Dec 05, 2024 / overseer
Why do we travel? We want to explore the path less taken, to discover ourselves, to say goodbye to the mundane and reconnect with the ones we love. It’s all about embracing those curl-up with a good book and lay out on the beach, welcoming those grab-life-by-the-horns moments, relaxing like every day is the weekend, and making new memories. More
Jul 12, 2023 / Megan Filak
“If a young man tells his date how handsome, smart and successful he is - that's advertising. If the young man tells his date she’s intelligent, looks lovely and is a great conversationalist, he’s saying the right things to the right person and that’s marketing. More
Jun 21, 2023 / Megan Filak
City Nation Place, held this year in New Orleans, is a two-day conference that brings together leaders from tourism and economic development to forge and foster more productive working relationships between the two groups. The rationale: Now more than ever (and really for the first time), there’s an appreciation for the important symbiosis between the respective worlds. More
Jun 06, 2023 / Megan Filak
In recent years, the creator economy has grown leaps and bounds and shows no sign of slowing down. Everywhere we look, from clothing brands to hoteliers, influencers are the new face of just about everything. More
Jun 01, 2023 / Megan Filak
To mark the beginning of Pride Month, all of us at Madden want to reaffirm our commitments to the LGBTQIA+ community and to fostering safe and inclusive experiences for all travelers. Connecting people across places Our tagline is “connecting people to places,” and we believe that, by helping visitors to discover and explore destinations, we are also doing the important work of building relationships between people and different ways of life. More
May 18, 2023 / Megan Filak
We all know how important it is to gather first-party data. That is the information a business collects directly from its audience, customers, or social media followers. With privacy regulations continuing to tighten across many platforms, first-party data is becoming even more vital — meaning DMOs should have a set tactic in place to build up their first-party data collection. More
May 09, 2023 / Megan Filak
Everyday, we choose what we want to show or cover up based on our level of comfort and safety. For neurodivergent people, “masking” is a way to imitate in order to accommodate others. There’s other words that get thrown out to describe this behavior, but whether it’s called “code switching” or “covering” or “assimilating” it’s just people trying to navigate a world that’s not always safe or comfortable. More
May 08, 2023 / Matt Ormsbee
This year’s National Travel and Tourism Week theme is “Travel Forward.” This is appropriate, as we want to mark this week by committing efforts to move the travel industry forward because of the macro-level impact tourism has positively impacting countries, regions, states, cities, towns, and everything in between. https://vimeo.com/showcase/10205614/video/778485149 According to the U.S. More