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Business Improvement Districts (BIDs) and destinations working in harmony
Mark Ross, BID Programme Manager for ATCM, suggests that BIDs and DMOS are natural partners in his guest blog for TMI in advance of his presentation at the Annual Convention on 24 November.
Date: 26th October 2015
From committee room to classroom - starting a second career in tourism
In the latest TMI blog post, Colin Potts FTMI reflects on six things he’s learned in the six years since he changed career from managing Chester’s tourism service to lecturing tourism students at its university. Among them, that tourism is not a career any more...
Date: 28th September 2015
Who do they think they are?
This month's TMI blogger - Blue Sail director Amanda Shepherd FTMI - asks whether destination marketers really understand what makes the Baby Boom generation tick
Date: 27th July 2015
Destination Slogans: Silver Bullet or Meaningless Puff?
Virginia “is For Loversâ€, Egypt is “Where it All Beginsâ€, and Dubai is “Definitely Dubaiâ€. This month's TMI blogger, Tom Buncle FTMI, explores how much impact destination slogans truly have.
Date: 1st July 2015
Destinations: socially adept or socially inept?
This month's TMI blogger, Jackie Ellis, wonders whether DMOs really 'get' social media, or whether they fail to embrace it fully because of fears of losing control of the message
Date: 22nd May 2015