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Why Your Tourism Board Should Network with Travel Agents

5W PR

Tourism boards play a vital role in promoting destinations and attracting visitors to their regions. In the increasingly competitive travel industry , it’s important for tourism boards to explore partnerships that can help draw more tourists. By partnering with travel agents, tourism boards can leverage these existing networks.

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Faces & Markets of PRGN: South Korea – A High-Tech Economy and a Cultural Powerhouse  

Bianchi Biz Blog

In this next blog post in the series, Grace Haekyung Son of PR House, describes the business and communications environment in South Korea and offers advice on navigating her home market. Communications, media and PR market in South Korea While digital media is prevalent, traditional media still holds influence in Korea.

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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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Using Social Amidst a Crisis: Q&A With Scott Peacock & K.C. Brown

Cision

Social media can quickly turn local events into breaking national news which means every season is crisis season. How did Scott’s team keep the state’s tourism afloat? Q: How did Visit North Carolina communicate with area businesses to assure them the agency was working on their behalf? What was their expectation?

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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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Guest Post: The PR Generalist vs. The Industry Specialist

Deirdre Breakenridge

Some PR professionals integrate their communications skills with specific vertical industries, pursuing jobs that focus on relevant sector subject areas. While communications may be your forte, with strengths such as writing, creativity, organization and research, your passion might be for something else altogether.

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The Multi-Industry Benefits of a PR Firm

Victorious PR

PR stands for public relations, and PR is all about communications, persuasion, and image. How many clinics, hospitals, and healthcare offices are in your local area alone? What is the local community like? Tourism Tourism is a bit of an umbrella industry in that there are many little industries within it.