Articles tagged “philadelphia”

Meetings

What It Meant for Cleveland and Philadelphia to Win National Political Conventions

Philadelphia and Cleveland have invested heavily in their downtown districts and public-private partnerships, so they're viewing their two national political conventions as coming-out parties for the convention industry.

Greg Oates, Skift | 8 years ago

Business Travel

Philadelphia’s New Conventions CEO on Reinventing Old Meetings Ideas

Convention bureaus are shifting their priorities to connect more people from disparate backgrounds, cultures and industries in an effort to drive new business development, competitive advantage, and knowledge sharing.

Greg Oates, Skift | 8 years ago

Airlines

American Airlines To End U.S.-Israel Flights That Came With US Airways Merger

American's Philly-Tel Aviv flights faced competition from El Al and United from JFK.

Julie Johnsson, Skift | 9 years ago

Tourism

Vacations, Not Business Travel, Drive New Tourism Record in Philadelphia

Philadelphia's tourism board is one of the most innovative when it comes to content marketing and getting the message out about its evolving and improving attractions. Hard visitor numbers validate those efforts.

Samantha Shankman, Skift | 9 years ago

Tourism

Visit Philly’s Plans for Capitalizing on the Democratic National Convention

Philadelphia will make the most of its selection by turning attendees' visits into potential for future events, widespread media coverage, and increased affinity among national decision-makers.

Samantha Shankman, Skift | 9 years ago

Online Travel

Philadelphia Museums Use Instagram to Target Younger Visitors

Instagram is a risky choice for the museums whose social media audience tends to be older and more active on Facebook; however, the results will provide a great use case for social media campaigns.

Samantha Shankman, Skift | 10 years ago

Tourism

Visit Philly Touts Tourism’s $10 Billion Economic Impact in Annual Report

We've written many times about Philadelphia's industry-leading efforts and overall destination savvy. Even if these numbers seem, well, ambitious, we are going to give them the benefit of the doubt.

Samantha Shankman, Skift | 10 years ago

Tourism

Visit Philly Focuses on Shareable Photos with Brand Campaign Refresh

Visit Philly is designing the campaign for social media with highly shareable images and the hope that locals and visitors write original "philosophies" that they'll be eager to share.

Samantha Shankman, Skift | 10 years ago

Tourism

Skift Q&A: Visit Philly CEO on Using New Media to Rebrand an Old City

As the U.S. and its cities learn to promote themselves to travelers for the first time, Visit Philadelphia's successes are an anomaly and a promising example in a still under-recognized U.S. industry.

Samantha Shankman, Skift | 10 years ago

Airlines

British Airway’s Beautiful Experiment: Best Travel Ads This Week

Samantha Shankman, Skift | 11 years ago