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ICYMI: Google Postpones Cutting of Cookies Again

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Google says its plan to kill third-party cookies has been delayed again. Now it won’t arrive before the second half of 2024 instead of 2023 as announced last June. The second delay in our cookie-less future has yet to come into focus.

Last week, Vice President of Privacy Sandbox Anthony Chavez published a Google blog post explaining the decision. He indicates that in the process of developing new data privacy-centric solutions that meet the needs of developers, advertisers, publishers, consumers and regulators, “the most consistent feedback … is the need for more time to evaluate and test the new Privacy Sandbox technologies before deprecating third-party cookies in Chrome.”

As CNBC points out, “The second delay comes as ad and e-commerce companies take a hit from privacy changes by Apple’s operating system privacy updates, which reduces targeting capabilities by limiting advertisers from accessing an iPhone user identifier. Earlier this year, Facebook said the changes will end up costing it $10 billion this year. It also comes as lawmakers in the U.S. and the U.K. scrutinize the company’s dominance in the ad tech ecosystem.”

There’s an App For That: Roger Dow’s New Venture

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Curtain down, curtain up, and applause. Roger Dow, outgoing president and CEO of the U.S. Travel Association, has revealed his next act, launching a timely venture that addresses the nation’s hospitality workforce crunch. 

Called Future Work Solutions (FWS), the company will connect vetted and pre-qualified workers with hotels and convention centers that need them to supplement their existing staff.

The company will use an app to connect workers with employers.

Dow partnered with Mike Gamble, president of Searchwide Global, an executive recruitment firm for companies in the tourism, hospitality and convention business. He said the venture will go live in the next few months.

There are currently 1.3 million leisure and hospitality job vacancies, Dow said, according to the latest national jobs report. He said those jobs are “basically unfillable” because there are not enough people available to work. And while the rest of the economy is at 2019 levels or above with jobs, travel and tourism “is pulling everything down,” he said. “It’s a systemic problem.” 

FWS is looking beyond positions and bodies to fill them. It considers demographic trends, the changing workforce and community needs to provide a way to both fill jobs and provide upward mobility for workers. 

Dow said that he and Gamble are uniquely able to provide companies and hospitality workers what other employment apps don’t, because they understand the industry’s needs. 

“Our perspective is for the industry, by the industry,” Dow said. “There are a lot of apps out there, but they don’t understand our industry. They don’t have people in the industry. So what we want to do is go city-by-city, work with the convention bureau, the convention center, the mayor, the economic development associations, the Hispanic Chamber, the Black Chamber and say, ‘Let’s all work together on building the workforce.'”

FWS is in talks with the CEOs of major chains, Dow said, because “It’s something that each organization can’t do on their own. The idea is to fill these jobs. It’s hurting their revenue. They’re trying job fairs: it’s not working.

“There’s a workforce out there,” Dow added, “but they don’t want to work the same old way where they go in the backdoor of a hotel, get a job, get the lousy shifts and work five days a week. They are saying, ‘I’d like to tell you when I want to work.’ This younger workforce is saying they want flexibility, balance of life and choice.” 

Noting that there are now almost twice the number of Gen Y and Gen Z workers compared to boomers, Dow said it is imperative to create opportunities that match their lifestyle. The FWS app will enable them to work when they can, and for companies to let them know when they need workers. 

“Someone might work at a Marriott on a Monday, Hilton on a Wednesday or not work at all that week, or work in housekeeping one day and work as convention service setup another day,” he said.  

Workers use the app to say when and where they will work and what they want to do. They will get jobs pitched to them by the companies that have holes during those times and in those departments. Dow said the idea is to pick up the shortfalls: a hotel may have 20 full-time housekeepers and can fill in the other 10 as needed with a temporary workforce through the app. 

Dow said that the app will enable companies to cut costs, improve revenue and increase customer satisfaction. For the workers, FWS is looking to create opportunities for “upward mobility to the middle class” by working with communities and providing training for jobs in hospitality. The app also enables the growing number of people who want to work remotely to pick up jobs based on where they are, whether it be seasonal or even just for a few weeks. 

The app will use facial recognition with a QR code for the check-in process.

(Reprinted from Travel Weekly)

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Roger Dow will be honored as the 2022 inductee into U.S. Travel’s Hall of Leaders, the organization announced Friday.

With Dow’s induction, 104 distinguished travel luminaries have been named to the U.S. Travel Hall of Leaders since it was established in 1969 to recognize “sustained, noteworthy contributions that have positively impacted the travel industry.”

The event will take place during a U.S. Travel board of directors dinner on November 14, 2022, during its fall meeting. A full press release is found here and the list of previous Hall of Leaders honorees is available here.

Latest News About People & Places — Plus RFPs

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P E O P L E

Visit Casper has appointed Darren Rudloff as interim CEO. He had served as CEO of Visit Cheyenne for 20-plus years. Last year, Visit Casper contracted with his firm, Rudloff Solutions, on the development of a tourism master plan for Natrona County.

Louisville Tourism has promoted Stacey Yates to Chief Marketing Officer, a newly created position. She joined the organization in 2005 as Vice President of Marketing & Communications.

Candice Gibson has accepted a new position as Director, Brand & Marketing at Destination Vancouver. She joined the organization in 2002.

Michael D. Munn is now Community Engagement Liaison at Greater Boston Convention & Visitors Bureau. He joins from the Boston Convention Marketing Center where for 16+ years he served as Chief of Staff/Director of Business Development.

Visit San Antonio welcomes Janise Solitaire as the new Communications Manager. Founder of Create Culture Media LLC, she developed the city’s digital community resource, Black Focus Magazine.

Visit Mesa announces the promotion of Kimberly Scarborough to the role of Manager-Visitor Marketing. She joined the DMO in 2021.

Also at Visit Mesa, Zoey Shircel takes on the role of Associate Manager-Media Relations, having served on the communications team for two years.

San Diego Tourism Authority has announced the appointment of Kali Knaack, an experienced events manager, as Director of Events.

Meet Chicago Northwest has selected Amy Walgren as Partnership and Service Manager and Mark Bickler as a Sales Account Executive. Walgren’s background includes marketing roles at Walt Disney Resorts and Legoland Discovery Center. Bickler was previously with McCormick Place, Choose Chicago, and Freeman.

In California, Marciana Yeater, is the newest addition to Monterey County Convention & Visitors Bureau, joining the team as Marketing Coordinator. She is a recent college graduate.

Helen Marano is joining Longwoods International as Senior Vice President. Founder of the consultancy Marano Perspectives, she has previously served as Executive Vice President of the World Travel and Tourism Council (WTTC) as well as over a decade as Director of the National Travel and Tourism Office of the United States.

Maria Pane has joined Miles Partnership as Media Coordinator. She joins from Butler County Convention & Visitors Bureau in Pennsylvania, where she was Digital Marketing Coordinator.

Katherine Peterson is the new Senior Social Media Manager at Paradise Advertising & Marketing. She had recently been with Discover Long Island.

Clare Robinson has been promoted to Projects Manager at Longwoods International. She joined the company as a Research Analyst following grad school in 2020.

Jennifer McKone is departing as the Social Media and Digital Marketing Manager at Experience Scottsdale following two years’ service. She is continuing her content work at Cloth & Flame, a Phoenix-based events company.

Kiana Lee is now with Herrmann Global as Director of Operations. She joins the firm’s leadership team following a national program director role with The Foundation for Financial Education.

R F P s

Washington State Department of Commerce is soliciting proposals from nonprofit organizations to develop an online “Tourism Academy.” The academy will provide DMOs, rural communities, tribal nations and tourism/hospitality-related small businesses in Washington State with the technical assistance, training, education and mentorship needed to recover and rebuild tourism-dependent economies. Deadline: Aug. 5, 2022.

The City of Kirkland, WA has issued an RFP to solicit proposals from qualified consultants to design, create, execute, manage, and report on a digital marketing and promotion strategy for Explore Kirkland. Details at visitkirklandwa.com, job no. 43-22-CMO. Deadline 2 p.m. PT on Aug. 15, 2022.

The Board of County Commissioners, Walton County, Florida, through the Walton County Tourist Development Council is seeking proposals from experienced and qualified public relations firms to develop and execute a national PR strategy to support the marketing of Walton County in Northwest Florida to consumer and travel trade in key U.S. markets. Contact: Purchasing Manager waljames@co.walton.fl.us / Deadline 3:30 p.m. ET on Aug. 18, 2022.

Southeast Tourism Society (STS) is seeking proposals from partner destinations to host two annual educational and networking events. Potential host destinations should pay particular attention to requested support from the host city and host state. The deadlines for submissions are indicated below:

  • STS Domestic Showcase – Open dates for Winter 2024 and Winter 2025 – Submission deadline of August 15, 2022. Details for RFP
  • STS Connections – Open dates for Fall 2023, Fall 2024, and Fall 2025 – Submission deadline of August 15, 2022.  Details for RFP

P L A C E S

Cristiano Ronaldo of Portugal during FIFA World Cup 2022 Qualifiers match between Portugal and Azerbaijan

Denver, Cincinnati, Nashville, Wash DC/Baltimore, Pasadena, Edmonton and Orlando didn’t make the cut. FIFA has named 16 North American cities in as hosts for the 2026 World Cup, June 8 through July 3, 2026.

EAST: Toronto (BMO Field); Boston (Gillette Stadium, Foxborough); Philadelphia (Lincoln Financial Field); Miami (Hard Rock Stadium, Miami Gardens); and New York/New Jersey (MetLife Stadium.)

CENTRAL: Kansas City (Arrowhead Stadum); Dallas (AT&T Stadium); Atlanta (Mercedes Benz Stadium); Houston (NRG Stadium); Monterrey, Mexico (Estadio BBVA); Mexico City (Estadio Azteca).

WEST: Vancouver (BC Place); Seattle (Lumen Field); San Francisco (Levi’s Stadium, Santa Clara); Los Angeles (SoFi Stadium, Inglewood); and Guadalajara, Mexico (Estadio Akron).

As part of the campaign “Your Massachusetts,” the Massachusetts Office of Travel and Tourism (Executive Director Keiko Matsudo Orrall pictured left) has released several sample itineraries for regional travelers.partnered with ThinkArgus to release the Massachusetts Sports Trail, a curated thematic itinerary highlighting sports in the Bay State. Greater Boston, of course, has championship sports teams and Western Massachusetts celebrates the birthplace of two popular American sports—basketball and volleyball. Plus lots more nuggets of sports-related info: “Rich in sports history, it should be no surprise that sneaker companies Converse, New Balance, Puma, Reebok, and Saucony have headquarters in Massachusetts.” A mix of digital, radio, TV, and out-of-home ads are running through September 2022 in New York City, Albany NY, Burlington VT, Hartford CT, Portland ME, and Providence RI plus 160 regional Amtrak trains, 500 NYC taxis in and inside Grand Central Terminal.

Nevada will be the first state to have cannabis-infused food in lounges. The state has established regulations for the licensing and operation of cannabis consumption lounges, which are expected to begin opening by the end of the year or early next year. Although recreational cannabis use in Nevada has been legal since 2017, the state has only allowed for consumption at private residences. 

Experience Columbus has a new Accessibility Guide. The DMO consulted with Dr. Rosemarie Rossetti, a prominent disability inclusion expert, sho is a manual wheelchair user and an Experience Columbus ambassador. The guide provides details for mobility, vision, hearing, and cognition for a growing list of 20+ restaurants, hotels, and transportation options, reviewed and vetted by experts.

Seventy-seven neighborhoods…Choose Chicago has created a new locally focused campaign to encourage Chicagoans to explore around town. “Welcome to our Neighborhoods” was developed with the City of Chicago and agency partner FCB Chicago. The campaign is displayed primarily in-app and on mobile plus billboards and banners in-market through September.

The World’s 50 Best Restaurants have been crowned and only three in the USA made the list in 2022, two in New York City and one in the San Francisco Bay Area. See numbers 51-100 for another three in New York City, two in San Francisco, and one in Chicago.

Inflation paints a picture at America’s largest art museum, fourth-most visited in the world. The Metropolitan Museum of Art on Fifth Avenue, NYC, has increased its admission price from $25 to $30. Concessions are seniors $22 and students $17, and “pay as you wish” for New York State residents and students living in or attending school in New York, New Jersey, or Connecticut. Admission is free for members, patrons, and children under age 12. 

Got gas? The new, free 60-page 2022 California Road Trips Guide is out. Eight “Dream Drive” itineraries showcase sustainability and responsible travel throughout the Golden State. Each catchy-themed drive (Wine to Waves, SoCal Splurge, and Geek Guide, for example) is paired with a customized Spotify playlist.

MMGY NJF is now working with Visit SLO CAL in San Luis Obispo, a destination on California’s Central Coast halfway between San Francisco and Los Angeles. The PR agency also works with Visit California.

TURNER PR, a Fahlgren Mortine company, has picked up Tennessee Department of Tourist Development from July 1. The agency has also added Australia and Indiana to its roster of destination clients.

Maryland Department of Commerce Office of Tourism & Film has renewed Marriner Marketing Communications, an insights-driven branding and activation agency, as its Agency of Record following proposals from prospective vendors. Liz Fitzsimmons, Managing Director of the Office of Tourism & Film said, “Continuing our partnership with Marriner is unquestionably in the best interest of Maryland’s tourism industry.” Coming off a five-year relationship, the agency’s new five-year contract runs through June 2027. According to a press release, the state’s “Open” campaign in 2019 generated 123,000 incremental visitors from 53,500 incremental trips and $45.4 million in direct spending from incremental visitors resulting in $6.2 million in tax revenue. Overall, the campaign’s ROI was 31:1. 

The proposed Frontier merger with Spirit is off. Instead, JetBlue is acquiring Spirit for $3.8 billion. If approved, the merger creates the fifth-largest airline in the U.S., a low-cost challenger brand.

New Zealand has opened its borders for the first time since March 2020. Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern described the final stage of reopening as an “enormous moment.”

A Big, Big Change: The TikTok-ification of Facebook

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Meta is making big changes to its feed to make Facebook and Instagram look and feel more like TikTok. Reporters are widely signaling this as “desperate” and a big step toward the “end of the traditional social network” as we know it and a “prioritization of consumption over connection.”

Late 2021 saw the number of Facebook users sink for the first time in its 18-year history, while TikTok grew in the United States to over 110 million users. Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg has recently told staff the company faces an “unprecedented level of competition” from TikTok.

What’s changing in Facebook’s design overhaul?

  • Facebook will elevate content from creators over posts from friends, including recommendations.
  • The default screen, “Home,” will display more Reels and Stories from outside creators.
  • “Feeds” tab will chronologically display content from friends and groups without recommendations.
  • Instagram announced that from now on any video under 15 minutes will be converted into a Reel.

Users who want to see the most recent posts from friends, family, and favorite pages and groups will find them on a new “Feeds” tab where they can create a “Favorites” list of people and groups they want to see content from.

Let’s be honest

Read how Zuckerberg is pitching the changes. It’s quite different to this headline in the Washington Post, “Facebook forsakes friends and family to compete with TikTok.” Or, the Axios headline, “Sunset of Social Media,” which continues, “Now Facebook wants to shape your online life around the algorithmically-sorted preferences of millions of strangers around the globe. That’s how TikTok sorts the videos it shows users, and that’s largely how Facebook will now organize its home screen.”

Remember, it’s no accident that a Facebook user’s screen does not open to friends and family on “Feeds” by default. Instead, it opens to the algorithmic “Home.”

What could possibly go wrong?

Up until now, Facebook has not allowed a user to have more than one account. Now, they’re testing a way to have up to five separate profiles tied to a single account. Plus, additional profiles won’t need to include a person’s real name.

Facebook says additional profiles are still subject to its policies and that they can’t misrepresent your identity or impersonate others and that some parts of the platform will be restricted to a main profile, such as creating and managing a Page or using Facebook Dating.

Meta Sues Meta

In other news, a small AR/VR company called Meta is suing Meta (aka Facebook). The small Meta was formed in 2010; the big Meta adopted the name in 2021. The small Meta, which had trademarked the name, has provided AR/VR experiential environments for well-known venues like Coachella and SXSW, of which the big Meta was aware. The small Meta alleges that they are assumed to be associated with the larger Meta, and prefer not to be. So, it’s being called a case of reverse confusion in intellectual property. More comments from the small Meta here.

Zuckerberg and Sandberg face deposition

In 2016, Cambridge Analytica scraped tens of millions of Facebook users’ profiles and sold the data to political campaigns. Both CEO Mark Zuckerberg and former COO Sheryl Sandberg must appear under oath for questioning over the next few weeks.

Job cuts

Lastly, Business Insider reports, “Meta employees are bracing for job cuts. Facing new performance requirements and a tougher market, some Meta (formerly known as Facebook) employees believe the company could reduce headcount by as much as 10% this year.”

Roundup: Unexpected News, a Jumbo Typo, and More Tourism News

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Unexpected News

Hack attack: In the wee hours in the morning of July 7, Disneyland‘s Twitter and Instagram accounts posted a mixture of racial slurs, calls for violence, and foul language. The posts went up prior to 5 a.m. and were quickly removed, but not before they went out to Disneyland’s 1.5 million followers on Twitter and 8.4 million followers on Instagram. Source: USAE News

“Take a look at the new design for Boom Supersonic’s Overture, which will be manufactured and assembled right here in North Carolina.” The world’s fastest airliner is optimized for speed, safety, and sustainability. The design was revealed this week in the U.K. at Farnborough International, the world’s largest airshow, where the Concorde debuted 51 years ago. Sources: Economic Development Partnership of North Carolina and Boom

SAG-AFTRA, the Screen Actors Guild – American Federation of Television and Radio Artists, has announced a new influencer agreement that allows anyone paid to advertise products via their individual social media platforms to be covered by the union. The new agreement categorizes “influencer-generated branded content” as a form of advertising; SAG-AFTRA members doing that type of video and/or audio work will qualify for health and pension benefits. Producers of still images are not covered. Previously, the union had covered advertising done by YouTubers. This new influencer agreement takes it further to cover advertising work across all social media platforms, including Instagram, Facebook, and TikTok. Source: Backstage.com

Starting Nov. 1, 2022, employers advertising jobs in New York City must include a “good faith salary range,” showing minimum and maximum salary for every job, promotion, and transfer opportunity advertised. The new law applies to employers having four or more employees (including owners) in any location, in NYC or elsewhere. Fact sheet here.

TikTok has started laying off employees as part of a global restructuring. Several U.S.-based employees had their roles eliminated, including the brand’s Monetization Product Leader. Sharing the news, David Ortiz indicated that 2.5 years ago, he had been TikTok’s first hire outside of China. Source: Ad Age

Yikes, BA.5! The County of Los Angeles is expected to reinstate an indoor mask mandate to take effect July 29, unless there’s a sudden turnaround in Covid tracking metrics. It would apply to indoor shops, offices, events, schools and more. The order would be rescinded once case levels begin to drop again.

Also, indoor mask mandates are already reinstated at several important national parks: Denali, Glacier, Grand Canyon, Grand Teton, Yellowstone, and Yosemite. 

The Federal Reserve Board has recommended exploring government-managed digital currency. Called CBDC, for central bank digital currencies, these are legally recognized currencies that allow customers access to digital tokens without a commercial bank account. This would be “faster and cheaper,” says the Federal Reserve for consumers to move funds without a middleman. Dozens of other countries are examining or already developing CBDC setups.

Costa Rica has been recognized as one of the happiest countries on Earth by the Gallup World Index and the Happy Planet Index. Now, they take digital nomad to the next level. President Rodrigo Chaves Robles has finalized the regulations for the Digital Nomads Law (Law No.10,008). This was the final step required to implement the new law, which allows foreign remote workers and their families to reside in Costa Rica for a term of one year, extendable to two years in total. Benefits include no income tax or import tax on job-related equipment. Applicants must have a minimum income of $3,000 USD per month or $4,000 if traveling with a family.

In France, several heavily visited natural sites are sounding the alarm; some villages and sites in rural France are putting caps on the number of tourists. France 24 reports, “The signs of overtourism are everywhere: overflowing rubbish bins, hollowed-out hiking trails from so much foot traffic, more-frequent landslides, up to 400 kg of pebbles a day carried away from the beaches.”  

The lost luggage mountain grew so big that Delta Air Lines sent an empty plane to London Heathrow Airport to fetch 1,000 misplaced bags. Delta said it took the ‘creative solution’ and pledges, “We will then forward the bags on to our customers.”

Red alert. London was hotter than the Caribbean and the Sahara Desert this week. Temperatures climbed to 40º Celsius — that’s 104º Fahrenheit — and people were urged to stay off the Underground. Central London = deserted. Note: Air conditioning is simply *not a thing* in most homes and offices throughout the U.K. and (editorial comment) The Queen’s Guard should not have to stand at attention wearing 19-inch tall bearskin hats, heavy-as-weights marching boots, and buttoned up woolen costumes!

Speaking of England, there’s now a ticket landing page for the new permanent Princess Diana – Tribute Exhibition due to open in August 2022, which will actually be located in Las Vegas. (!?!) The 10,000-square-foot royal exhibit will assume long-term residency inside The Shops at Crystals on the Las Vegas Strip.  

Start your engines…Chicago is making sports history with NASCAR! 🏎️🙌

The thrilling sport is coming to downtown Chicago on July 1-2, 2023 when a NASCAR Cup Series street race debuts against the backdrop of Lake Michigan and Grant Park. OK!

Jumbo Typo

It’s from 2018, but it’s making the rounds again

More Tourism News

President & CEO of Visit Milwaukee Peggy Williams-Smith

Milwaukee has been selected by the site committee to host the 2024 Republican National Convention. The decision still needs to be voted on by the party at its August summer meeting; Nashville was the other finalist. There are three potential blocks of dates for the event in July or August of 2024, with that decision expected by the end of this year. It’s projected the RNC will bring roughly 45,000 attendees from around the USA and up to $200 million in economic impact.

Got plans for July 14 – July 30, 2028? The Los Angeles organizing committee has announced the dates for the Olympics Summer Games. The LA28 Paralympic Games will kick off August 15 and close August 27. This is the third time for the city as Olympics host, including 1932 and 1984, and the first time for the Paralympics.

According to the latest Longwoods International tracking study of American travelers, 44% say they are reducing the number of trips and shifting to destinations closer to home because of record-high prices at the pump. This figure is up from 36% in May. Only 12% surveyed said that rising gas prices are not impacting their travel plans. “Fuel costs continue to be a drag on the travel industry recovery,” said Amir Eylon, President and CEO of Longwoods International.

Last week, nearly 500 tourism-related organizations and associations signed a letter to Interior Secretary Deb Haaland and National Park Service Director Chuck Sams III to urge action on an improved reservations system for the NPS. The letter described short booking windows as a major deterrent, threatening to stall the recovery of international inbound tourism. International visitors represented 35% of all U.S. national park visitation in 2019.

(Photo — At Presidio Tunnel Tops in San Francisco where 14 acres has been added to an urban national park, a former military base, by sinking a portion of highway near the Golden Gate Bridge. The project lead was James Corner Field Operations of the High Line in NYC. Twenty years in the making, $98 million was raised in private funds.)

Tourism Ireland staff beside a Green Button ad in NYC.
(Credit: Tourism Ireland, James Higgins)

“Swap skylines for coastlines,” says Tourism Ireland. Aiming for 54 million impressions, the ‘Press the Green Button’ campaign has been rolled out in the USA on major television networks in key gateway cities: New York, Boston, Chicago, Philadelphia, Washington DC, San Francisco and Los Angeles plus streaming services: Hulu, WarnerMedia, YouTube TV, Sling TV and Discovery+. Outdoor in New York, Boston and Chicago includes wrapped trains and subways.

Photo: Visit Tampa Bay

“Bay Crafted” is a relaunch of Visit Tampa Bay‘s successful campaign and trail focused on craft breweries and craft cocktails. Turns out there’s 130 years of beer culture in Tampa. Check it out on the landing page.

Graze Soul Bowl (Credit: John Yuccas, courtesy of Meet Minneapolis)

Meet Minneapolis joins the city in celebrating the second annual Black Business Week July 25 – 31 prior to National Black Business Month in August. Several entrepreneurs opened businesses recently in Minneapolis, adding to a thriving community of Black-owned restaurants, shops, and arts organizations that will easily fill a visitor’s itinerary. These new businesses are all striving to bring equity and empowerment to the community they serve through social enterprise efforts and sustainability.

The “Road to PTO” quiz and a recent poll from Samsonite, conducted online by The Harris Poll among 800 US adults, found that while 65% of full-time employees agree that they urgently need a vacation, 72% have used less than half of their vacation days for the year. Also, 20% of full-time employees say they do not have any paid vacation days scheduled for the next three months. 

Rhode Island has enacted new Tourism Improvement District legislation. “Seeking to provide a stable solution for the industry, Kristen Adamo and the team at Go Providence teamed up with Representative Lauren Carson of Newport to pass the Tourism Improvement District enabling legislation for all municipalities in Rhode Island,” reports Civitas. “As the first state to enact statewide enabling TID legislation in 2022, Rhode Island follows the 2021 TID Laws passed in Massachusetts, Virginia, and Louisiana.” 

L to R: Chef Matthew Kammerer, The Harbour House Inn; Royce Chwin, President & CEO, Destination Vancouver; Kennedy Stewart, Mayor of Vancouver; Gwendal Poullennec, International Director, MICHELIN Guides; The Michelin Man (CNW Group/Destination Vancouver)

Destination Vancouver and Michelin announced the MICHELIN® Guide Vancouver, the latest expansion of the MICHELIN Guide. Vancouver joins Toronto as the only MICHELIN Guide destinations in Canada. In the USA are New York City, San Francisco, Washington DC, Chicago, California, and Tampa/Miami/Orlando.

“The MICHELIN Guide is constantly observing the evolution of culinary destinations around the world. Michelin works with Destination Marketing Organizations, or tourism boards, to promote the travel industry in the respective locations; however, the MICHELIN Guide selections process remains completely independent. While selections remain fully independently determined by Michelin inspectors, Michelin is working with Destination Vancouver on marketing and promotion activities only.”

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