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Destination Marketing Programs | Overview & City of Scottsdale

Posted on January 13, 2023April 1, 2023 by Donna Joy

Destination Marketing Programs: City of Scottsdale, Experience Scottsdale & Sedona Chamber of Commerce. Overview & City of Scottsdale Overview Benchmarking peer cities bring insight to the details, disclosing the road maps Cities follow. Destination Marketing isn’t used by all cities and towns. Why? How and when is it used at a government level? Benchmarking is…

Data Driven Snapshot Sedona Tourism Management

Posted on January 10, 2023May 11, 2025 by Donna Joy

There is a lot to learn from performance based and data driven methodology. What we have learned from the Tourism Government Models DMO Benchmark that governments use data-driven strategies to develop Tourism policies and programs in a systematic approach to analyze the data and removing any unseen biases, conflicts of interest or assumptions. A data-driven…

City Economic Development Advisory Boards Benchmark

Posted on January 1, 2023May 11, 2025 by Donna Joy

City Economic Development Advisory Boards Benchmark What type of policy do other Cities and Towns in Arizona for Economic Development Advisory Boards?Are there any laws in Arizona for Cities & Town Economic Development? State Law: Economic Development A.R.S. § 9-500.11 Arizona Cities or TownsExpenditures for economic development; definitions A.R.S. § 9-500.11Economic development under State Law is requires “improve…