June 18, 2021

Lausanne Montreux Congress unveils its sustainability strategy “LMCare 2025”

Lausanne Montreux Congress (LMC) – the joint business tourism promotion structure of Lausanne Tourisme and Montreux-Vevey Tourisme supported by Vaud Promotion – unveils “LMCare 2025”, a […]
June 9, 2021

Introducing The GDS-Academy – Dynamic learning to inspire the regeneration of the tourism, meetings and events industry

The GDS-Academy has launched and will deliver the latest, progressive perspectives, teaching and practical application that will catalyse the mindsets and skills sets of DMO professionals, […]
March 2, 2021

TIME TO EXPLORE YOUR DMOJO: European cities to explore recovery and reshaping the visitor economy

At the European Cities Marketing (ECM) Online International Conference & General Assembly, March 17-19, 2021, attendees will take a deep dive into reshaping the future of […]
February 26, 2021

COMMUNITY HEROES SERIES #1 – Meet Katarina Thorstensson!

MEET, SHARE AND GROW SUSTAINABLY! The secret of any strong community?… people! Our ECM community is powered by members and partners working to not only stand […]
June 23, 2020

Global Destination Sustainability Index: 2020 Benchmark Goes Live

GDS-Index 2020 Benchmark Goes Live. June 18th 2020. The Global Destination Sustainability Index (GDS-Index), launches the 2020 criteria and opens the benchmarking period for business tourism […]
May 20, 2020

ECM Members Come Together to Overtake the Coronavirus Crisis

ECM Members come together to overtake the Crisis. The outbreak of Covid-19 strongly encourages our industry to deal with new challenges and emergencies worldwide. In this […]
May 14, 2020

Rethink Redesign Regenerate

LONG THINKER PANEL By Guy Bigwood, Managing Director of Global Destination Sustainability Index and GuBi Consulting As the first tiny and optimistic shoots of a tourism […]
May 14, 2020

Don’t Cancel, Don’t Postpone: Sustainability needs to be the basis of rebuilding tourism now

LONG THINKER PANEL By Jeremy Smith, writer and consultant, and co-founder of Tourism Declares a Climate Emergency   One of the pandemic’s recurring social media memes […]
July 5, 2019

Tomorrow Today: how European cities plan to reinvent the role of DMOs to reach a sustainable visitor economy

The European Cities Marketing (ECM) International Conference in Ljubljana was the opportunity for the record breaking 205 delegates from European cities to meet and focus on […]