The Travel Vertical Podcast

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Episodes: 38

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Join the Travel Vertical Podcast for bi-weekly episodes of the latest news in the tourism industry. Curated specifically for tourism marketers and agencies. Co-hosts Laurie Jo Miller Farr from The Travel Vertical and Adam Stoker from Relic and the Destination Marketing Podcast share creative ideas happening in the industry, new job postings, research roundups, and more. Subscribe today on your favorite podcast platform.

Episode Date
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Jan 26, 2022
19: With 300 destination marketing jobs, there's a good chance of one that's just right. Plus destination inspiration roundups.
Jan 12, 2022
18: Wintry destination campaigns and where to go for the latest on American traveler sentiments for the upcoming holiday season.
Dec 15, 2021
17: We discuss job openings plus "Wait Wait...Tell Me," in The Travel Vertical for relevant, compelling, and unexpected news snippets.
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.
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.
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.
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?
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.
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.
Sep 08, 2021
10: What does a destination sound like? Sonoma County Tourism created an answer through the project, Sonoma Sound.
Aug 25, 2021
9: Countdown to eTourism Summit. Becca Smith outlines in-person plans for Las Vegas, Sept. 20-22, 2021.
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.
Jul 28, 2021
7: Spectator sports, Broadway shows and international celebrations, 2021 is getting us back to normal.
Jul 14, 2021
6: Visit Salt Lake CEO Kaitlin Eskelson discusses the destination's first rebrand in 40 years.
Jun 30, 2021
5: Re-opening initiatives, like Visit California, to steal or borrow, plus Let's Play Jeopardy.
Jun 16, 2021
4: Jobs, NFTs, hotel taxes, and a chat with Kara Franker, the new CEO at Visit Estes Park, Colorado.
Jun 02, 2021
3: CEO of Meet Minneapolis Discusses the Unique Challenges in the Aftermath of George Floyd's Murder and Trial
May 19, 2021
2: How Destinations Are Handling the Imminent Invasion of the Cicadas & More
May 05, 2021
1: Day One: A New Podcast is Born (and Why)
Apr 21, 2021
Welcome to The Travel Vertical Podcast!
Apr 05, 2021