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Winners of the Destination of Sustainable Cultural Tourism Awards 2025 revealed
Press Release

Winners of the Destination of Sustainable Cultural Tourism Awards 2025 revealed

The winners were announced during the Award ceremony that took place in the European Capital of Smart Tourism 2025, Sibiu, Romania, on 2 October 2025.

European Travel Commission (ETC)
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Environment & Sustainability
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Awards and Accolades
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Winners of the Destination of Sustainable Cultural Tourism Awards 2025 revealed 8 October 2025European Travel Commission (ETC)Destination Marketing
Winners of the Destination of Sustainable Cultural Tourism Awards 2025 revealed
Abercrombie & Kent Expands Nordic Presence with Strategic Acquisition of Borealis DMC
Press Release

Abercrombie & Kent Expands Nordic Presence with Strategic Acquisition of Borealis DMC

Abercrombie & Kent (A&K), the global leader in luxury travel, announces the acquisition of Copenhagen based Borealis DMC, expanding its position as the world’s largest network of luxury Destination Management Companies (DMCs) with an international n...

Abercrombie & Kent
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Destination Marketing
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Partnerships, Mergers & Acquisitions
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Abercrombie & Kent Expands Nordic Presence with Strategic Acquisition of Borealis DMC22 August 2025Abercrombie & KentDestination Marketing
Abercrombie & Kent Expands Nordic Presence with Strategic Acquisition of Borealis DMC
Marseille Was Never for Tourists. Neither Is Venice (Or: How We Disney-fied Cultural Europe, and What We Might Do Before It’s All Gone)
Opinion

Marseille Was Never for Tourists. Neither Is Venice (Or: How We Disney-fied Cultural Europe, and What We Might Do Before It’s All Gone)

A few days ago, Jeff Bezos anchored his floating temple of techno-capitalism (a yacht longer than Piazza San Marco) just off the coast of Venice. The media, predictably, responded with sterile moral outrage, but the more profound irony escaped most:...

Simone Puorto
Simone Puorto
Head of Emerging Trends and Strategic Innovation, Hospitality Net
Hospitality Net
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Destination Marketing
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Simone Puorto
by Simone Puorto
8 July 2025Hospitality NetDestination Marketing
Marseille Was Never for Tourists. Neither Is Venice (Or: How We Disney-fied Cultural Europe, and What We Might Do Before It’s All Gone)
Press Release

Saudi Arabia Tops 100 Million Domestic And Inbound Tourist Mark For The Second Year In A Row In 2024

The Ministry of Tourism has released its 2024 Annual Statistical Report on the tourism sector in Saudi Arabia, highlighting key indicators of tourism activity and underlining the sector’s continued growth following the significant progress recorded ...

Saudi Ministry of Tourism
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Destination Marketing
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Saudi Arabia Tops 100 Million Domestic And Inbound Tourist Mark For The Second Year In A Row In 2024 2 July 2025Saudi Ministry of TourismDestination Marketing
Saudi Arabia Tops 100 Million Domestic And Inbound Tourist Mark For The Second Year In A Row In 2024
Opinion

EHL Innovation Rewind: Ásta Kristín Sigurjónsdóttir & Milena S. Nikolova on Rethinking Tech, Travel Behavior, and Community-Centered Success

At the EHL Open Innovation Summit, we had the opportunity to speak with Ásta Kristín Sigurjónsdóttir, CEO of the Iceland Tourism Cluster, and Milena S. Nikolova, Ph.D., Chief Behavior Officer and Co-founder of BehaviorSMART. Our conversation explore...

Simone Puorto
Simone Puorto
Head of Emerging Trends and Strategic Innovation, Hospitality Net
Hospitality Net
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Environment & Sustainability
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Destination Marketing
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Innovation
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Simone Puorto
by Simone Puorto, Milena S. Nikolova, Ph.D. and Ásta Kristín Sigurjónsdóttir
13 June 2025Hospitality NetDestination Marketing
EHL Innovation Rewind: Ásta Kristín Sigurjónsdóttir & Milena S. Nikolova on Rethinking Tech, Travel Behavior, and Community-Centered Success
Opinion

The evolution of DMOs: From marketing to management in a data-driven era

The DMO has evolved significantly in the last three to five years. What originated as destination marketing organizations have become destination management organizations. And this isn’t just a name change.

Richard Cottrell
Richard Cottrell
Global Head of Sales, Data Solutions at Lighthouse
Lighthouse
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Destination Marketing
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Digital Marketing
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Big Data
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Richard Cottrell
by Richard Cottrell
5 June 2025LighthouseDestination Marketing
Lighthouse