By the end of the year, at least nine Six Flags theme parks will have rollercoasters equipped with virtual reality headsets that let riders pretend they’re flying with Superman or fighting aliens.Six Flags Entertainment CEO John Duffey thinks the potential…
U.S. summer travel spending is projected to reach nearly $83 billion this year as Americans see lower gas prices and airfares than a year ago.This summer spending projection for online hotel and flight bookings is 5.5 percent higher than the…
At the IMEX Frankfurt meetings industry trade show last week, Destination Marketing Association International (DMAI) showcased its online DestinationNEXT assessment tool during a session attended by convention bureau executives.The tool is the result of an expansive, multi-year effort designed to…
Chef Mark Noguchi, right, with wife Amanda Corby Noguchi and daughter at his restaurant Mission Social Hall and Cafe in Honolulu, Hawaii. Audrey McAvoy / Associated Press As a record number of visitors stream into Hawaii, state officials want residents…
Marriott International, which purchased Canada’s Delta Hotels and Resorts for $135 million in April 2015, introduced the brand to the U.S. for the first time with the official grand opening of the 241-room Delta Orlando Lake Buena Vista.Marriott worked with…
The agency that promotes tourism in Raleigh says losses have reached $3 million because of cancellations prompted by the protests of North Carolina’s law on LGBT rights.The Greater Raleigh Convention and Visitors Bureau told local media Monday the economic losses…
Some 17.5 million family travelers visited New York City in 2015 and this year the city’s tourism bureau thinks that the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles can help welcome them.NYC & Company, the city’s destination marketing organization, will use the turtles…
Attorney Arif Panju speaks with reporters outside the U.S. Courthouse in Charleston, S.C., on Tuesday, April 19, 2016. Behind Panju are Michael Nolan, left, and Michael Warfield, two of the three plaintiffs suing the city over the ordinance they claim…
According to the tourism and convention bureaus in Philadelphia and Cleveland, their public-private partnerships, new urban infrastructure, and surging knowledge-based economies are why they won their bids to host the national Democratic and Republican conventions, respectively.Both cities have come a…
Tourism bureaus around the world banded together as a collective force to promote the economic impact of meetings and conventions during the first Global Meetings Industry Day (GMID) on April 14.GMID is spearheaded by the Washington, D.C.-based Meetings Mean Business…
