According to a study from D.K. Shifflet & Associates (DKSA) - a Virginia-based tourism research company - visitors spent $17.7 billion in Michigan during 2011. This marks a $500 million increase from the previous year. Some noteworthy points of the study included trends with out-of-state visitors…
Read MoreLaura Schaumberg, marketing assistant for the Paducah Convention and Visitors Bureau, has been selected as the "Young Leader of the Year" by the Four Rivers Business Journal. She was chosen from 10 peer-nominated finalists and received a $1,000 scholarship to use toward professional development…
Read MoreThe American Society of Association Executives (ASAE) is now accepting nominations for their Innovation Stars program, which is meant to highlight association professionals who are doing groundbreaking work at their organizations. Organizations can submit forms to ASAE until Monday, Sept. 10 at 5…
Read MoreJackRabbit Systems, Inc., developer of online travel software for destination and tourism bureau websites, has today announced a partnership with Lauderdale County Tourism. Now, when travelers go to www.visitmeridian.com to search for accommodations, they will interface with the Book › Direct system…
Read MoreDestination Marketing Association International (DMAI) announced today that more than 100 destination marketing organizations have subscribed to their Event Impact Calculator. With this tool, DMO staff members can accurately calculate the economic value of a particular event and report its return on…
Read MoreThe Kissimmee Convention and Visitors Bureau recently announced that they are adding 13 positions to help attract international visitors to their Central Florida destination. This raises the bureau's total employee count to 47. According to an article from the Orlando Sentinel, the Kissimmee CVB…
Read MoreContent has long been hailed as the king of SEO - if you have good content on your website, which people are looking for, you are definitely at an advantage. You still want to make sure that content is being optimized for the search engines: do your keyword research to ensure that you're optimizing…
Read MoreWhile Aspen, Colorado is well-known as a famous, frequently visited winter destination, the city's downtown streets have been bustling this summer, thanks to efforts by the Aspen Chamber Resort Association. According to the Aspen Times, a recent report showed a 78.1 percent occupancy rate for Aspen…
Read MoreClicks. Rankings. Exposure. While these terms come up frequently in conversations about search engine optimization, there is also a case to focus on one more term - finance. After all, resulting traffic and awareness from SEO has to make sense... regarding dollars and cents. When it comes to…
Read MoreJackRabbit Systems, Inc., developer of online travel software for destination and tourism bureau websites, has today announced a partnership with Visit Spokane. Now, when travelers go to www.visitspokane.com to search for accommodations, they will interface with the Book › Direct system, which has…
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