Phoenix, Arizona
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August 11-14

Join other destination marketing professionals for the

nation's premier educational & networking event

August 11-14 in Phoenix

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Phoenix

August 11-14, 2018

Educational Seminar for Tourism Organizations is the premier annual learning and knowledge-sharing forum for destination-marketing professionals.

ESTO is unique: It's not open to other industry sectors, with the exception of a limited number of official sponsors. ESTO is a non-sales environment where destination professionals go to learn about new trends and tools, share best practices and debate the pressing issues currently affecting them.

FEATURED 2018 SPEAKERS

FEATURED SESSIONS

Research General Session

Hear from the vice president of research at the U.S. Travel Association, and a panel of experts on new and compelling travel industry research.

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Learning Labs

ESTO's four learning labs provide hands-on education and marketing insights that destination marketing organizations can implement within their organization as soon as they get home! This year's presenters are: CrowdRiff, Expedia Group Media Solutions, Miles Partnership and Simpleview.
Our conference attendees have asked that sponsors not attend the Saturday Learning Lab sessions as it may inhibit open conversation between attendees.

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Latest blog post from ESTO

Thursday, March 1, 2018

Sponsored By STR

Going for Gold: Record-Setting Performance Sets High Bar for 2018

Olympians across several nations shattered records in five events in PyeongChang. Speed was the name of these games, with new bests set ablaze on the bobsled tracks, speed skating rinks and numerous venues in between.

U.S. hoteliers are attuned to record-breaking performances. During 2017, the industry sold more rooms at the highest rates ever to yield the highest revenue per available room (RevPAR).

Odds are that many of you reading this outpaced your own 2017 budgets. Perhaps you scored some record-setting performance on property as well.

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