The Southeast Tourism Society has just unveiled a smart twist to the 30 Under 30 formula called 40 for the Future.

It’s the same Rick Meehan that starred in one of my favorite tourism commercials of all time...and, let's be clear, I am not a fan of elected officials appearing in tourism ads.

Burlington, VT has renamed their iconic Church Street Canada Street to signal to Canadian consumers that they still love them.

Breaking through the drama with an absolutely stunning video that reinforces that we are still friends.

If you are a Destination Leader, the latest version of the Destinations International Future Study demands your attention.

It was the largest LipDub ever with 5,000 Rapidians featured (including Experience Grand Rapids CEO Doug Small at the 6-minute mark).

The truly troubling saga of the Florida Legislature putting a target on the backs of their State's Destination Marketing is assuredly not over.

It's a news release that is completely AI...or written by someone who is desperately auditioning to work for the Trump Administration.

The latest estimates indicate that the new Administration's rhetoric has so incensed potential foreign visitors that American businesses are set to forfeit up to $29 billion in lost tourism sales this year.

A lot of Destination Leadership Organizations produce videos to explain and reinforce the vital role they play in their communities. The latest "movie trailer" from Visit Dublin Ohio is masterful, mixing an over-the-top voice over and a superhero vibe that features the staff around town.

In the end, at a time when international travel to the United States is cratering, the Senate votes to slash international tourism marketing. Simply unfathomable...because they are forfeiting billions of non-resident tax dollars in the name of reducing the deficit.

As I read the online account of how the Newport OR City Council agonized over the decision to yank the contract for Destination Marketing from their Chamber and award it to an out-of-town ad agency, I couldn't help but remember that great ad from esurance about unfriending people on Facebook.

Author and international raconteur Rick Antonson is one of our favorite people. The former CEO of Tourism Vancouver and Chair of Destinations International, he understands the world of Destination Marketing like few others.

This is gonna be one hell of a great summer for America's lesser-traveled destinations. And that means visitor levels never before seen in many of our communities. But, how will your residents feel about it? 

In a moment of seeming clarity, the President announced a couple weeks ago that deportation efforts would no longer target hospitality and farm workers. That didn’t last long.

Sine Die. It means to adjourn with no plan to reconvene. And, that's what it says today on the webpage of the Florida State Senate. So, Florida’s DMOs are safe…for now.

It was Mike Tyson who famously said, "everybody has a plan until you get punched in the face." And, I get that the President had a plan to deal with undocumented residents of this country...he just hadn't thought it through very well.

Oh yes...let's try something new (despite the fact that the current approach is producing great results).

In those early years, as with most of us starting out in consulting, there was the need to supplement a slow-to-establish client base with some side hustles.

The work we did for the Quad Cities in 2007 to develop a Vision Plan for the community was one of those moments…