Places: What's New in Hawaii
By Mimi Kmet

Hotels and resorts continue to upgrade as new properties open 

Hawaii is still buzzing with hotel enhancements, including renovations and even a few new properties that have opened in the past year or are under development. Among the developments:


Places: Capturing the Islands
By Mimi Kmet

Top agents offer the secrets of their success in booking Hawaii vacations

Despite the economy and other factors that affect tourism in general, Hawaii is thriving as a visitor destination. Last year 5.39 million people visited the islands from the


Places: Whole New Italy
By James Ruggia

How to sell new regions of this ever popular country 

With its unmatched position at the top of the American traveler’s bucket list, Italy does not have to promote the destination in the U.S. with broad strokes. Rather, it has the marketing luxury of directing ...


Places: Ireland’s Gathering
By James Ruggia

The people-to-people promotion celebrates all things Irish

Last May, Tourism Ireland (TI) and County Kerry chose the perfect setting, Ellis Island, for the U.S. unveiling of their plans for The Gathering, the year-long promotion that is targeting the market of 70 million ethnic Irish living around the world ...