Insights
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Key Elements of a Destination in 2021, Part 4: Activities
As your DMO assesses what activities it has to offer its visitors, strategize within the framework of what visitors can expect to experience—not just what they can do—while visiting your city. Read time: 6 minutes
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Key Elements of a Destination in 2021, Part 2: Accommodations
In the second installment of this series, we take a look at the role accommodations play in managing visitor expectations and contributing to the local economy of a destination Read time: three minutes
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Leverage Road Trips to Help Rebuild
There is so much of our country that remains undiscovered among our fellow Americans that there is literally a world of opportunities within driving distance of most US travelers. And as many of us look to continue observing social distancing precautions as we travel, the resurgence of great American road trips has the potential to be a promising option for travelers and destinations alike. Read time: five minutes
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The Case for DMOs Getting 100% of Lodging Tax Revenue
As DMOs look to stabilize their budgets in these trying times, now may be the best opportunity that has ever existed to strategically advocate for a higher percentage of this revenue. Read time: under 3 minutes
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Free Facebook Places Website Integration Tool
During a recent conversation with Franci Edgerly about ideas that could help the travel and tourism industry in these unprecedented times, we hatched an idea to offer free licenses to ITI’s Facebook Places website integration tool. Read time: four mintues
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More Content Creation Ideas for DMOs and Stakeholders
Destinations are learning a new way to navigate during this new age of quarantine. We have collected some great ideas we’ve seen shared by DMOs, plus some new ones we thought could be useful—a way for you and your stakeholders to keep up a presence and stay relevant, so you’re top of mind when the time comes for travel again. Read time: six minutes
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Going Dark is the Wrong Answer - Content Creation Resources for DMOs
What’s the right answer when it comes to social media in times like these? I’m not sure that there even is one, but I do know the wrong answer: Going dark. Here are a few ideas on how to pivot your social strategy to continue engaging your target markets in these uncertain times. Read time: seven minutes
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In the midst of every crisis, lies great opportunity.
The most pressing questions DMOs are likely to face in the days and weeks ahead are: how bad is all of this going to get for the hospitality industry, and when will the end be in sight? Our stakeholders, and their staff, want answers that nobody has. However, even if you don’t have any answers, one of the best things you can do, is pick up the phone and call to check in with every stakeholder you can. Read time: five minutes
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Boosting Weekend Occupancy
For destinations with strong weekday occupancy from transient and business travelers, concerted efforts to grow weekend business can help boost overall occupancy. Partnering with local stakeholders and getting them to appreciate the value of heads in beds is imperative to launching successful weekend getaway initiatives, and we have some ideas on how to do that. Read time: four minutes
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5 Travel Tech Trends for 2020
Keeping up with the latest developments in travel technology remains central to optimizing the visitor experience both in the planning stages of their trip and while they’re in-market. As we plow ahead in 2020, it is more apparent than ever that Google is continuing to make taking a major role in the travel tech space a high priority. Along with leveraging the opportunities that Google is developing, we are also seeing the potential for augmented reality and artificial intelligence. We have highlighted 5 travel tech trends below that we feel have the potential to impact travel-related economic development activity in small to mid-sized markets. Read time: four minutes