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Articles tagged “movies”

Tourism

Prince Harry and Kate play Batman and Harry Potter at new theme park outside London

The new studio attraction finally gives a public face to England's long film-studio history, and the royal visit gets it movie-star-like attention.

The Daily Telegraph | 11 years ago

Prince Harry and Kate play Batman and Harry Potter at new theme park outside London

Media and PR

Israel turns to a Chinese movie star to boost tourism from China

Although the tourism industry's contribution to the film production is low, it signals the value officials see in the power of movies to introduce a destination to potential new visitors.

Gwen Ackerman, Bloomberg | 11 years ago

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Gerard Depardieu now pitching Azeri cuisine for Baku tourism

A cynic may say that Depardieu will shill for anyone willing to give him meals and some cash. A non-cynic would suggest that Baku's tourism heads look at Google News before signing up a spokesman recently famous for peeing on a plane and abandoning his homeland for tax reasons.

RFE/RL, Deana Kjuka | 11 years ago

Gerard Depardieu now pitching Azeri cuisine for Baku tourism

Hotels

Hotels boost business after hooking up with live theatres

In hotels’ infinite search for unique offerings, a live theatre appears to a costly investment but one that’s proven to diversify corporate hotels’ customer base or provide hotels with a specific clientele to court.

Skift | 11 years ago

Hotels boost business after hooking up with live theatres

Media and PR

Ohio hometown of baseball exec Branch Rickey awaits “42” tourism boom

Destinations that serve as film sets are usually on the receiving end of a film tourism boost, so awareness more than droves of visitors would be a more accurate expectation for the homeland of this iconic character.

Dan Sewell, Associated Press | 11 years ago

Ohio hometown of baseball exec Branch Rickey awaits “42” tourism boom

Hotels

Hotels marketing through movies still an unexplored opportunity

If tourism destinations are all over this, as are airlines, then why not hotels? Seems like a missed opportunity so far.

Skift | 11 years ago

Tourism

Star Wars park coming to Disneyland? Survey says ‘maybe’

Uh, yeah. A Star Wars theme park would make Universal's Harry Potter land look like a pre-school, and Disney's got the experience and the money to make it happen.

Skift | 11 years ago

Star Wars park coming to Disneyland? Survey says ‘maybe’

Media and PR

Virginia town parlays Lincoln movie and TV connections to boost tourism

With the exception of the silly QR codes, Petersburg seems like it's making smart decisions to drive tourism to sites recently made popular on television and in the movie theaters.

The Progress-Index | 11 years ago

Airlines

Southwest launches movie-on-demand service for digital devices

Airlines are dreaming of the day when they can ditch the complicated, heavy, and expensive seat-back entertainment systems for profit-generating bring-your-own-device systems.

Rafat Ali, Skift | 11 years ago

Southwest launches movie-on-demand service for digital devices

Media and PR

DreamWorks licenses Shrek and Kung Fu Panda to Russian theme park

DreamWorks wants access to the growing Russian market but knows from high-profile failures like BP that it's smarter to go the licensing route than trying to invest directly.

Associated Press | 11 years ago

DreamWorks licenses Shrek and Kung Fu Panda to Russian theme park