Lights, Camera, Tourism: How TV Moments Drive Big Bucks

Do your DMO and state have a hard time winning together? Do you need to galvanize stakeholders behind you? Have you met the power of reality TV? What started with hope and a creative pitch turned into a powerful integrated marketing and PR campaign when we hosted Top Chef. This case study will spur tactical ideas and spew food puns. Learn how reach, impressions and heads in beds led to a bipartisan film tax credit. Get inspired to turn TV clicks into bookable trips.

Takeaways: 

• Marketing   and PR practitioners will learn to implement integrated strategies that   convert viewers into visitors and clicks into dollars. 
• Destination managers will be inspired to capitalize on mass media moments   to strengthen their relationships with their partners and stakeholders. 
• States and destinations will be inspired to work together on any project   to stretch their budgets and win bigger than they could on their own.