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Funding Futures – Major Opportunities for DMOs in the COVID-19 Crisis
Download the full report, report sections and the DMO research- Watch the webinar held as part of U.S. Travel Association's ESTO Webinar Series on August 20, 2020
Miles Partnership has just released a major report addressing a critical challenge facing DMOs across North America and around the world. Facilitated along with partners, Civitas and Tourism Economics, ...
Preparing to Reopen: Travel Industry Guidelines & Tools
As we enter the next phase of responding and adjusting to the effects of COVID-19, mandatory travel restrictions are evolving and starting to loosen to different degrees around the world. The travel industry is preparing for these developments by creating plans to address safety concerns and considerations in the post-crisis travel landscape. This week, the U.S. Travel Association led the way by submitting comprehensive health-focused guidelines for travel businesses, entitled "Travel in the New Normal," to the White House and every state's governor. The guidance was developed in collaboration...
Data Privacy and the Future of Marketing for DMOs, Attractions & Suppliers
Entering 2020, marketers will discover a changing digital world governed by a new set of laws — most notably from the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA), which went into effect on January 1 and is the first large-scale U.S. law protecting consumers’ digital data. Known to some as “GDPR Light,” CCPA poses new challenges to for-profit businesses working in California.
So what’s next on the horizon for digital privacy? And what do marketers need to be prepared for?
In my opinion, the greatest threat to today’s digital marketing space is privacy legislation. I’m not saying that it isn’t needed — it most definitely is — but how it is enacted is going to be critical to our industry surviving.
The internet has broken down civic borders and made our world a much more global community, but our laws...
2020 Miles Scholarship Program for STS Marketing College
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SARASOTA, FL — Miles Partnership announced the application period for its scholarship program to the Southeast Tourism Society Marketing College®. The scholarship program is available to tourism industry professionals working in one of the 12 STS member states (Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia and West Virginia) and as in years past, Miles will award one scholarship in each of those states. The 2020 application period for the Miles Scholarship Program for STS Marketing College is now open and will close on Friday, February 21, 2020, at 5pm EST. Click...
Global All-Stars 2019 Recap
The Global All-Stars presentation videos and decks are available here.
Since 2011, Miles has hosted the Global All-Stars mainstage session at the Destinations International Annual Convention, one of the largest gatherings of destination marketing organizations (DMOs) in the world. Over the last 8 years, Global All-Stars has showcased innovation and served as a leading platform for sharing exciting new ideas, insights and inspiration from around the world.
At the 2019 Annual Convention in St. Louis, Missouri, three exceptional speakers presented at Global All-Stars with a unifying theme of the topic of trust. While trust in many “official” organizations has been questioned in recent years, it remains a critical asset for any DMO. Trust is not simply important in the DMO’s...
