Destination Analysts reports that despite feeling safer and increasingly more positive, many Americans do expect a longer term impact from the pandemic on their travel, from spending less to sticking outdoors. […]

Our next client spotlight features Sara Beth Urban from Tennessee Whiskey Trail. Originally from and still residing in the Nashville area, Sara Beth lives with her husband and two boys in a 1930s home in East Nashville that is a constant fixer upper. […]

NATCHEZ, MS – February 24, 2021 – Effective March 1, industry leader Devin Heath will join Visit Natchez as the new Executive Director. Heath joins the team with more than 28 years of tourism and hospitality experience that includes leadership roles throughout the South. […]

The Mississippi Tourism Recovery Fund (MTRF) legislation was passed last year in response to COVID-19 as part of the CARES Act. The unique thing about the state’s tourism recovery fund compared to other states is that DMOs were awarded dollars to specifically use for marketing activities. […]

This week’s client spotlight highlights Visit York County, SC’s Brianna Francis. Brianna has been with Visit York County for two and a half years, and couldn’t be more thrilled to be where she’s at after switching careers from TV news. Originally from Northern Indiana, Brianna moved to South Carolina nine years ago and now resides in Fort Mill. […]

Since the COVID-19 vaccine was approved for use on Dec. 11, 2020, its rollout in the USA has been slow, with only 12.3 million of the 31.2 million given doses being administered. There are multiple reasons for the vaccine’s slow roll out, from distribution largely being left to the states, to the simple novelty of the situation we’re in. Once thing is [...]