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37: Industry expert Bill Geist from DMO Proz joins us to talk about the evolution of DMO career roles, plus outsourcing, movement to the private sector, and more.
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Sep 21, 2022 |
36: Adam & Laurie discuss Visit Myrtle Beach and Sonoma County Tourism initiaitves and pose a question about tourism ad campaigns suddenly impacted by current events, as with Visit Orlando's UK current campaign.
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Sep 14, 2022 |
35: Rachel Brown, Executive Director, Visit Durango describes conscientious travelers and identifies important considerations currently facing Colorado's destinations: Sustainability, seasonality, overtourism, and human resources.
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Aug 24, 2022 |
34: John Lambeth, President & CEO of Civitas, talks about Tourism Improvement Districts. What are they? How do they help destinations with funding? And why there's a TID revolution right now.
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Aug 10, 2022 |
33: Adam & Laurie talk about the weird & wacky in an unexpected news roundup. Plus, a review of the latest jobs openings in tourism and tourism-related roles.
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Jul 27, 2022 |
32: Adam & Laurie discuss July 4th traffic, summer forecasts, tons of great job opportunities in the DMO world, plus the appointment of a new President & CEO at U.S. Travel Association.
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Jul 13, 2022 |
31: Live from eTourism Summit in Orlando, with guest Robert Patterson, SVP of Marketing Technology, MMGY Global, about preliminary findings of the 4th Marketing Technology Survey for DMOs.
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Jun 29, 2022 |
30: Live from eTourism Summit in Orlando with an in-person audience, we hosted The Travel Vertical Podcast with guest Sophia Hyder Hock, Chief Diversity Officer at Destinations International.
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Jun 16, 2022 |
29: Adam and Laurie share creative content from Visit Iceland, Discover Santa Maria Valley in Calif., job openings and a couple of "good news" items.
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Jun 01, 2022 |
28: President & CEO Michael Martelon, Visit Santa Cruz County, and Communications Director/Film Commissioner Christina Glynn, give us a virtual tour of this California coastal destination where surf meets giant redwoods.
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May 18, 2022 |
27: Kyle Edmiston, President & CEO at Visit Lake Charles in Southwest Louisiana explains why this unique destination is described as wearing a little black dress with flip flops.
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May 04, 2022 |
26: Vice President of Marketing Tom Loftus at Richmond Region Tourism, describes The Big Pitch, an innovative all-hands-on-deck approach to marketing the destination. Plus, plenty of new job searches.
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Apr 20, 2022 |
25: Discover Puerto Rico Chief Marketing Officer Leah Chandler on innovations at the destination: its official Pantone color, collaborations with New York Fashion Week, a prime time TV shows, and Frontier Airlines.
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Apr 06, 2022 |
24: The State of Washington Tourism has rebranded. We catch up with Michelle Thana, Director of Marketing, to talk about the process and the result.
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Mar 23, 2022 |
23: Hundreds of job opportunities and who's on the move? Visit Rapid City announces a new CEO and we talk about how networking at Connect THRIVE led to success for Julie Stow at Cedar Rapids Tourism.
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Mar 16, 2022 |
22: Peer-to-peer and industry networking are recommended for those aspiring to the next step on the career ladder. We talk to Visit Carlsbad about funding and the destination's new spring campaign.
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Feb 23, 2022 |
21: "BeLONG on Long Island" is delivered to Phoenix/Scottsdale residents in a new, targeted campaign from Discover Long Island. Plus, new jobs keep popping up in The Travel Vertical.
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Feb 10, 2022 |
20: New hires and new job searches, plus destination service RFPs from Alaska, Hawaii and Puerto Rico. Iinnovative tourism campaigns include a partnership with Pantone.
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Jan 26, 2022 |
19: With 300 destination marketing jobs, there's a good chance of one that's just right. Plus destination inspiration roundups.
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Jan 12, 2022 |
18: Wintry destination campaigns and where to go for the latest on American traveler sentiments for the upcoming holiday season.
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Dec 15, 2021 |
17: We discuss job openings plus "Wait Wait...Tell Me," in The Travel Vertical for relevant, compelling, and unexpected news snippets.
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Dec 01, 2021 |
16: O Canada, we've missed you. Jim Byers, a Toronto-based travel writer, talks about the return of Canadian travel to the USA as borders finally reopen.
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Nov 17, 2021 |
15: Who wants to be a CEO? Robust tourism job listings mixed in with a few quirky facts from recent coverage in The Travel Vertical.
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Nov 03, 2021 |
14: DMO job listings are about to go quickly, says Ed Harris, President & CEO, Discover Lancaster. A top five tourism thought leader, he shares marketing tips.
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Oct 20, 2021 |
13: In conversation with Longwoods International. Are Americans ready to travel? How and where will they go? What are their service expectations? What are they saying and thinking?
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Oct 06, 2021 |
12: A juicy roundup of the latest DMO jobs openings plus people and places in the news, including a billionaire's vision for Telosa, city of the future.
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Sep 22, 2021 |
11: Talking about nearly 200 great job listings, Labor Day forecasts, and one-in-10 Americans uprooting and moving out-of-state.
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Sep 08, 2021 |
10: What does a destination sound like? Sonoma County Tourism created an answer through the project, Sonoma Sound.
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Aug 25, 2021 |
9: Countdown to eTourism Summit. Becca Smith outlines in-person plans for Las Vegas, Sept. 20-22, 2021.
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Aug 11, 2021 |
8: Tour Cayuga County in NY's Finger Lakes: Executive Director Karen Kuhl discusses the destination's special attributes as the home of Harriet Tubman.
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Jul 28, 2021 |
7: Spectator sports, Broadway shows and international celebrations, 2021 is getting us back to normal.
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Jul 14, 2021 |
6: Visit Salt Lake CEO Kaitlin Eskelson discusses the destination's first rebrand in 40 years.
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Jun 30, 2021 |
5: Re-opening initiatives, like Visit California, to steal or borrow, plus Let's Play Jeopardy.
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Jun 16, 2021 |
4: Jobs, NFTs, hotel taxes, and a chat with Kara Franker, the new CEO at Visit Estes Park, Colorado.
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Jun 02, 2021 |
3: CEO of Meet Minneapolis Discusses the Unique Challenges in the Aftermath of George Floyd's Murder and Trial
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May 19, 2021 |
2: How Destinations Are Handling the Imminent Invasion of the Cicadas & More
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May 05, 2021 |
1: Day One: A New Podcast is Born (and Why)
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Apr 21, 2021 |
Welcome to The Travel Vertical Podcast!
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Apr 05, 2021 |