement District – A Funding Model Case Study

Solimar International

These funds raised are then directed to a destination marketing organization/destination management organization (DMO), and must be used on programs that increase paid nights spent in the destination. The period of the district varies, ranging from one year to a ten-year term, with some contracts lasting even longer.

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Tourism Improvement District – A Funding Model Case Study

Solimar International

These funds raised are then directed to a destination marketing organization/destination management organization (DMO), and must be used on programs that increase paid nights spent in the destination. The period of the district varies, ranging from one year to a ten-year term, with some contracts lasting even longer.

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