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7 of the top destination marketing brands of 2023
Visit Maldives Over the past decades, destinations in Europe, North America, and the Caribbean have been the stars in both destination branding and popularity among travelers. And while all the above certainly remain among the world´s most powerful performers in tourism, the World Travel Awards (dubbed “the Oscars of travel”) in 2023 have underscored strong showings outside these traditional areas, particularly in Asia and the Middle East. Here´s a quick rundown of this year´s winners:…
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One week after the government of the Maldives shut down all spas at high-end resorts in order to conform with Sharia, the government has beaten a hasty retreat and allowed the spas to reopen. How much p.r. damage has been done?
John Lamkin and Susanna Starr will represent the International Food, Wine & Travel Writers Association (IFWTWA) at a media breakfast Wednesday January 5th, 2012 at the Hacienda Tres Rios Resort to present an award of excellence to the Riviera Maya Destination Marketing Office.
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Are you looking for recommendations on the best ways to utilize social media at your hotel? If so, then I would like to invite you to join “Social Media for Hoteliers”—a new LinkedIn community. Within our group, we will host a variety of discussions revolving around social media and its effect on the hotel space. Our goal is to bring Hoteliers together to discuss and share ideas on the ever changing world of social media. I encourage everyone to join and look forward to some interesting discussions. Visit http://tinyurl.com/6phc7lo to sign up today!
Normally we don't get involved with the machinations and ins and outs of PR firms, but this is a big enough deal that we decided to pass it along:
LEADING TRAVEL MARKETING FIRMS TO MERGE IN MAJOR DEAL
Kansas City, MO - December 9, 2011
In a move that will form the largest and most integrated travel marketing firm in the world, MMG Worldwide and Ypartnership announced today that the companies are merging in a transaction that will form a new company called MMGY Global.
"We are taking the unrivaled research and strategic planning components of Ypartnership and putting them together with MMG's integrated and technically-driven channel marketing resources to form the preeminent travel and entertainment marketing company," said Clayton Reid, the combined entity's new President and CEO.
The companies, who together represent over 200 of the most recognized travel and hospitality brands from around the world, will immediately merge operations and maintain offices in Denver, Kansas City, New York and Orlando as well as maintain affiliate partners in over 10 international countries including Canada, the UK and Thailand.
"We have been respectful rivals for many years, but as we looked at each other's organizations, we quickly realized how much potential there was in combining the remarkable talents and resources of both companies," said Peter Yesawich, the new company's Vice Chairman.
MMGY's Chairman, Don Montague, started MMG Worldwide in 1981 and has long been interested in adding a world-class research, branding and strategic planning arm. "We see Ypartnership as not only the category leader in these strategic areas, but an agency with incredibly talented people and a phenomenal track-record," said Montague.
MMGY Global will have over 200 employees and will bring together a collection of integrated marketing resources in research, strategy & analytics, brand development, advertising & digital marketing, CRM, web & mobile development, social marketing and public relations. "We will now be able to execute strategies and tactics across all marketing disciplines within one integrated company, and until today, that kind of unified deployment was not available to travel industry marketers," added Reid. "It's certainly exciting for all of us to see this coming together."
Canada's top seasonal fine dining restaurant, Rundles, will celebrate its 35th year in 2012.
Rundles reopens on Friday, May 25th, and closes after services on Saturday, September 29th, 2012.
www.rundlesrestaurant.com
dine@rundlesrestaurant.com
Stratford, Ontario, Canada.
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FWTWA Partial Speaker Lineup for 2012 Las Vegas Conference.
We will have more, we wanted to get this out. We still have room for 10 more Associates at our Marketplace. Perfect time to network and meet our journalists as well as take part in our program. Deadline for registration has been extended to 12-20-11.
Hello, I am a spanish journalist with an assigned story on Vermont. I am looking for a luxury or first class hotel which would want to be featured in Travel Time Magazine.
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