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Traveling with a Purpose: Marketing Strategies Supporting Charitable Causes

Dana Communications

The company sponsors a variety of drives and collections that support various interests, and its Destination Grants Program funds efforts that focus on the conservation or cultural/historical preservation of places their guests travel to around the world. In 2010 KFC received significant backlash after partnering with Susan G.

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Smart Moves in South Carolina, Missouri and More

Smart Meetings

Tourism bureau Experience Columbia SC hired both Shaffer and Lilly as sales managers. Shaffer has spent over two decades in tourism and hospitality sales. Lilly has been in hospitality, tourism, event management and sales for 15 years. Visit Greater Palm Springs welcomed Foster as director of Palm Springs tourism.

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Election Results: What the Mid-Terms Meant for Events

Smart Meetings

Jackson Hole Travel & Tourism Board Executive Director Kate Sollitt called the measure vital to providing fire, emergency medical care, maintenance, parks and other critical services to visitors and locals alike. The lodging tax has been in place since 2010. In San Francisco, voters approved a plan to earmark 1.5

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Overtourism Management & Solutions: Where More Isn’t Better

Dana Communications

Venice…and its volume of visitors As a bucket list destination for generations of travelers, Venice has seen the downside of overtourism. Private businesses Venezia Autentica and Fairbnb are proactively promoting more sustainable tourism. While tourism has brought in revenue for the country, it’s also brought some very real problems.

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How has Social Media Changed the Tourism Industry?

Solimar International

The tourism industry looked very different merely 10 years ago. At that time, widespread internet usage had already wildly changed the landscape of the industry, increasing customer autonomy from the days of travel agency appointments and packages. Read on to learn the history of how social media changed the tourism industry.

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The Value of Tourism in Trail Development

Solimar International

If completed, this trail development project would provide four million people with trail access within two miles of their home while enabling visitors to travel in new communities. Across the nation, trails are stimulating tourism spending. Trails and Tourism – Supporting Communities. Katherine Frey/The Washington Post).

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WTTC G20 public-private dialogue shines light on travel & tourism opportunities

Travel Daily Media

The post WTTC G20 public-private dialogue shines light on travel & tourism opportunities appeared first on TD (Travel Daily Media) Travel Daily. Joined by India’s Minister of Tourism, the Hon. India’s impressive expansion in Travel & Tourism was praised as a prime example.

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