November 2017
4 From the Editor Resources 74
Community News
6 Voices of Leadership 62
Courier’s Guide to
NTA-member Hotels 78 New Members
Business
8 InBrief
NTA launches career center | 2018
board of directors nominations, voting
information | Lori Erickson to headline
FTA brunch at Travel Exchange
10 Relating to Government
The recent introduction of the TSA
Modernization Act, which would
authorize funding of the agency, in
the U.S. Senate could pave the way
for reforming the agency’s structure,
advancing new security technolo-
gies and improving wait times at
airport checkpoints.
Community
72
Meet the Members
Visit Indy
Conestoga Ranch Glamping Resort
Québec Copper Art Studio
& Museum Albert Gilles
Greater Green Bay CVB
79
Ad Index/NTA Events Calendar
80 AfterWords
Courier writer Gabe Webb reflects
on volunteering with Tourism Cares
in Providence, Rhode Island.
12
On the trail of outdoor adventure
Sites that are part of the U.S.
National Trails System and the Wild
and Scenic Rivers System offer
many ways for groups to experience
the great outdoors.
14 T
op tools for social marketing success
Catherine Heeg shares easy-to-use
tools that can help you add extra
touches to your videos and photos
before you share them with poten-
tial customers.
2017 SEASON
DECEMBER 5–24
SANTA appears during all
pre-Christmas concerts.
keith lockhart conductor
Tickets On Sale Now!
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TA Working for You
Contact, your association’s tour
operator retreat, heads to Charleston,
South Carolina, from April 18 to 21.
Check out some basics on what is in
store next year at the event.
18 The Interview
This summer, the Delaware legisla-
ture proposed eliminating dollars for
the state’s DMOs. Sarah Willoughby
of the Greater Wilmington CVB
shares how she and her tourism
partners worked together to save
the funding.
20 What’s On
In living color
Cuts like a knife (river)
Welcome to the boomtown
SEASON
MAY–JUNE
bostonpops.org
Celebrating Leonard
Bernstein’s 100th Birthday
keith lockhart
conductor
john williams
laureate conductor
Boston Symphony Orchestra
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