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Mac Lacy
Mac Lacy is president and publisher of The Group Travel Leader Inc. Mac has been traveling and writing professionally ever since a two-month backpacking trip through Europe upon his graduation with a journalism degree from the University of Evansville in 1978.
The iconic city of Charleston, South Carolina, drew nearly 400 delegates to Travel South International Showcase, including 110 international travel buyers.
Heading into the coming year as chairperson for Travel South USA, Wit Tuttell has research efforts at the top of his personal queue for the 12-state travel organization.
Liz Bittner shares what's ahead for Travel South USA in 2018.
Recently, I glanced at an article on the popular travel commentary website SKIFT titled “Strong U.S. Dollar Means Little to Outbound Tourists.” SKIFT is a relatively new travel industry think tank whose observations can be followed online at no charge at www.skift.com. Its staff do extensive research on topics of interest to the industry and […]
Ohio's Amish region wowed 300 delegates with its faith-driven hospitality August 22-24 during the 2017 Going On Faith Conference in Berlin, Ohio.
It’s summertime, and I should be going somewhere. Three years ago, I was headed to China with Wendy Wu Tours. To this day, I have never seen an evening skyline to match Shanghai’s from the Bund District. Two years ago, I cruised the Danube between Prague and Budapest with Mayflower Tours. Is there anything more […]
Tuscon welcomed nearly 200 destination representatives from across the United States and Canada, as well as owners and executives from 28 tour companies that compose the membership of Travel Alliance Partners (TAP) for Tap Dance, held last month in Tucson.
I just finished my favorite “quick read” on travel trends for the year ahead. Nothing tells me more about what groups are doing and not doing than the comments we get from our buyer breakout sessions held at the annual Select Traveler Conference each February. So here are seven travel trends or ideas I gleaned from […]
More than 600 delegates gathered in Branson, Missouri, March 12-15, for the first Travel South Showcase held in that top-of-mind travel destination.
NTA drew roughly 1,000 delegates and fans to for their 2017 Travel Exchange in St. Louis, February 26 to March 2.
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