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Guest Post: How tourism, meetings, & events professionals can (learn to) “be the change”
Enrich regenerative impact with immersive, collaborative education By: GDS-Movement Whether you launch into 2022 with a sense of renewal or relapse, transformational times invite a …
Guest Post: Climate Action in Tourism and Meetings
By: GDS-Movement Back at the beginning of 2020, the world’s largest asset manager, BlackRock put climate action at the forefront of its investment strategy. In …
Guest Post: The Rewards of Regenerative Strategy
By: GDS-Movement A long-form look at the key to sustained positive change and profit for MICE and leisure Tourism A trade fair visitor walks into a …
Guest Post: The Rise and Role of Regenerative Event Planning
By: GDS-Movement Gone are the days of business as usual; it’s business unusual as the events industry reopens and reassesses. The pandemic has put recovery …
Guest Post: New Skills for a Brave New World.
By: GDS-Movement If you’re re-evaluating your relationship to everything right now, you’re in good company. It’s high time for rising hopes as global Covid-19 vaccinations …
EDA Releases Notice of Funding Opportunity for Travel, Tourism and Outdoor Recreation
Yesterday, the Economic Development Administration (EDA) released its Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) for destinations to secure American Recovery Plan Act funding. Through its Travel, …
White Paper: Securing Dedicated Funding for Sports Tourism
Sports tourism is a global business that creates jobs, stimulates local economies and benefits communities by creating positive economic impact through hosting sports events: in …
EDA Funding for DMOs – Action Items Today
By President & CEO John Lambeth Thanks to the hard work of many in the destination industry, DMO’s will have a new opportunity to secure …
Revelations and Thought Leadership at the First Annual National TID Summit
Adam Sacks of Tourism Economics, presented never-before-seen data in his session: The Economic Case for Tourism Improvement Districts to Drive the Recovery, presented by STR. According to the results of this study, on average, TIDs produce a 2.1% lift on hotel room demand and a 4.5% lift in hotel room revenue year-over-year. To put this in perspective, lift on hotel room demand and revenue represented an increase in 150,000 room nights and $51M, respectively, for the average destination in 2019.