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What the Ohio Restaurant Association Is Doing for Travel and Tourism in the Buckeye State

PRSay

How do travel and tourism relate to the Ohio Restaurant Association and your role there? In addition, we work with local chambers of commerce, visitor bureaus and other organizations to make Ohio a travel destination. How does travel and tourism helps support Association members? Who doesn’t love going out to eat?

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The New Customer Journey: How Live Video Is Transforming the Travel Industry

Contently - Strategy

Like many businesses in the tourism and hospitality industry, Walks is turning to live video to remain open, stay connected with customers, and keep as many employees and contractors paid as possible. People have more live video options than ever as they quarantine at home. This time, however, the virtual was forced.

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How to Tap Into Culture for Travel PR Strategies

5W PR

PR professionals must thoroughly understand the local culture, traditions, history, and values of a destination. Stories that feature local artisans, ancient traditions, festivals, and daily life offer a genuine glimpse into the destination’s soul, creating a connection with travelers.

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Travel PR Strategies to Connect with Travelers as Consumer Spending is On the Rise

5W PR

Showcase real traveler experiences through user-generated content, influencer partnerships , and immersive formats like vlogs or 360° videos. Local Partnerships Partner with local businesses, restaurants, hotels, and activity providers to offer exclusive deals and packages. Let them see, hear, and feel the adventure.

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Talking About the Great Outdoors: Q&A With Acclaimed Storyteller Baratunde Thurston

PRSay

Thurston is a speaker at PRSA’s Travel and Tourism Conference, held June 20-23, at the Monona Terrace Community and Convention Center in Madison, Wis. Are CVBs and other tourism groups pitching you now to come and visit? And yes, some of them are tourism groups and official outlets. Bring it on! How is the show promoted?

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Lockdown letter: brainstorming second order COVID-19 effects

Stephen Waddington

Our local fish and chip shop reopened on Wednesday. Government The digital democracy has been a long time coming - democracy will finally digitise, both in central and local government, and citizen voting. We need local, decentralised responses to arts, culture, education and transport. Photo by sfe-co2/iStock / Getty Images.

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3 Tips to Clean Up a Crisis

Cision

In fact, the Pew Research Center found that 67 percent of smartphone users shared pictures, videos or commentary about local events in 2015. So how can brands prepare when local events turn into national and global crises in mere seconds? How is this affecting businesses and what’s the economic impact on the state’s tourism?

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