by Sheila Scarborough | Nov 8, 2015 | Economic Development, Facebook, Tourism Currents, Tourism Marketing on the Web
One of my Tourism Currents business partner Leslie McLellan’s favorite quotes is this one…. “It’s the CVB, Tourist Board, or Chamber’s job to get people to your town. It is YOUR job to get them through your door.” Leslie and I are... 
by Sheila Scarborough | Jun 3, 2015 | Economic Development
Although there are examples and case studies about how the arts can revitalize a town, you probably have anecdotal evidence from your own experiences, too. What is often the first step to a downtown renewal? Artists and creative types move in because the rent is... by Sheila Scarborough | Nov 25, 2011 | Economic Development, Hospitality and Hotels, Travel and Travel Media, Travel Post Friday
This is Billy Kounoupis, owner of the most excellent, most “not your ordinary diner” – Billy’s Downtown Diner in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, in the Lehigh Valley. After a recent speaking engagement for the regional tourism organization, I asked my... by Sheila Scarborough | Apr 22, 2011 | Economic Development, Hospitality and Hotels, Tourism Marketing on the Web, Travel and Travel Media, Travel Post Friday, Web Communications, Websites
It’s the kind of unpretentious downtown diner where the owner pauses at the table of a longtime customer, and they commiserate about how their bum shoulders keep them from playing tennis as much as they’d like. The kind of place where the coffee in your... by Sheila Scarborough | Oct 22, 2010 | Economic Development, Hutchinson KS Blogger Tour, Reaching out to bloggers and travel media, Travel and Travel Media, Web Communications
The Web means you can live anywhere (even a small town or rural area) and still be connected to the world. The Web means that any venue with good WiFi, even an historic Art Deco theater in a revitalizing downtown, can host a meeting for interesting people with...