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Tourism Recovery Begins
Lately, there is not much on the evening news that puts me in a good mood. This brief mention of tourism in Bath County, however, made our entire team happy. This is what we work for. This segment on WDBJ in Roanoke is just a brief update, but if it were a more...
…in between is pure bliss
The Mikula-Harris team is just getting started on a branding project for the Town of Appomattox, VA. It's a cool small town located east of Lynchburg. The drive between our office in Vinton and Appomattox is especially wonderful because most of the miles are in...
A Fun Tourism Promotion for New Hampshire Unfolds on Twitter
One day last week while sitting at my desk in Virginia, I enjoyed a virtual tour of some tourist hot spots in New Hampshire. The production value was barely adequate — looked like much of it was filmed on a phone. The tour guide's authenticity and love for the state...
Incentives for Travel — Good Idea or Bad?
We have written two previous blogs encouraging communities to find ways to make travel and tourism part of the economic recovery in 2021. Our rationale in those earlier blogs was not to offer loans or grants to tourism businesses, although they have certainly been hit...
Now is the time to invest in tourism marketing
A few weeks ago in this space, we published a post titled "Make Tourism Part of the Comeback." I think a lot of people interpreted it as a gentle reminder, "Hey, don't forget about travel and tourism." Readers not in the tourism industry probably thought of the blog...
Brands Matter More Than Ever
The combination of a strong brand and effective marketing are more important than ever as destinations emerge from the coronavirus pandemic. To be clear, it really mattered before the crisis hit. This situation has turned a lot of things about life in America...
Make Tourism Part of the Comeback
No industry will be unaffected by the COVID-19 Pandemic. Some will experience setbacks and others will be utterly devastated. Many of our clients are in the tourism and hospitality sector so we are keenly attuned to that industry. There is no way to sugarcoat it -...
Kudos to Jackson Hole, Wyoming
I have always liked out-of-home advertising because it offers such a great opportunity for creativity. Some out-of-home options like billboards, busses or metro stations can accommodate larger-than-life, eye-popping ads. A campaign for Jackson Hole, Wyoming, got my...
The Secrets Behind the Success
As a refresher, you might want to take a quick look at the previous blog post. It summarizes some of the recent successes with Bath County Tourism, including a nearly 40% increase in web traffic over the same period a year earlier. Plus, we launched a couple of new...
Getting Results for Bath County
Early in the spring of 2019, Mikula-Harris entered into a unique partnership with Bath County to provide strategic and creative guidance to its office of tourism. The relationship allowed us to steer the tourism program in a few significant ways: • exercise creative...
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