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Atlantic City, NJ, gambles on tourism marketing
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Atlantic City has unveiled a $20 million marketing campaign aimed at luring non-gamblers to the seaside gaming mecca. More

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Canadian Tourism Commission refocuses in face of budget cuts
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Canada's tourism marketing agency — the promotional arm for one of the country's largest industries — will be forced to scale back some of its international campaigns and could face staffing cuts as the federal government chops 20 percent of its funding. More

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Ohio seeks new tourism-funding model
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Ohio Gov. John Kasich wants to double down on tourism promotions in the state by getting the industry essentially to fund its own marketing campaign. More

New Mexico tourism hopes to shed misperceptions with new branding campaign
The Associated Press via the Washington Post    Share    Share on FacebookTwitterShare on LinkedinE-mail article
New Mexico is celebrating 100 years of statehood, but many people still confuse the Land of Enchantment with its south of the border neighbor. Tourism Secretary Monique Jacobson hopes to finally change some of those perceptions with a new $2 million statewide branding campaign. More

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Gen Y Guy, out-of-industry speakers shake up DMAI Annual Convention; register now
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Destination marketers looking to connect with colleagues and find innovative ideas to tackle critical destination marketing issues need only look to DMAI's Annual Convention. More


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simpleview announces DMAI Event Impact Calculator integration
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simpleview, a leader in the tourism industry that provides interactive marketing tools and services to DMOs, has successfully integrated DMAI's Event Impact Calculator into its destination management system, simpleview CRM. More

DMAI and Foundation Board slates announced
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Fresh faces and established destination marketing leaders are set to lead DMAI and the Destination & Travel Foundation in 2012-2013. More

  Industry News


Spending by international visitors to the US continues to rise
The Los Angeles Times    Share    Share on FacebookTwitterShare on LinkedinE-mail article
Spending by international visitors to the U.S. continued to rise in February, doubling the increase seen in the previous month. More

Survey: Diminished supplier discounts pressuring corporate travel costs
Business Travel News    Share    Share on FacebookTwitterShare on LinkedinE-mail article
Fifty-three percent of travel managers expected their organizations' travelers to take about the same number of trips this year as they did last year, while 35 percent expected an increase and 11 percent expected a decline. More

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Corporate agencies driving industry growth
Travel Market Report    Share    Share on FacebookTwitterShare on LinkedinE-mail article
Corporate travel agencies are the key driver of growth in the retail travel industry, significantly outpacing their leisure counterparts in terms of sales and new hires. More

After GSA scandal, U.S. Travel calls for 'measured response'
Travel Weekly    Share    Share on FacebookTwitterShare on LinkedinE-mail article
Fearing another backlash against the meetings industry, the U.S. Travel Association has called for "a measured and appropriate response" by politicians following a report about inappropriate spending on convention travel by the General Services Administration, the federal agency that sets guidelines for government travel. More

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Consumer trust in online, social and mobile advertising grows
NeilsenWire    Share    Share on FacebookTwitterShare on LinkedinE-mail article
The explosion of social networks and consumer-generated media over the last few years continues to have a significant impact on advertising as consumers' reliance on word-of-mouth in the decision-making process — either from people they know or online consumers they don't — has increased significantly. More

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Study: Young consumers switch media 27 times an hour
Advertising Age    Share    Share on FacebookTwitterShare on LinkedinE-mail article
It's every advertiser's worst nightmare: Consumers so distracted by a dizzying array of media choices that they no longer notice the commercials supporting them. And its time might be closer than you think. More

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El Paso, Texas, wins Social Media Tourism Symposium
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NYC & Co. names Muppets as official brand ambassadors
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Israel breaks all-time tourism records in 1st quarter
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Guam sees record visitor arrivals
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With funds lacking, social media is key for Massachusetts' Berkshire Visitors Bureau
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Hotels in Healdsburg, Calif., back TID to promote tourism
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Algeria to develop tourism to diversify economy
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VisitRochester CEO Hall to retire in August
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New CVB director ready to help Little Falls, Minn., area grow
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