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Blue Green Meetings
An initiative of the Oceans Blue Foundation, discussed on the Environmentally Responsible Tourism Teleseminar with Rick Antonson of Tourism Vancouver.
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CVB Octane
This is the new sales training venture (unveiled on DMOU) from Sales Octane's Jim Ryerson and former Cleveland CVB CEO Dave Nolan...designed to supercharge Destination Marketing Organization sales efforts across North America.
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Destination Master Planning
This is the link to the Destination Master Plan for Albuquerque, discussed during the June 2007 interview with CVB COO Joni Thompson.
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Ed McMillan, CPA, CAE
We were proud to welcome the "dean" of non-profit financial experts, Ed McMillan, to DMOU for Management. His website provides information on his books (including the sensational Model Policies & Procedures resource) and services to the the DMO industry.
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Environmental Tourism
Alabama Gulf Coast CVB CEO Herb Malone referred participants to this report on Environmental Tourism during the Rick Antonson conversation.
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Indoor Waterpark Hotels & Resorts
Want the most up-to-date information on this explosive growth industry? Jeff Coy, and Bill Haralson author some of the most comprehensive studies out there.
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Making the Case to the Home Crowd
Dan O'Connell was kind enough to share his PowerPoint presentation from the 2004 Hoosier Hospitality Conference on the Fort Wayne CVB's "Welcoming the World" campaign (caution to dial-up users: this is a 4.5M file).
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Meeting Planners University
Professional meeting planners Cathy Clifton and Mary Young have done the "U" thing for meeting planners. And, this University can come to your destination to work with planners, hotels and your DMO. New to their repetoire: a Boot Camp for DMO Sales Professionals to help us land the business we're missing!
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NOTES: January 2005 Marketing Teleseminar
PR Maven Greta Anita Lint offered these handouts for her content rich teleseminar entitled "The Power of the Press Release." You can contact Greta at gretalint@earthlink.net.
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Oak Ridge Driving Tour
Here's the PDF of the Driving Tour Brochure that CVB CEO Joe Valentino referenced during the DMOU Teleseminar entitled "The New Wave of Destination Tech Tours"
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Resort Music
The world's leading provider of customized music CDs for Destination Marketing Organizations. Tell Ray Kelley that Bill Geist sent you!
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The Complete Idiot's Guide to Meeting Planning
Our guest on the July 2003 edition of DMOU for Sales, Lynn Johnson Golabowski, wrote the book (literally) on Meeting Planning. It's a fun and insightful look into what DMO clients need and want!
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The Illinois Story: The Handout
This is the handout used in the ESTO presentation on the Illinois Tourism Industry's 2004 fight to restore promotional funding in the face of a proposed 50% reduction...as referred to in the session Making the Case for State Funding: The Illinois Story.
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The Illinois Story: The Speech
This is the ESTO presentation on the Illinois Tourism Industry's 2004 fight to restore promotional funding in the face of a proposed 50% reduction...as referred to in the session Making the Case for State Funding: The Illinois Story.
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The Missouri Model
Background information on the innovative State Tourism funding mechanism known as the "Missouri Model," as discussed on the August 2005 edition of DMOU with Tracy Kimberlin.
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Tips for Avoiding Media Attacks
Here are the Top 5 recommendations from Kevin Kane (Memphis CVB), Dave Nolan (CVB of Greater Cleveland) and Linda McKinney (Achievers International) from the sensational IACVB / Kansas City program called "Executive Level Stakeholder Communications."
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Tourism & Terrorism
Click on the "Tourism Facts" button to learn the reasons that tourism is such a ripe target for terrorism, as discussed in the June 2003 edition of DMOU for Management with Dr. Peter Tarlow.
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U.S. Conference of Mayor's Tourism Plan
The U.S. Conference of Mayor's Travel & Tourism Task Force's 10-point plan to increase tourism's impact on America and address the importance of the industry on America's metropolitan areas.
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Vision Iowa
Background information on Iowa's sensational product development fund, as described by Shawna Lode in "Breakthrough Concepts in Destination Development."
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Wisconsin's Meeting Planner Website
The Meeting Planner focused website of the Wisconsin Association of Convention & Visitors Bureaus that was discussed in the DMOU for Sales teleseminar "All for One" with Tom Barrett and Shannon Overby. You can access the Texas Association of CVB's website at www.tacvb.org.
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Zeitgeist / Issue 15
The Summer 2006 edition of Zeitgeist Consulting's client newsletter for DMO Professionals.
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