Understand More About Arizona’s Complex Tourism Policy, see how other cities align with it, and learn how it took Sedona over 20 years to get a fair and balanced policy.
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Tourism related information & research projects.
Understand More About Arizona’s Complex Tourism Policy, see how other cities align with it, and learn how it took Sedona over 20 years to get a fair and balanced policy. Think it through see the unintended consequences understand the impact tourism has and the damage it has caused.
ARIZONA DMOs rules of engagement
In Arizona who manages the official Destination Tourism Policy? How is Destination Management and Marketing handled? Who pays for official tourism programs? Official Arizona Destinations are a State, Municipality, and County. The State tourism policy is directed by state laws. Arizona Revised Statutes 41, Chapter 19, Article I Under State Law in Arizona, The Arizona…
City Launches New Tourism Program
The City of Sedona launches new tourism program that promotes the businesses within the city. Do you work, own or have friends with an inside-the-city Business? Great news & opportunity for you. Let’s share the information and get our businesses signed up. Sign up the business inside the city to receive “referrals and leads, and…
New Tourism Advisory Board for Sedona
After outsourcing the city’s tourism program to the regional chamber, the Sedona City Council voted to bring the tourism program in house. The Sedona City Council is doing the right thing again by moving forward with a new Tourism Advisory Board (TAB). This moves our community forward in the most positive way and follows the…
The Slow Death of Sedona 2013
The Slow Death of Sedona started way before 2013, unbeknownst to Sedona Residents.
New Municipal Destination Marketing Program
New Municipal Destination Marketing Management Program was introduced and adopted on May 10, 2023 Sedona City Council meeting. Donna’s Email Sent 5/5/2023 Good morning Sedona,2023 continues on a positive path and just wanted to share some updates. Please feel free to share this email, and feel free to send me items you like to share to…
What City “DMO” Status Means For Business and Residents
What City “DMO” Status Means For Business and Residents By Brian Fultz, Kathy Kinsella, Holli Ploog, the City Council Tourism Work Group was submitted for publication. What City “DMO” Status Means For Business and ResidentsBy Brian Fultz, Kathy Kinsella, Holli Ploog,the City Council Tourism Work Group Residents and business owners may have read that the…
Destination Marketing Perspective
City Doing the Right Thing with Destination Marketing by Donna Joy Sedona, AZ — 4/26/23, 8:42 AM City Doing the Right Thing with Destination Marketing Sedona.biz Research proves many of these are opinion based, not factual pertaining to the Sedona Chamber and the City of Sedona. Headlines such as “Sedona must repeal the 0.5% bed…
Sedona City Bed Tax No requirement to market
There has been so much misinformation on Sedona City Bed Tax being generated from the Sedona Chamber. April 12, 2023, Sedona City Council Meeting, the City Attorney, Kurt Christianson, explained that based upon ARS 9-500.06 law, it is a City Tax, not a pass-through tax. The Council has all rights to keep it in place….
Sedona Chamber NEVER Stopped Marketing Sedona
Sedona Chamber lied, continued to marketing Sedona, they never stopped they changed the words. City Council agreed they didn’t want to hear from residents. The Sedona Chamber Board and CEO played the Disinformation campaign of false intel intending to mislead the public, rival the City Council, and control public funding through the media waves. The…