The Travel Vertical Podcast

37: Industry expert Bill Geist from DMO Proz joins us to talk about the evolution of DMO career roles, plus outsourcing, movement to the private sector, and more.

36: Adam & Laurie discuss Visit Myrtle Beach and Sonoma County Tourism initiaitves and pose a question about tourism ad campaigns suddenly impacted by current events, as with Visit Orlando's UK current campaign.

35: Rachel Brown, Executive Director, Visit Durango describes conscientious travelers and identifies important considerations currently facing Colorado's destinations: Sustainability, seasonality, overtourism, and human resources.

34: John Lambeth, President & CEO of Civitas, talks about Tourism Improvement Districts. What are they? How do they help destinations with funding? And why there's a TID revolution right now.

33: Adam & Laurie talk about the weird & wacky in an unexpected news roundup. Plus, a review of the latest jobs openings in tourism and tourism-related roles.

32: Adam & Laurie discuss July 4th traffic, summer forecasts, tons of great job opportunities in the DMO world, plus the appointment of a new President & CEO at U.S. Travel Association.

31: Live from eTourism Summit in Orlando, with guest Robert Patterson, SVP of Marketing Technology, MMGY Global, about preliminary findings of the 4th Marketing Technology Survey for DMOs.

30: Live from eTourism Summit in Orlando with an in-person audience, we hosted The Travel Vertical Podcast with guest Sophia Hyder Hock, Chief Diversity Officer at Destinations International.

29: Adam and Laurie share creative content from Visit Iceland, Discover Santa Maria Valley in Calif., job openings and a couple of "good news" items.

28: President & CEO Michael Martelon, Visit Santa Cruz County, and Communications Director/Film Commissioner Christina Glynn, give us a virtual tour of this California coastal destination where surf meets giant redwoods.

27: Kyle Edmiston, President & CEO at Visit Lake Charles in Southwest Louisiana explains why this unique destination is described as wearing a little black dress with flip flops.

26: Vice President of Marketing Tom Loftus at Richmond Region Tourism, describes The Big Pitch, an innovative all-hands-on-deck approach to marketing the destination. Plus, plenty of new job searches.

25: Discover Puerto Rico Chief Marketing Officer Leah Chandler on innovations at the destination: its official Pantone color, collaborations with New York Fashion Week, a prime time TV shows, and Frontier Airlines.

24: The State of Washington Tourism has rebranded. We catch up with Michelle Thana, Director of Marketing, to talk about the process and the result.

23: Hundreds of job opportunities and who's on the move? Visit Rapid City announces a new CEO and we talk about how networking at Connect THRIVE led to success for Julie Stow at Cedar Rapids Tourism.

22: Peer-to-peer and industry networking are recommended for those aspiring to the next step on the career ladder. We talk to Visit Carlsbad about funding and the destination's new spring campaign.

21: "BeLONG on Long Island" is delivered to Phoenix/Scottsdale residents in a new, targeted campaign from Discover Long Island. Plus, new jobs keep popping up in The Travel Vertical.

20: New hires and new job searches, plus destination service RFPs from Alaska, Hawaii and Puerto Rico. Iinnovative tourism campaigns include a partnership with Pantone.

19: With 300 destination marketing jobs, there's a good chance of one that's just right. Plus destination inspiration roundups.

18: Wintry destination campaigns and where to go for the latest on American traveler sentiments for the upcoming holiday season.