Cannes Lions: The International Festival of Creativity has been championing creative excellence since 1954 with the goal of providing a global destination and the definitive benchmark for creativity that drives progress. In 2022, all eyes were on the … [Continue reading]
Destination Inspiration: Travel Oregon Goes National With ‘Extraordinary is Ordinary’
Always one to watch, Travel Oregon this week launched its first national advertising campaign — Extraordinary is Ordinary — to directly leverage the World Athletics Championships Oregon22 in Eugene, Oregon on July 15-24. This is one of the world's … [Continue reading]
Hawaii Tourism Authority: Trouble in Paradise. Plus DMO News From Vegas, Memphis, NOLA, Tampa, and Connecticut.
Trouble in Paradise As reported in The Travel Vertical [June 7, 2022] Hawaii Visitor and Convention Bureau lost its multi-year, multi-million contract with Hawaii Tourism Authority for the first time in its 100-year history. Now, the bureau has … [Continue reading]
Gas Guzzler Alert: Busiest July 4th Weekend in Years, AAA Predicts
This summer's Fourth of July holiday weekend is expected to be the second busiest since the year 2000, with 42 million Americans traveling 50 miles or more by car, AAA predicts. That’s slightly more than the 41.4 million Americans that traveled … [Continue reading]
New CEO at U.S. Travel Association + Tons of People, RFPs, Jobs, and a Podcast
P E O P L E Starting on September 1, 2022, Geoff Freeman becomes the President & CEO at U.S. Travel Association, taking over from Roger Dow who is stepping down after filling the leadership role for 17 years. From U.S. Travel: "Geoff … [Continue reading]