Welcome to 2018! By now you have started that back to work routine, and if you are like me, a more sensible eating plan! To get your creative juices flowing this year, I thought I would help by sharing my top blog posts for 2017. (There are affiliate links in the blog posts and I […]
The Attractions Coach top blog posts for 2017 Read More »
One of the best parts of being in the Tourism industry for many years is the people I meet. Our industry has an endless list of talented, hardworking, fun-loving and creative tourism pros. I decided to interview my friends and give you a peek into their lives and careers. Feel free to ask questions in
Tourism Pro Talks- Shirley Davis Conner of Graceland Read More »
If you are a regular reader of my blog, you have seen my free PDF on Top tourism trends for 2017 available as a free download. If you haven’t read it yet, here it is. I spend a lot of time throughout the year taking mental notes of things I see and hear, and then
Tourism Trends for 2017-2018; a sneak peek Read More »
I recently attended U.S. Travel’s inaugural Secure Tourism Summit, held in NYC. It was a well thought out day long discussion of possible threats facing our industry, with concrete examples of how to work through a crisis. Many of the attendees worked for major sports stadiums, convention centers or large cities, and that makes sense.
Secure Tourism Summit- lessons in balancing security and hospitality Read More »
One of the best parts of being in the Tourism industry for many years is the people I meet. Our industry has an endless list of talented, hardworking, fun-loving and creative professionals. I decided to interview my friends and give you a peek into their lives and careers. Feel free to ask questions in the
Tourism Pro Talks- Vickie Evans of The Henry Ford Read More »
I was recently in Las Vegas to celebrate my boyfriend’s birthday. Because neither of us are gamblers, we planned all types of attraction experiences and day trips instead of entering the casinos. We drove to Lake Mead and the Hoover Dam, Rt 66 and Fremont street. But the highlight of the trip was the hour
When I think about food tourism, some of my earliest memories are watching maple sap being turned into maple syrup. It’s an early spring tradition in the northeast and a great family activity. I am lucky enough to have acquaintances that have made this tourist attraction their full-time business so I spent some time at
Maple syrup- Growing a hobby into a tourist attraction at Naples Maple Farm Read More »
The whole goal of working in the sales department ( or being the sales department if you are a smaller attraction!) is to increase your attraction ticket sales. Whether that includes strategies on selling to groups, social media initiatives or making tickets available from the home page of your website ( which I discuss in
Increase your attraction ticket sales by letting others do the work! Read More »
Agritourism has been loosely defined as any activity or agriculturally based operation that brings a visitor to a farm or ranch. People are realizing that they have been disconnected from their food sources and the opportunity to spend some time in a rural setting and watch and learn how their food is grown has growing appeal. When
Agritourism -guests looking to do the dirty work. Read More »
Here’s one of the challenges with young front line staff- they always think there is nothing to do in the area. In fact, I once had a student that I had been training for a position in the hotel industry tell me she didn’t know why anyone would even come to her hometown! And this from
There's never anything to do in your own hometown Read More »
