Future Destinations: The Evolving Role of the DMO

Future Destinations: The Evolving Role of the DMO

July 14, 2026 · 57 min · Season 4 · Episode 2

About this episode

The episode discusses the evolving role of destination management organizations in the travel industry and their continued relevance.

Destination management organizations occupy a strange place in the travel ecosystem. They exist to promote places — countries, cities, regions — to travelers around the world. But they rarely control the product, they almost never touch the transaction, and their ROI has always been notoriously difficult to measure. Which raises a question that’s hard to avoid right now: do DMOs still matter? The short answer is yes, but not in the way they used to. The traditional DMO playbook — trade show p...

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Hosts: Gilad Berenstein, Cara Whitehill

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Organizations: Destination management organizations

Places: countries, cities, regions

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