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Entries from June 14th, 2006

Creating Effective Tourism Marketing Websites

June 14th, 2006 · No Comments · Destination Marketing

Update: Official Tourism Brochures

Marketing Sherpa has a case study about the Virginia Beach tourism website’s redesign. Effective websites are extremely important for destination marketing and this article sums up many issues that those of us in the industry should consider when creating or redesigning our promotional sites.

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Help Me, I Need an Adirondack Camp

June 13th, 2006 · No Comments · Adirondack Life

One of my dreams is to have my own piece of the Adirondacks. My needs are not great, a little waterfront, some trails, maybe a small mountain. I’m not proud, I’ll take anything.

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Adirondack Google Maps

June 9th, 2006 · No Comments · Destination Marketing

Alright, I’ll stop bugging Google about Human Rights. One thing they are kicking butt with is their mapping technology. Remember the ‘old days’ when Mapquest was the big deal? Working in an info center exposes me to my share of interesting people. Some of the most lost are those with print-outs from some ancient online mapping service. But back to the point – Google Maps is awesome and is becoming a ubiquitous part of internet life. If you’ve never heard of a ‘mashup‘, then you should give the concept a good think.

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