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VIDEO: New Reality With... Elliott Ferguson of Destination D.C.
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August 26, 2020
The next guest on the New Reality With... series is Elliott Ferguson, CEO of Destination D.C, one of the most high-profile destination and tourism organizations in the world.
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How I Got Here, episode 38 - Travis Katz of Trip.com
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August 20, 2020
Travis Katz brought Gogobot through a crowded field of social trip planning sites to an eventual sale to one of the biggest names in online travel. He tells the story to Mozio's David Litwak and Kevin...
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Sounding Off: Social media shouldn't sugar-coat the mid-crisis travel experience
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August 7, 2020
The travel experience is going to be disruptive (health checks) or weird (everyone wearing masks) for a while so ensuring the message does not ignore those facts will be beneficial in the...
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Virtual connections: Building relationships with travelers to generate future demand
By Chris Blaine - Sojern
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August 6, 2020
In a COVID-19 world, social media is not only an inexpensive way to reach large numbers of people, but a powerful opportunity to engage with potential customers and influence them to choose your...
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Beyond “vanity metrics”: Why travel marketers need to diversify influencer campaigns
By Jill Menze
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July 16, 2020
Diversity in travel influencer marketing has been a problem since the beginning. Here's how brands can fix it.
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RedAwning sells Blizzard marketing and web services unit to Beyond Pricing
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June 29, 2020
Blizzard is a specialist in web hosting, website design, paid search and email marketing for vacation rental companies. It will retain the brand name it has operated under for 23 years.
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How travel brands can communicate, establish trust and build loyalty in a crisis
By Kevin May
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June 29, 2020
PhocusWire spoke to Salesforce about how the company helped many of its customers through the COVID-19 outbreak and what lessons should be noted by those looking to be better prepared for disruption of...
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Black Travel Alliance urges travel companies to address Black representation in the industry
By Linda Fox
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June 17, 2020
The group of Black travel content creators is asking the travel industry to publicize metrics on Black representation.
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Travel brands encouraged to speak out, take action on racial diversity
By Jill Menze
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June 15, 2020
Panelists at a BAME Women in Travel event say travel brands need to take stock of their internal and external efforts around diversity and inclusion.
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Culture Trip and Lonely Planet unite, give advertisers access to combined audience
By Linda Fox
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June 11, 2020
Culture Trip and Lonely Planet launch Travel Reborn, a commercial partnership giving advertisers access to their combined audience.
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How tourism marketers can boost content visibility
By Rachel-Jean Firchau - Nativo
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June 1, 2020
Here's how DMOs can implement holistic content strategies that go beyond their owned websites to better connect with travelers looking for safe, local getaways.
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Traveling festival fans hopeful of swift return but only if free web cancelations available
By Kevin May
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May 28, 2020
A survey of 110,000 festival-goers from countries such as the U.K., France and Germany found that over eight out of ten (82%) would feel confident attending an event within one to six months of...
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Destination X - Reopening for tourism after coronavirus
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May 19, 2020
How to reopen for tourism after the coronavirus outbreak is tricky, with concerns around social distancing - to name just one element - added to an existing visitor strategy.
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Without travel, is there room for influencer marketing?
By Jill Menze
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May 1, 2020
The COVID-19 crisis has not only brought the physical act of traveling to a halt – but it’s also stopped travel brands from distributing marketing dollars in the same ways they did prior to...
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Amid travel slowdown, consumers remain frustrated on social media
By Jill Menze
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April 29, 2020
According to a report from Sparkloft Media, COVID-19-related conversations on social media have fallen, though consumers are still anxious about the crisis.
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