Alejandro Mayorkas, deputy secretary of Homeland Security, speaks at the WTTC Global Summit in Dallas April 7, 2016. World Tourism & Travel Council / Flickr Lines are getting ever longer at airports as the Transportation Security Administration struggles with staffing…
Wayne Newton and The Killers performed for the opening night crowd at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas. Skift The new $375 million T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas opened its doors for the first time last night, capping off the city’s…
Roger Dow (left), CEO of U.S. Travel Association, and Chris Thompson, CEO of Brand USA, speaking during the World Travel & Tourism Council Global Summit in Dallas, Texas on April 6, 2016. Dan Peltier / Skift As some members of…
The Discover Los Angeles tourism bureau’s new “Get Lost in L.A.” marketing campaign launched last month, specifically targeting the Millennial traveler.The bureau is going after younger travelers by promoting local neighborhood experiences beyond the iconic L.A. attractions, beginning with a…
Thomas Staggs, COO of the Walt Disney Company, is leaving the company. Walt Disney Company The Walt Disney Company, which appreciates magic but doesn’t much like surprises, has a shocker to deal with: Thomas Staggs, who was widely expected to…
A new report examines the number of commercial operators using the Airbnb platform in Los Angeles. Getty Images Nearly 84 percent of , looking at the period from March 15, 2015 to March 15, 2016.According to Airbnb, about a fifth…
Everyone know that winter in New York, Boston and Chicago can be hairy so Visit St. Pete/Clearwater is using the hairy beasts in an advertising campaign to entice northerners to visit. Visit St. Pete/Clearwater Pinellas County’s tourism marketers in Florida…
As Brand USA’s budget has swelled in recent years, it has launched a variety of marketing campaigns aimed to attracting foreign visitors to the U.S.In the group’s latest board meeting, its leaders detailed a re-positioning in international advertising with America…
Miami suffers from flooding on a regular schedule, which the vast majority of experts tie to global climate change, even if Florida’s governor denies the links. Gui Carvalho / Flickr Florida Gov. Rick Scott wants state officials to review spending…
The Harpa hall and conference center in Reykjavik, not Rhode Island. Skift Rhode Island’s governor says people searching for Iceland online are finding her state instead because of a goof in its tourism video and she’s hoping they’ll visit.The state’s…
