Read time 3 min — The Simpleview team took the pulse of destination marketing organizations (DMOs) to better understand who, what, and how they will evolve over the next few years. More than 100 DMOs responded to the questionnaire, and initial results were shared at Simpleview’s annual Summit in…
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Read time 1 min — Have you checked out the Insights Hub recently? For DMOs, their agencies, and their stakeholders, it's all about the trends and what they prove about the success of the destination. The Insights Hub gives DMOs meaningful data and comparisons to share with their stakeholders and…
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Simpleview, in conjunction with Karen Bolinger Consulting, conducted a global survey of the current digital landscape, finding the visitor economy is not keeping pace with other industries and is fueled by low digital literacy within organizations and stakeholders. The in-depth discussions, surveys…
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Read time 3 min — The results are in from the first-ever Future of Tourism survey that Simpleview conducted in March 2022, and it's clear that while most destination marketing organizations (DMOs) focus first on the leisure traveler, in an ideal world, the focus would broaden. The Simpleview team…
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In 2021, the meetings and events industry continued to see the impact of the pandemic. To highlight the impact, we have aggregated the data from over 200 Simpleview CRM clients to illustrate year-over-year trends. In reviewing 2021 meeting data and comparing it with previous years, we sought to…
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The year 2021 has been a lot more hopeful than 2020 for the travel industry and destination management organization (DMO) websites in particular — but it’s still been a wild ride. Web activity on the nearly 300 North American DMO sites has gone through several phases, as documented by the…
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Since the beginning of the pandemic, Simpleview and the 2Synergize team have been monitoring leads, bookings, cancellations, and other data to help DMOs understand the ongoing industry changes — and to be in the best position to respond as we enter the post-pandemic recovery phase. These results and…
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Since the beginning of the pandemic, Simpleview and the 2Synergize team have been monitoring leads, bookings, cancellations, and other data to help DMOs understand the ongoing industry changes — and to be in the best position to respond while we enter the post-pandemic recovery phase. We aggregate…
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Simpleview has launched an updated version of its Insights Hub platform, a digital marketing tool. The Insights Hub provides data for destination marketing organizations (DMOs) and reveals tourism industry trends. It includes a dedicated section for the latest indicators in the Meetings and Events…
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Primarily a business-oriented destination, Irving, Texas, was hit particularly hard by the COVID-19 pandemic. Located in the Dallas-Fort Worth metro area, Irving is home to seven Fortune 500 companies. Prior to the pandemic, business travel accounted for approximately 75% of the destination’s annual…
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