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

PRSay

There are infinite ways to talk about our relationship with the outdoors,” Thurston said in an interview with 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?

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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

Those with a penchant for finance may go the IR route or look to represent banks or investment products, as someone with a love of travel takes a position with a destination or tourism bureau. Many local chapters have working groups for new and young professionals. And don’t neglect the old fashioned “information interview.”

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Personal Branding: Always Be Prepared for Your Next Job Opportunity

Cision

Vaco recruiter Piper Ochsner additionally advises candidates to be prepared to deliver a similar video-worthy introduction in person, as well, and suggests that a candidate’s ability to answer the inevitable interview opener “Tell me a little about yourself” can make or break an interview. Get published.

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How Can Brands Put Crises Into Context?

Cision

He did not push local tourism partners to secure TV interviews. Once Scott’s team noticed conversations around shark bites had more to do with “Jaws” and the upcoming “Shark Week” program on Discovery than North Carolina’s beaches, he decided to lay low.

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Behind the Headlines With Caroline Michaud

Cision

In this interview, Caroline sat down with us to discuss travel and tourism brands and how they must adapt as media rapidly changes. It’s also important to ensure that the destinations’ tourism assets are aligned with those audiences in the most appropriate way. Are there ways to avoid those pitfalls?

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MAXIM BEHAR FOR 7/8 TV: SEYCHELLES' NATURE ATTRACTS PEOPLE FROM ALL OVER THE WORLD

Maxim Behar

There is no local cuisine because there are no locals, we will talk about it later, I will tell you where they came from. I had two students in Sofia and in Dobrich, at the University of Tourism. You can watch the whole interview here. I put around 100 photos in it, all taken by me, to show the beauties of Seychelles.

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