Articles tagged “events”

What Eclipseville, USA Learned From Hosting a Once-in-a-Lifetime Event

What Eclipseville, USA Learned From Hosting a Once-in-a-Lifetime Event

Dan Peltier, Skift

For a small town, Hopkinsville, Kentucky has some big-time lessons on how to plan and host a mass tourism event that will only happen once. The town is still figuring out how to use the positive PR to its advantage and how it can convince some of the eclipse chasers to come back.

1 month ago

Events Are Getting More Analytical to Measure Success

Events Are Getting More Analytical to Measure Success

Dave Montali, Skift

Event organizers are looking to new metrics to measure the success of their events.

2 months ago

Atlanta Hopes Its New High-Tech Stadium Will Transform Downtown Tourism

Atlanta Hopes Its New High-Tech Stadium Will Transform Downtown Tourism

Jonathan Landrum Jr., Associated Press

Atlanta isn't just the business capital of the south anymore, so if the city can one-up New York's new Citi Field for example, it could be a coup for leisure travel.

5 months ago

Los Angeles Bid to Host 2024 Olympics Based on Already Having the Venues in Place

Los Angeles Bid to Host 2024 Olympics Based on Already Having the Venues in Place

Beth Harris and Michael R. Blood, Associated Press

Hosting the Olympics is seductive, but like winning a new car on Oprah, there are massive strings attached. Long-term benefits for destination marketers seem murky at best.

5 months ago

Bahamas Tourism Officials Separate Themselves Further From Fyre Festival Fiasco

Bahamas Tourism Officials Separate Themselves Further From Fyre Festival Fiasco

Tamara Lush, Associated Press

First-time event planners mixed with Instagram influencers and poor infrastructure never add up to a successful gathering — no matter where it is.

6 months ago

Big Events Look at North Carolina Again After Partial Repeal of Anti-LGBT Law

Big Events Look at North Carolina Again After Partial Repeal of Anti-LGBT Law

Brian Mahoney and Emery P. Dalesio, Associated Press

The state's bathroom bill law was primarily aimed at preventing cities from banning broader discrimination. That's still partially in place, so businesses will likely proceed with caution.

6 months ago

Solar Eclipse Spurs Festivals, Surge Pricing, and Sold-Out Hotels

Solar Eclipse Spurs Festivals, Surge Pricing, and Sold-Out Hotels

Beth J. Harpaz, Associated Press

One has to admire how a naturally occurring event can effortlessly produce the kind of buzz usually reserved for SXSW or Mardi Gras. It practically target-markets itself with surge pricing built in.

7 months ago

AccorHotels Eyes Stake in French Events Company as It Keeps Buying

AccorHotels Eyes Stake in French Events Company as It Keeps Buying

Patrick Whyte, Skift

While it might seem like AccorHotels is spending money just for the sake of it, this deal seems to make strategic sense as it complements its existing operations, while at the same time offering something new for its food and beverage and events operations.

7 months ago

Trump Travel Ban Is a Threat to U.S. Bid to Host World Cup

Trump Travel Ban Is a Threat to U.S. Bid to Host World Cup

Tariq Panja, Bloomberg

Because Russia and Qatar are bastions for freedom of movement? Really, FIFA has long trafficked in corruption and dallied with dictators. We expected it would find kinship with this administration.

7 months ago

Join Skift at World Travel Market on Nov. 9 to Explore Disruptions in Hospitality

Join Skift at World Travel Market on Nov. 9 to Explore Disruptions in Hospitality

Jason Clampet, Skift

Skift will explore the disruptions in hospitality on the big stage at WTM London.

12 months ago

SXSW and Bonnaroo and the Data Behind Big Events

SXSW and Bonnaroo and the Data Behind Big Events

Sarah Enelow, Skift

Events with cult followings like SXSW and Bonnaroo may seem magical, but they're built on data.

1 year ago

Cleveland Tourism Cautiously Optimistic Midway Through Republican Convention

Cleveland Tourism Cautiously Optimistic Midway Through Republican Convention

Greg Oates, Skift

Destination Cleveland raised the bar on integrated web and social media content to promote the city to visiting delegates and convention planners around the globe.

1 year ago

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