Tag: DMAI

More than 100 destination marketing organizations and convention and visitors bureaus, as well as the largest repository of post-event reports, are available all in one place. Destination Marketing Association International’s empowerMINT.com, the industry’s first collective portal of its kind, connects meeting planners with DMOs, and the site’s new online application, Planner Access, provides planners with their post event reports.

“DMAI is committed to accurate post-event report data,” DMAI President and CEO Michael Gehrisch said in a [...] Read more

Steve Moore, Greater Phoenix CVB President and CEO, Dan Fenton, Team San Jose President/CEO, Maura Allen Gast, Irving CVB Executive Director, and Karen Williams, Louisville Executive Vice President, discuss the “AIG Effect” on the meetings and tourism industry as well as their respective destinations. [...] Read more

Tracy Louthain, Beaches of South Walton Director of PR and Visitor Services, William Pate, Atlanta CVB President and CEO, and Doug Price, DMAI Senior Vice President of Professional Development, share their thoughts about the Destinations Marketing Association International 95th Annual Convention in Atlanta, Ga. [...] Read more

“More and more, we’re putting the CVB at the table — if not, we’re going to be eaten for dinner.” Gary Sain, president and CEO, Orlando/Orange County CVB, was talking with me about the importance of partnering with community stakeholders from elected officials and business leaders to the arts community. The message was loud and clear at the 95th annual convention of the Destination Marketing Association International (DMAI) in Atlanta July 28-30, where Sain [...] Read more