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Articles tagged “music”

Tourism

What Mississippi can teach Alabama about using blues to boost tourism

Destinations have to work what they have in order to stake a claim in the competition for tourism, and even a small rural town can transform itself into a southern music hub with the right amount of branding.

Russ Corey, Associated Press | 11 years ago

Tourism

Music festivals drive U.S. tourism in warm weather months

Airlines and hotels have come to expect a hike in searches and bookings when music festivals are announced, and the economic boost brought by festivals benefits local and chain brands alike for days before, during, and after the event.

Karen Schwartz, Associated Press | 11 years ago

Music festivals drive U.S. tourism in warm weather months

Hotels

Jimmy Buffett and Wyndham partner for St. Thomas timeshare resort

If you're going to have a timeshare in the Virgin Islands you're after something particular and that is likely very closely aligned with what Mr. Margaritaville can help you with.

Skift | 11 years ago

Tourism

The musical instruments that will now need passports to travel

One more rather odd, admittedly, step towards streamlined travel.

The Daily Telegraph | 11 years ago

Media and PR

Louisiana celebrates its deep musical roots in new tourism ad campaign

Louisiana timed the new campaign just as its two major events for 2013 came to an end in an attempt to keep the momentum going and incoming visitor numbers rolling.

Samantha Shankman, Skift | 11 years ago

Louisiana celebrates its deep musical roots in new tourism ad campaign

Airlines

How about renaming Birmingham Airport after bat-chomping reality star Ozzy Osbourne?

If we can have a museum devoted to ABBA, the idea of an airport named after the Black Sabbath frontman doesn't immediately have to be chucked in the "bad idea" bin.

Skift | 11 years ago

Tourism

New ABBA museum in Stockholm will bring in money, money, money when it opens in May 2013

The addition of Abba's museum to Stockholm's skyline helps cement the power of pop as an institution and stakes out a territory somewhere between art museums and Universal's Harry Potter theme park.

Richard Orange, Guardian | 11 years ago

New ABBA museum in Stockholm will bring in money, money, money when it opens in May 2013

Tourism

K-Pop drove tourists to Gangnam for years before Psy made it a worldwide destination

Regional tourism has grown every year in South Korea since 1988 thanks to the popularity of K-Pop, but now state and tourism officials are doing everything they can to remain a global destination.

The Guardian | 11 years ago

K-Pop drove tourists to Gangnam for years before Psy made it a worldwide destination