Smart Meetings

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

A comprehensive travel survey recognizes this historic day World Tourism Day takes place each year on September 27. It was established by the United Nations in 1980 to commemorate the same day in 1970 when the UNWTO (United Nations World Tourism Organization) Statues were adopted. travel and tourism industry generated $1.9

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Smart Meetings

FEBRUARY 28, 2025

But it also includes protecting cultural heritage, promotion of local traditions and biodiversity protection in addition to promoting local gastronomy, labor force development and human rights standards. Megacity Opportunities As home to one of the original megacities, tourism is a growing part of the economy.

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Advanced Travel and Tourism

SEPTEMBER 12, 2024

As travel and tourism professionals, we are all aware of the negative impacts on our communities as a result of overtourism. Advance Travel & Tourism knows that when destinations and attractions manage to successfully level out the seasonal flow of visitation, everyone wins. Summer is over but vacation opportunities are still here.

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ETC Corporate

MAY 20, 2025

Representatives from 26 national tourism organisations and 8 associate members came together to reflect on recent tourism trends and shape future priorities. The European Travel Commission (ETC) is a non-profit organisation dedicated to supporting the sustainable development of Europe as a tourism destination.

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Smart Meetings

FEBRUARY 28, 2025

But it also includes protecting cultural heritage, promotion of local traditions and biodiversity protection in addition to promoting local gastronomy, labor force development and human rights standards. Megacity Opportunities As home to one of the original megacities, tourism is a growing part of the economy.

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ETC Corporate

OCTOBER 22, 2021

The ‘Destination of Sustainable Cultural Tourism’ Awards enhance the visibility of European cultural tourism destinations, create a platform for sharing experience and knowledge and promotes networking between destinations.

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Smart Meetings

MARCH 9, 2022

“They need to be included in the conversation and engaged with the tourism industry to develop an understanding of the value of travel and tourism,” according to a recent Destinations International (DI) and Longwoods International survey, National Resident Sentiment Towards Tourism. Americans Tend to Favor Tourism?

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Dana Communications

JANUARY 31, 2022

Retailers, small businesses, restaurants and more are leveraging UGC, and tourism is no different. So how is UGC beneficial to tourism? It’s no secret that authenticity is key to effective marketing—and utilizing UGC in tourism campaigns and social media is an easy way to achieve that and increase your brand’s credibility.

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Dana Communications

MAY 2, 2023

We’re also touching on what’s happening in the tour operator and hospitality spaces to give you a fuller picture of cannabis tourism. THC in CO As one of the first states to legalize recreational marijuana, Colorado has been riding the high of cannabis tourism for years. 117 or lkaniper@danacommunications.com today.

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Smart Meetings

AUGUST 16, 2022

Canadian Association of Tour Operators (CATO) recently publicized a partnership with Tourism Cares , a non-profit organization focused on sustainability in travel and tourism. At CATO, we strongly support the efforts of Tourism Cares to advance the travel industry’s social and environmental impact to help people and places thrive.

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Dana Communications

JANUARY 31, 2022

Retailers, small businesses, restaurants and more are leveraging UGC, and tourism is no different. So how is UGC beneficial to tourism? It’s no secret that authenticity is key to effective marketing—and utilizing UGC in tourism campaigns and social media is an easy way to achieve that and increase your brand’s credibility.

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Smart Meetings

MARCH 15, 2025

Promoting Inclusive, Welcoming Local Attitudes Could Moderate Reactions to Federal Actions Americans reading about the flurry of activity out of Washington, D.C., As airlift continues to strengthen and expand, there are more opportunities to promote rural and lesser-known destinations. less affordable.

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ETC Corporate

OCTOBER 21, 2022

The ‘Destination of Sustainable Cultural Tourism’ Awards enhance the visibility of European cultural tourism destinations, create a platform for sharing experience and knowledge and promotes networking between destinations. The theme of this year’s edition was ‘ Relaunching European Tourism.

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Smart Meetings

JULY 6, 2023

Suffice it to say, the general public in both North America and Canada are eager to travel while also welcoming tourism and events back to their respective communities much in the vein of the storied “before times.” with two-thirds of Canadian sentiment pointing to the approval of boosting tourism, regardless of resident age.

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Smart Meetings

JUNE 14, 2022

Tourism Cares is rewarding them for their beautification of Florida’s most popular tourism city. This year’s event, set in Orlando, was kicked off with a strong environmental angle courtesy of Tourism Cares. This program is providing education and resources for community leaders across Columbia to develop tourism experiences.

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ETC Corporate

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

At an award ceremony hosted in Prague by Czech Tourism on November 15, the European Travel Commission (ETC) and Eurail B.V. honoured recipients at the second ever Best European Rail Tourism Campaign Awards. The awards recognise the marketing campaigns that best promoted rail travel as a sustainable tourism model.

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Dana Communications

NOVEMBER 5, 2024

Tourism trails are a powerful marketing tool that gives destinations the opportunity to showcase their best attractions and most unique experiences. Some questions that come into play when curating a tourism trail include: Is there a purpose? There’s a target market for everything, and tourism trails are no exception.

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ADMEI

JANUARY 8, 2025

DMCs – The Unsung Heroes of Local Economies 09 January 2025 In the bustling world of tourism and events, there's a remarkable force silently shaping the economic landscapes of destinations worldwide: Destination Management Companies (DMCs). Hotels fill up, restaurants buzz with activity, and transportation services kick into high gear.

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ETC Corporate

JUNE 1, 2021

European tourism bodies providing the essential leadership to reassure consumers that safe and seamless travel is possible in summer 2021. Leading by example, the heads of European national tourism boards met in person for the first time since the start of the pandemic to show Europe’s readiness to restart travel and tourism.

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ETC Corporate

FEBRUARY 23, 2024

This project, founded by ETC and the University of Surrey in partnership with Graffeg Publishing, seeks to promote tourism jobs to young people as a source to learn socio-emotional skills.

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Dana Communications

NOVEMBER 5, 2024

The media experts at Dana are constantly on the lookout for what’s new and next to promote our travel, tourism and hospitality clients. Using QR codes across all types of executions – including posters, contest sign-ups, Over-The-Top (OTT), in-venue signage ads and promotional giveaways – we’re driving traffic to websites.

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Dana Communications

NOVEMBER 5, 2024

We touched on this concept in Pop Culture Tourism and noted its continuing popularity in 12 Travel Trends Making Moves in 2024. Many of the country’s otherworldly arid landscapes starred as fictional planetary locations in the Star Wars films – and the Discover Tunisia website has a dedicated page promoting them all. Not a problem!

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ETC Corporate

JULY 22, 2021

As a consequence of the COVID-19 pandemic, coupled with ongoing challenges posed by climate change and ensuring sustainability, tourism globally is in a critical period of transition. Recognising this, the European Travel Commission (ETC) has released a report: “ The Changing Tourism Environment and Its Impact on the Work of NTOs ”.

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Smart Meetings

JANUARY 10, 2025

Megan Conway Megan Conway, Travel Portland Travel Portland has named Conway as president and CEO, promoting her from her earlier role as chief strategy officer. Kelly Miller Kelly Miller, Discover Crystal River Florida Discover Crystal River Florida , the CVB for Citrus County, promotes Miller to destination experience specialist.

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Smart Meetings

JULY 20, 2021

During the summer, Tanger Outlets Atlantic City hosts a beekeeping program as part of the outlet’s commitment to environmental responsibility , aiming to promote the importance of building biodiversity within communities and provide habitat for the country’s declining bee population. Might kitchen-to-car be the next trend?

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Travel Daily News

JUNE 12, 2025

Shaikha Nasser Al Nowais , Secretary-General-elect of UN Tourism for the 2026–2029 term, took part in a panel session titled “Beyond Borders: The Role of Tourism in Economic Growth and Human Connection,” held during Investopia Global – Mediterranean in Cyprus. Laura Lahoud , Minister of Tourism of Lebanon; H.E.

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Dana Communications

NOVEMBER 19, 2024

Regenerative Tourism When sustainable travel just won’t cut it, the most conscientious wanderlusters can turn to regenerative tourism. Actively promote their local cuisine, unique experiences and top attractions. Disappearing Destinations Climate change has a negative impact on the tourism industry.

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Travel Daily Media

SEPTEMBER 29, 2024

The post Bangladesh Tourism Board promotes its nation at Tourism EXPO Japan appeared first on TD (Travel Daily Media) Travel Daily Media. The Bangladesh Tourism Board gave Japan a taste of its nation’s rich culture and national wonders at the recently concluded Tourism EXPO Japan 2024.

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Smart Meetings

NOVEMBER 30, 2021

Louisville Tourism has promoted Morgan and Lundy to marketing manager roles and hired Clements as convention sales assistant. Morgan now handles promotion and initiative marketing for tourism in the organization. Tempe Tourism in Arizona has promoted Connelly to director of sales. Matt Connelly.

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The MICE Blog

MARCH 27, 2025

The focus was on addressing current tourism challenges and providing targeted training for participants. The event offered infotainment on sustainability and artificial intelligence, a generational dialogue between young and experienced tourism professionals and a discussion platform on the future of flying.

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Solimar International

OCTOBER 21, 2024

Many people around the world, specifically in the west, have never heard of this destination, so putting it on the map with a tourism development project necessitates a unique formula of design and implementation. This case study explores the process of setting up a tourism development project for Cox’s Bazar.

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Smart Meetings

FEBRUARY 7, 2025

Louis , bringing over two decades of leadership in travel and tourism. Both in his most recent position as CEO of Discover Puerto Rico, and earlier, his 20 years as president & CEO of the Myrtle Beach Area Convention & Visitors Bureau, his work significantly expanded tourism and the tourism economy. He now joins St.

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Travel Daily News

JUNE 9, 2025

The 71st session of the UN Tourism Commission for Europe was held as the region welcomed 125 million international tourist arrivals in the first three months of the year, a 2% rise on last year. At the same time, Member States also recognised the challenges of war and economic insecurity and the potential impact on tourism in the region.

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Smart Meetings

NOVEMBER 15, 2024

With nearly 20 years in the travel and tourism industry, Pace has held positions at numerous destination organizations at both the state and local levels and spent over a decade with Visit Florida. Adriel Terbeche Adriel Terbeche, Visit Anaheim Terbeche joins Visit Anaheim as vice president of tourism and international sales.

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Smart Meetings

MARCH 29, 2024

These professionals will lead the county’s approach to regenerative tourism, supporting the local community while providing meaningful experiences for visitors. Morascini, who has sat on the board of Island County tourism since 2016, takes on the role of marketing and public relations director.

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Smart Meetings

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

Loy brings deep connections in the tourism and hospitality communities as a result of her past roles leading the Greater Minneapolis Hotel Association and serving as secretary/treasurer of the Meet Minneapolis board. She has an extensive background in the hospitality industry, especially with hotel management and sales.

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Advanced Travel and Tourism

FEBRUARY 24, 2025

In a recent episode of Field Notes, host Eric sat down with Kyle Stichtenoth, Senior Director of Digital Sales and Strategy at Advanced Travel and Tourism, to explore the evolving landscape of travel marketing. ” For destinations, this means moving beyond simply promoting a name to creating emotional connections through storytelling.

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