Articles tagged “baltimore”

Hotels

Hotel Cultural Managers Add Diversity and Community Engagement

Some hotels are hiring "culture managers" to broaden their community programming. It's a promising move, given the rising numbers of guests seeking local discovery and cultural tourism.

Carley Thornell | 6 months ago

Hotel Cultural Managers Add Diversity and Community Engagement

Tourism

Visit Baltimore CEO: Let’s Have the Race Conversation and Change Tourism Once and for All

Lots of urgent changes are needed in travel, and nothing more urgent than making it racially diverse. As an industry, we have fallen short, and tourism needs to reflect the diversity of the world of travelers it serves.

Rafat Ali, Skift | 3 years ago

Visit Baltimore CEO: Let’s Have the Race Conversation and Change Tourism Once and for All

Tourism

Baltimore Tourism Rebrands to Show More of the City Beyond Violent Crime Stereotypes

Baltimore has strong tourism offerings, but those unfamiliar with the city may have trouble looking past the headlines about violent crime. The tourism board is ready to take control of that narrative.

Sarah Enelow-Snyder, Skift | 4 years ago

Baltimore Tourism Rebrands to Show More of the City Beyond Violent Crime Stereotypes
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Tourism

From Place to Platform: The Rise of Smart Neighborhoods

The intense focus on smart city design and development today needs to be explored through the lens of neighborhoods to make the theme more approachable for mainstream conversation and community engagement.

SkiftX + Skift | 6 years ago

From Place to Platform: The Rise of Smart Neighborhoods

Hotels

Changing Baltimore’s Image One Luxury Hotel at a Time

For years, Baltimore has been portrayed on television and other media outlets as a city that's down on its luck. But a close look at what's happening in terms of investment in the city's luxury space reveals another side of the story.

Laura Powell, Skift | 6 years ago

Changing Baltimore’s Image One Luxury Hotel at a Time

Meetings

St. Louis and Baltimore Tourism CEOs on How Their Cities Responded to Riots

The St. Louis and Baltimore tourism bureaus used digital content wisely to protect their visitor economies during social unrest. Now they're attempting to use those same advocacy skills to help rebuild and strengthen their local communities to varying degrees of success.

Greg Oates, Skift | 8 years ago

St. Louis and Baltimore Tourism CEOs on How Their Cities Responded to Riots

Airlines

Baltimore Airport Replaces Payphones With Charging Stations

Travelers certainly get a charge out of finding an available charging station and BWI is making that relief more of a possibility. Note to Millennials: Payphones were public telephones that could be used for a fee, usually a dime or a quarter, before the birth of smartphones.

Dennis Schaal, Skift | 9 years ago

Baltimore Airport Replaces Payphones With Charging Stations

Cruises

Carnival is leaving Baltimore because it can’t meet environmental standards

Carnival would rather skip town that meet the EPA standards that would make its dirt-cheap cruises acceptable.

The Baltimore Sun | 10 years ago

Carnival is leaving Baltimore because it can’t meet environmental standards