In this musical episode of the Destination Marketing Podcast, Adam continues his time at the Utah Tourism Conference with an interview with Rosevelt Rawls and Sean Gasaway to talk all about their new song Fallin' In Love With Utah. Find out what inspired the song and why it has touched the lives of so many. Stay tuned to the end to hear the song for yourself! Follow the Destination Marketing Podcast on social media: Instagram Twitter YouTube TikTok If you’re enjoying the show, please leave us a rating and review on Apple Podcasts! Subscribe to our newsletter! The Destination Marketing Podcast is a part of the Destination Marketing Podcast Network. It is hosted by Adam Stoker and produced by Relic. If you are interested in any of Relic’s services,  please email adam@relicagency.com or visit www.relicagency.com.  To learn more about the Destination Marketing Podcast Network and to listen to our other shows, please visit www.thedmpn.com. Email adam@relicagency.com with any inquiries regarding the network.

Florian Hermann, founder and CEO at Hermann Global, joins us for another episode at the Utah Tourism Conference. They chat about increasing visitor traffic to smaller destinations and the landscape of international travel in the near future.  ". . . The airlines are incredible wizards with technology [because] of where they put flights in. If they put the right flights in Salt Lake City — I mean, they wouldn't do this if they didn't see the visitation coming." - Florian Hermann Hermann Global Follow the Destination Marketing Podcast on social media: Instagram Twitter YouTube TikTok If you’re enjoying the show, please leave us a rating and review on Apple Podcasts! Subscribe to our newsletter! The Destination Marketing Podcast is a part of the Destination Marketing Podcast Network. It is hosted by Adam Stoker and produced by Relic. If you are interested in any of Relic’s services,  please email adam@relicagency.com or visit www.relicagency.com.  To learn more about the Destination Marketing Podcast Network and to listen to our other shows, please visit www.thedmpn.com. Email adam@relicagency.com with any inquiries regarding the network.

We're back with another Utah Tourism Conference mini-episode, this time with Darren Dunn, President and Co-Founder of Zartico. Him and Adam talk about obstacles Darren and his team faced when developing the world's first destination management platform and how they overcame them. "Prior to starting this company, I had many a person in silicon valley tell me 'you will never be able to raise a dime on a company that's focused on the destination industry.' And I'm like, challenge accepted, let's go, giddy up." - Darren Dunn Zartico Follow the Destination Marketing Podcast on social media: Instagram Twitter YouTube TikTok If you’re enjoying the show, please leave us a rating and review on Apple Podcasts! Subscribe to our newsletter! The Destination Marketing Podcast is a part of the Destination Marketing Podcast Network. It is hosted by Adam Stoker and produced by Relic. If you are interested in any of Relic’s services,  please email adam@relicagency.com or visit www.relicagency.com.  To learn more about the Destination Marketing Podcast Network and to listen to our other shows, please visit www.thedmpn.com. Email adam@relicagency.com with any inquiries regarding the network.

Adam takes a trip to the Utah Tourism conference and speaks with Nathan Rafferty, CEO of Ski Utah, on today's mini-episode. Hear about projections for ski resort success this year and the value of consistent branding. "For me, The Greatest Snow On Earth ™ is like Kleenex and facial tissue, you know? It's synonymous, and as long as I'm at Ski Utah, we will never move away from [this campaign]." - Nathan Rafferty Ski Utah Follow the Destination Marketing Podcast on social media: Instagram Twitter YouTube TikTok Subscribe to our newsletter! The Destination Marketing Podcast is a part of the Destination Marketing Podcast Network. It is hosted by Adam Stoker and produced by Relic. If you are interested in any of Relic’s services,  please email adam@relicagency.com or visit www.relicagency.com.  To learn more about the Destination Marketing Podcast Network and to listen to our other shows, please visit www.thedmpn.com. Email adam@relicagency.com with any inquiries regarding the network.

President and CEO of Visit North Alabama, Tami Reist, makes an appearance on today's episode. Hear about how her destination's award-winning podcast has made all the difference in their PR efforts. You can find the Unexpected Adventures in North Alabama podcast anywhere you listen to podcasts, including Apple Podcasts and Spotify. "It's not always about the money, it's about giving them the training they need. In a really nice hotel where the people that are staying with you are making six figures or more and they're making less than twenty dollars, they need to be able to take on a conversation and feel good about the situation. that's the whole reason behind this; I don't want people to sink, I want them to swim." - Tami Reist Visit North Alabama Follow the Destination Marketing Podcast on social media: Instagram Twitter YouTube TikTok Subscribe to our newsletter! Do you want to be featured on the show? Send us a voice message! The Destination Marketing Podcast is a part of the Destination Marketing Podcast Network. It is hosted by Adam Stoker and produced by Relic. If you are interested in any of Relic’s services,  please email adam@relicagency.com or visit www.relicagency.com.  To learn more about the Destination Marketing Podcast Network and to listen to our other shows, please visit www.thedmpn.com. Email adam@relicagency.com with any inquiries regarding the network.

Adam talks with Jaimie Hart, senior marketing manager at Discover The Palm Beaches, about working remotely and traveling the world. Jaimie discusses arranging group events and marketing to companies and organizations at a destination where individual leisure is the norm. Later, she dives into the value of print advertising in a world of technology. "We have to really listen and understand like — what are the questions that you are getting from your planners and your customers? What are they looking for and how is the industry changing? We can read studies and researches being done all day, but when we can really drill down and say this is what they need, those are insights that are invaluable to us as marketers." - Jaimie Hart Discover The Palm Beaches Follow the Destination Marketing Podcast on social media: Instagram Twitter YouTube TikTok If you’re enjoying the show, please leave us a rating and review on Apple Podcasts! Subscribe to our newsletter! The Destination Marketing Podcast is a part of the Destination Marketing Podcast Network. It is hosted by Adam Stoker and produced by Relic. If you are interested in any of Relic’s services,  please email adam@relicagency.com or visit www.relicagency.com.  To learn more about the Destination Marketing Podcast Network and to listen to our other shows, please visit www.thedmpn.com. Email adam@relicagency.com with any inquiries regarding the network.

In this week's episode of the Destination Marketing Podcast, Adam is joined by Jay Kinghorn, co-founder and chief innovation officer at Zartico. They discuss Zartico's upcoming launch and how its new features will benefit destinations as they make decisions about their marketing plan. Learn how this update can benefit you and listen to some of Jay's insight into the destination data industry. "What we see is that those benchmarks and accountability has a lot of opportunity for the DMO to really show what they do more clearly and transparently articulate all of the great benefits that their hard work does in benefiting the community that they live in." - Jay Kinghorn Follow the Destination Marketing Podcast on social media: Instagram Twitter YouTube TikTok If you’re enjoying the show, please leave us a rating and review on Apple Podcasts! Subscribe to our newsletter! The Destination Marketing Podcast is a part of the Destination Marketing Podcast Network. It is hosted by Adam Stoker and produced by Relic. If you are interested in any of Relic’s services,  please email adam@relicagency.com or visit www.relicagency.com.  To learn more about the Destination Marketing Podcast Network and to listen to our other shows, please visit www.thedmpn.com. Email adam@relicagency.com with any inquiries regarding the network.

Alabama Tourism Director Lee Sentell talks space camp and annual marketing campaigns in this episode of the Destination Marketing Podcast. Later, he dives into do-it-yourself tours and the importance of packaging tourist attractions for visitors. "The key is to have multiple forms of content, and then the tour is allowed that. Not tour as in you can go out and buy a package, but that you can do your own — particularly around food." - Lee Sentell Follow the Destination Marketing Podcast on social media: Instagram Twitter YouTube TikTok If you’re enjoying the show, please leave us a rating and review on Apple Podcasts! Subscribe to our newsletter! The Destination Marketing Podcast is a part of the Destination Marketing Podcast Network. It is hosted by Adam Stoker and produced by Relic. If you are interested in any of Relic’s services,  please email adam@relicagency.com or visit www.relicagency.com.  To learn more about the Destination Marketing Podcast Network and to listen to our other shows, please visit www.thedmpn.com. Email adam@relicagency.com with any inquiries regarding the network.

This week on the Destination Marketing Podcast, Adam talks with Todd Aaronson, CEO at Visit Modesto. They discuss how agricultural tourism has been crucial in the rapid growth of Modesto as a destination, and how the annual Almond Blossom Cruise has brought in over 100,000 visitors in the off-season. They also talk about what Antonio Banderas and Catherine Zeta-Jones have to do with the area and how cannabis tourism has been a surprising addition to the destination experience. "By creating experiences around what the natural environment provides, we have been able to drive incredible tourism into the region." -Todd Aaronson Visit Modesto Follow the Destination Marketing Podcast on social media: Instagram Twitter YouTube TikTok If you’re enjoying the show, please leave us a rating and review on Apple Podcasts! Subscribe to our newsletter! The Destination Marketing Podcast is a part of the Destination Marketing Podcast Network. It is hosted by Adam Stoker and produced by Relic. If you are interested in any of Relic’s services,  please email adam@relicagency.com or visit www.relicagency.com.  To learn more about the Destination Marketing Podcast Network and to listen to our other shows, please visit www.thedmpn.com. Email adam@relicagency.com with any inquiries regarding the network.

This week on the Destination Marketing Podcast, Adam continues his trip to the Destinations International Annual Convention. In this episode, he talks with Dave Parulo, President and CEO of Visit Tualatin Valley. They discuss how Dave’s destination has utilized agriculture in their tourism marketing plan, and how tourism has been a workforce and economic development driver in their area. "I think Covid taught us that we spend a lot of time talking about bringing visitors in and talking to them, but I think it drilled home to us, the destination management organization, that it's about the residents, resident sentiment and resident pride." -Dave Parulo Visit Tualatin Valley Follow the Destination Marketing Podcast on social media: Instagram Twitter YouTube TikTok If you’re enjoying the show, please leave us a rating and review on Apple Podcasts! Subscribe to our newsletter! The Destination Marketing Podcast is a part of the Destination Marketing Podcast Network. It is hosted by Adam Stoker and produced by Relic. If you are interested in any of Relic’s services,  please email adam@relicagency.com or visit www.relicagency.com.  To learn more about the Destination Marketing Podcast Network and to listen to our other shows, please visit www.thedmpn.com. Email adam@relicagency.com with any inquiries regarding the network.