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All Episodes

Destination Discourse — 82 episodes

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81: Are DMOs Still Thinking Like Marketers Instead of Experience Creators? (Matt Vinson)

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80: Do We All Need To Be More Scrappy?

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79: Are DMOs too focused on the D and not enough on the O?(Matt Stiker)

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78: Are DMOs Missing the PTO Hacking Opportunity? (Caleb Sullivan)

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77: Is Your Paid Media Strategy Built for a World That No Longer Exists?

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76: Are We Treating AI Like Google Instead of a Co-Worker? (CA Clark)

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75: Has Destination Marketing Been Gentrified? (Katy Livingston and Matt Stiker)

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74: Why Aren’t DMOs and Vacation Rentals Working Together? (Alex Husner and Annie Holcombe)

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73: Are DMOs Facing an Identity Crisis? (Christian Mengel)

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72: Should DMOs Be Responsible for Visitor Safety? (Jason Holic)

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71: Are You Committing the Three Deadly Sins of Board Governance? (Bill Geist)

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70: Are Silos Holding DMOs Back? (Danielle Hollander)

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69: Are We Built for What’s Coming in Tourism? (Live at SC GovCon)

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68: Are DMOs Treating Long-Term Assets Like Short-Term Expenses? (Eddie Kirsch)

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67: Are Data Hangovers and Zombie Metrics Putting DMOs at Risk? (Emily Zertuche)

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66: Are DMOs Forgetting Why People Travel? (Amir Eylon)

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65: What Are the Desties' Predicting for Destination Marketing in 2026?

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64: Are Adam Stoker’s 2026 Resolutions Right for DMOs?

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63: What Questions Would You Ask a DMO If You Were New to the Industry? (Dustin Rowe)

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62: What Are Stuart Butler’s Predictions for Destination Marketing in 2026?

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61: Has our ability to measure outpaced our ability to explain? (Emily Zertuche)

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60: Will This Announcement Shake Up the DMO Media World? (Zeek Coleman)

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59: Is The Click Dead? (Diane Charno)

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58: Are DMOs Really Serving Residents?

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57: What Are Adam and Stuart Most Thankful For in 2025?

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56: Is This the Beginning of the End for DMOs? (Janette Roush)

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55: Are DMOs Ready to Teach, Not Just Market? (Kara Franker)

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54: Is It Time for Agencies to Get Paid for How They Think, Not What They Do?

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53: Should Vacation Be Mandatory in Destination Marketing? (Jennifer Walker)

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52: Can Supply Chain Thinking Revolutionize Destination Marketing? (Caleb Sullivan and Tyler Ford)

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51: Should the 4 I’s Replace the 4 P’s of Marketing? (John Gardner)

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50: How Have Our Views Changed After 50 Episodes?

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49: How Can DMOs Stand Out in Meetings Marketing? (Joe Heller)

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48: Are We Overstating AI’s Environmental Impact? (CA Clark)

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47: What Can DMOs Learn from Media’s Demise? (Christian Mengel)

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46: Who Won at Destination Discourse LIVE at ESTO 2025?

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45: Where Should DMO CEOs Be Spending Their Time? (Kristen Adamo)

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44: Are DMOs Ready for the “Brand in the Prompt” Era?

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43: Is It Time to Rethink Agency Models and the Marketing Funnel? (Dan Janes)

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42: What Do DMOs Actually Want From Vendors? (Caleb Sullivan)

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41: Should DMOs Think More Like a Startup? (Steven Totten)

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40: Are We Measuring What Matters? (Jim Harenchar)

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39: Can Destinations Influence the Guest Experience? (Rebecca Wormleighton)

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38: Are DMOs Ready to Compete for the Best Talent? (Cambria Jones and Nicole Newman)

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37: Will You Join Us At ESTO?

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36: Are CMOs Focused on the Wrong Thing? (Emily Zertuche)

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35: Are Websites Dying or Just Evolving? (Tim Peter)

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34: Are RFPs Ruining Destination Marketing?

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33: Should Tourism Be Treated as Economic Development? (Maree Forbes)

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32: Families or Fans: Who’s the Real MVP of Sports Tourism? (John David)

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31: Is There a Right Way to Roll Out AI? (Janette Roush & Vimal Vyas)

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30: What if the Critics of DMOs are Right? (Camden Bernatz)

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29: Is Politics or Pricing Keeping Canadians Away? (Amir Eylon)

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28: Is Destination "Stewardship" the Right Word - or just the best one we have? (Jason Holic)

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27: Is Stuart Right About the Future of DMOs?

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26: What Happens to DMOs When Everything Changes?

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25: Is Code Switching The Untapped Superpower For DMOs? (Matt Stiker & Kwaku Amuti)

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24: Is Your DMO More Than a Marketing Agency? (Heath Dillard)

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23: Are You Ignoring Your Most Valuable Destination Marketing Asset? (Kyle Edminston)

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22: Is It Time To Redefine Luxury Travel? (Scott Oklin)

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21: Is Tourism Funding Broken? (Brad Dean)

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20: Are DMOs Using Geo-Data All Wrong? (Jay Kinghorn)

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19: Can DMOs Break Down Silos and Work Better Together? (Dan Rosenbaum)

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18: Are DMOs Doomed?

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17: Is Adam Wrong About Paid Media?

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16: Will DeepSeek Reshape the AI Landscape?

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15: Can Podcasts Humanize Your Destination?

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14: Adam's 2025 Resolutions

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13: Are Your Event Calendars Helping or Hurting Your Destination?

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12: Why Can’t DMOs Put Website Traffic in the Bank?

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11: Will DOGE Destroy the DMO?

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10: Should DMOs Be Trying Guerrilla Marketing?

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9: How should DMOs Think About Accessibility?

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8: Are DMOs Confusing Causation with Correlation?

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7: Is it Ethical for DMOs to use AI?

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6: Are Residents a DMO's Most Important Stakeholder?

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Bonus Episode: What Can DMOs Learn From The Election?

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5: Are DMOs Getting the Strategy Right But the Tactics wrong?

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4: Should DMOs Stop Using Funnels?

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3: Why Don't DMOs Take Risks?

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2: Is Branded Entertainment the Future of DMO Marketing?

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1: Will AI Destroy the DMO?