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Julie Coker to Head NYC Tourism + Conventions

Smart Meetings

Industry trailblazer Julie Coker makes the move to serve as president and CEO of NYC Tourism + Conventions On the morning of Oct. 22, the NYC Tourism + Conventions Board of Directors announced it had selected Julie Coker to step in as the organization’s president and CEO. Beginning on Dec. billion in visitor spending.

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Bouncing Back: Tourism After a Natural Disaster

Dana Communications

Tourism is fascinating. Tourism is exhilarating. Tourism is also easily affected. Those of us in the tourism industry know all too well that in the blink of an eye, a natural disaster can turn a beautiful top-selling destination into a disaster zone. With tourism after a natural disaster focus on the positive.

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Smart Moves in Little Rock, Oakland and More

Smart Meetings

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. Lundy joined Louisville Tourism as a sales assistant after finishing her degree at the University of Louisville.

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Microadventures: The 16-Hour Travel Trend

Dana Communications

Alastair Humphreys , National Geographic’s Adventurer of the Year in 2012, coined the phrase in his bestseller on the subject. At Dana Communications, our award-winning travel and tourism agency is dedicated to adventures great and small, inspiring journeys, resort stays and itineraries that fit into everyone’s schedule, even yours.

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Ocean’s Edge

Smart Meetings

When Ocean Casino and Resort opened as Revel in 2012 with Beyonce as its headliner, people got a sense that this was going to be something big. Read More : Sustainability, Regenerative Tourism and Getting Back to Business in Atlantic City. Atlantic City’s surfside diva amps up its wow-factors.

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Sustainable Tourism in Southern Morocco

Solimar International

South of the Moroccan tourism hub of Marrakesh is the jewel of Southern Morocco, Agadir. One reason why this city has a path to sustainable tourism is it is extremely walkable. Solimar’s History of Supporting Sustainable Tourism in North Africa. One can spend the morning walking up and down Agadir Beach along the shoreline.

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ASEAN Tourism Ministers approve professional standards to strengthen MICE

Travel Daily Media

The post ASEAN Tourism Ministers approve professional standards to strengthen MICE appeared first on TD (Travel Daily Media) Travel Daily. Since its establishment in 2012, the ASEAN MRA on TP has guided ASEAN countries in the development of their tourism workforce in two areas: 1) Hotel Services and 2) Travel Services.

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