by Bruce Turkel | May 2, 2007 | Branding
We spend our lives marketing the travel industry and destinations and yet it was my client, Bill Talbert, the president of the Greater Miami Convention and Visitors Bureau who showed me this genius bit of architecture that was hidden in plain view. Why EVERY hotel...
by Bruce Turkel | Apr 24, 2007 | Uncategorized
If you care about how destinations market themselves, you’ll find this article from the Chicago Tribune very interesting. Of course, our Miami client is prominently featured. By Alfred Borcover Special to the Tribune Published April 15, 2007 With billions of...
by Bruce Turkel | Apr 21, 2007 | Branding
“The Travel Industry Association is aiming for February 2008 as the launch date for DiscoverAmerica.com — the country’s official travel and tourism Web site. Initially the URL will target the five biggest sources of international visitors — United Kingdom, Japan,...
by Bruce Turkel | Apr 12, 2007 | Branding
As the marketing of travel and tourism continues to change, two travel sites are taking a cue from YouTube and distributing consumer-created video content on their sites. Travelistic.com and LonelyPlanet.tv are both offering users and tourism bureaus the opportunity...
by Bruce Turkel | Apr 11, 2007 | Uncategorized
You can credit the Internet for another major change in travel marketing. Thanks to sites such as TripAdvisor, happy and unhappy guests can immediately post their opinions for all the world to see. As Michele Higgins writes in The New York Times, “The Web Gives Hotel...
