182: Megan Knott • Creating a Culture of Collaborative Community Development

About this episode

Megan Knott discusses how her community developed a culture of collaboration for destination marketing.

What if your governmental leaders and your hospitality partners were completely bought in to your DMO’s strategies, funding and program of work? On this edition of DMOU, Tourism Kingston CEO Megan Knott joins us to share the story of how her community came together to create a DMO…and a complimentary culture of collaboration that has resulted in a series of Integrated Destination Strategies that guide the future development of the community. It’s a fascinating story of innovation. Join us.

People in this episode

Guest: Megan Knott

Topics covered

• collaboration
• community development
• destination marketing
• integrated strategies
• innovation

Keywords

• DMO
• Tourism Kingston
• community collaboration
• destination strategies
• hospitality partners

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Tourism Kingston

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