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The Future of Work in Travel & Tourism
Coraggio Group played a key role in shaping this research, contributing strategic insights and workforce transformation expertise. The report offers a rich analysis of employment trends, skill gaps, and future needs across 20 global economies, supported by data, interviews, and best practices from leading Travel & Tourism organizations.
Turning Sustainable Tourism from Aspiration into Action
Destination Forward: Advancing Stewardship in U.S. Tourism Planning is the most comprehensive national study of its kind, analyzing 35 destination stewardship plans across the U.S. Led by the George Washington University International Institute of Tourism Studies in collaboration with Coraggio Group, the report reveals how communities are reimagining tourism to prioritize sustainability, equity, and resident well-being.
Nurturing Nature: 4 Tips for Stewarding Destinations through Regenerative Travel
In a world where tourism often leaves a heavy footprint, regenerative travel offers a beacon of hope. By fostering partnerships between governments, businesses, and communities, we can create travel experiences that not only benefit travelers but also revitalize the places they visit.
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Navigating Your Stewardship Journey
From our vantage point of working with hundreds of destination leaders, we see the unprecedented challenges you are facing, including the increasing pressures on destination organizations to respond to social, cultural and environmental challenges within your communities, all while facing funding and political uncertainties.
Destination: Stewardship – A Guide to Action on Climate Change
Travel and tourism are at the front line for both the challenges and solutions of climate change.
We must take action. Now.
Community Engagement: An Essential Component of Modern Economic Development Planning
Gone are the days of economic development being a linear, industry-driven process of business attraction in which economic development organizations (EDOs) make decisions on behalf of the communities they serve.
All In: Why the Best Leaders Involve Key Stakeholders in Strategy Development
Strategic plans are as common as office printers and just as likely to malfunction. In fact, 70% of the strategic initiatives that companies pursue to increase revenue, decrease costs, improve efficiency and innovate fall short of their goals.
Destination: Stewardship Finding our way to a Sustainable Visitor Economy
As travel and tourism professionals we have been given an immense responsibility. We’ve been tasked with wisely using the resources we’ve been entrusted with.
Getting on the Map: Prospering as a DMO
Though at times it can feel frustrating and may even cause some discomfort, the hard truth is that tourism leaders are rarely fully in control. Sure, there are degrees of control depending on the circumstances or matter at hand, but in today’s increasingly complex industry environment where greater and more nuanced collaboration and partnership is required, full control isn’t likely.