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Karyl Leigh Barnes

Karyl Leigh Barnes is President of DCI’s Tourism Practice. Since joining the firm in 1998, Karyl Leigh has led destination strategy and created marketing communication programs for destinations on every continent except Antarctica.

May 25, 2023 | Karyl Leigh Barnes What I Wish I Knew in College: Destination Marketing Advice
May 10, 2023 | Karyl Leigh Barnes 7 Ways Tourism Advocacy for Communities is Finally Making Inroads
Mar 7, 2023 | Karyl Leigh Barnes Is There A Future for Women In Tourism Leadership?
Jan 23, 2023 | Karyl Leigh Barnes ChatGPT for Destination Marketing: Embrace it, Sometimes
Jan 5, 2023 | Karyl Leigh Barnes Welcome 2023 – Feeling Good and Preparing for Take-Off!
Nov 29, 2022 | Karyl Leigh Barnes Kayla Leska Promoted to Vice President, Tourism Public Relations
Sep 27, 2022 | Karyl Leigh Barnes From SATW: 5 Things Top Travel Editors Need You to Know
Sep 22, 2022 | Karyl Leigh Barnes 5 Ways for DMOs to Benefit Local Communities Concretely
Aug 4, 2022 | Karyl Leigh Barnes 5 Creative Strategies for World Tourism Day 2022
Jul 21, 2022 | Karyl Leigh Barnes 5 Ways DMOs and EDOs Should Streamline Efforts
Jul 7, 2022 | Karyl Leigh Barnes 4 Ways to Frame Your Destination With Digital Stock Photos
Jun 23, 2022 | Karyl Leigh Barnes Four Ways to Refresh Remote Work Visa Programs
May 26, 2022 | Karyl Leigh Barnes 5 Reasons to Use Local Media as Ambassadors In Destination Marketing
Mar 31, 2022 | Karyl Leigh Barnes 6 Ways to Celebrate National Travel & Tourism Week
Jan 27, 2022 | Karyl Leigh Barnes So What Are The Best Lifestyle Media For Your Travel Angles?
Jan 13, 2022 | Karyl Leigh Barnes Resolve to Roll-Out New PR Measurements in 2022
Dec 2, 2021 | Karyl Leigh Barnes Do I Need A Media Room on My Destination Website? Uh… YES!
Nov 18, 2021 | Karyl Leigh Barnes Rise of Female CEOS Advance DMOs In The Drive For Diversity
Nov 4, 2021 | Karyl Leigh Barnes What Travel Stories Are Being Covered? Six Big-Picture Lessons from U.S. Media Post-Delta
Oct 21, 2021 | Karyl Leigh Barnes What Do Travel Media Want Now? Editors Tell Travel PR Pros At SATW
Oct 8, 2021 | Karyl Leigh Barnes 5 Reasons We Need Destination Marketing Organizations More Than Ever
Sep 30, 2021 | Karyl Leigh Barnes 5 Reasons DMOs Should Get Excited About Infrastructure
Sep 23, 2021 | Karyl Leigh Barnes Set Up To Fail: Why Diversity Lags in Travel Marketing Jobs
Sep 2, 2021 | Karyl Leigh Barnes Destination Marketing Organizations: Make Plans Now To Celebrate World Tourism Day
Aug 12, 2021 | Karyl Leigh Barnes 5 Challenges to Recruiting Diverse Leadership at DMOs
Jul 8, 2021 | Karyl Leigh Barnes Attracting New Tourism Talent
Jun 17, 2021 | Karyl Leigh Barnes Summer Destination Marketing Strategies To Spread Out Visitation
Jun 10, 2021 | Karyl Leigh Barnes Mindful Travel: The vaccine to ignorance
May 27, 2021 | Karyl Leigh Barnes Cautious optimism in destination marketing: a view on summer travel
May 6, 2021 | Karyl Leigh Barnes Calling Museums: You’re Needed More Than Ever
Apr 8, 2021 | Karyl Leigh Barnes Streaming Services and Destinations: Synergy
Mar 4, 2021 | Karyl Leigh Barnes Remote Working Programs: Here Today, Gone Tomorrow?
Feb 26, 2021 | Karyl Leigh Barnes Luxury is Out! But High Travel Spending Will Persist
Dec 17, 2020 | Karyl Leigh Barnes The Dreaded 2020 In Tourism Recap
Nov 5, 2020 | Karyl Leigh Barnes Traveling Beyond Red and Blue
Oct 29, 2020 | Karyl Leigh Barnes Getting There and Staying There: What Canadians Want
Sep 3, 2020 | Karyl Leigh Barnes Promoting Local Getaways
Jul 23, 2020 | Karyl Leigh Barnes Museum Marketing: 5 People to Help Grow Tourist Visitation
Jun 15, 2020 | Karyl Leigh Barnes Sun, Sand and Recovery: Rethinking Island Destinations Need Post COVID-19
Jun 5, 2020 | Karyl Leigh Barnes Committing to Change
May 20, 2020 | Karyl Leigh Barnes Preserving Positive Changes Post-COVID-19
May 6, 2020 | Karyl Leigh Barnes Travel PR and Journalists During COVID-19: A Second Glance
Apr 9, 2020 | Karyl Leigh Barnes Travel PR: Give Journalists What They Need During COVID-19
Apr 7, 2020 | Karyl Leigh Barnes Keeping Museums ‘Open’ During COVID-19
Mar 19, 2020 | Karyl Leigh Barnes Positive Approaches to PR During Coronavirus
Feb 18, 2020 | Karyl Leigh Barnes Kayla Leska Promoted To Managing Director of Tourism PR
Jan 28, 2020 | Karyl Leigh Barnes Think Global with Museum Marketing Strategies
Jan 22, 2020 | Karyl Leigh Barnes Museum Marketers & Tourism Boards: Collaborate!
Dec 17, 2019 | Karyl Leigh Barnes Museum Marketing: 5 Tips
Dec 12, 2019 | Karyl Leigh Barnes Museum Marketers: Crash Course
Nov 20, 2019 | Karyl Leigh Barnes Does Digital Marketing Really Matter When It Comes to Reaching Travel Advisors?
Nov 6, 2019 | Karyl Leigh Barnes Do FAM Trips Really Lead To More Travel Agent Sales?
Oct 25, 2019 | Karyl Leigh Barnes Are Travel Agent Specialist Programs Worth The Hassle?
Jul 16, 2019 | Karyl Leigh Barnes Media Events – Good Use of Budget Or a Waste of Valuable Marketing Dollars?
Jul 9, 2019 | Karyl Leigh Barnes Why Travel PR Pros Should Influence Digital Content Calendars
Jun 12, 2019 | Karyl Leigh Barnes What Destinations Need To Know About the Changing Tastes of Culinary Travelers
Jun 5, 2019 | Karyl Leigh Barnes Go Big Or Go Home – Travel Destinations Bet on New Cultural Marketing Efforts
May 30, 2019 | Karyl Leigh Barnes How To Pitch: Kit Bernardi, 2018 IPW Travel Writer Award Winner & 2017 TravMedia Journalist of the Year
Apr 24, 2019 | Karyl Leigh Barnes IMM New York – To Book Or Not To Book – DCI’s POV
Feb 8, 2019 | Karyl Leigh Barnes How to Pitch: Kim Foley MacKinnon, Boston-based Freelance Travel Writer
Sep 10, 2018 | Karyl Leigh Barnes Five Ways Destination Marketers Can Attract Canadian Travelers
Mar 6, 2018 | Karyl Leigh Barnes “Industry Q&A” Featuring Michelle (Revuelta) Gonzalez of Choose Chicago
Feb 7, 2018 | Karyl Leigh Barnes When Snowstorm Hits Toronto, Residents Flee & Warm Weather Destinations Win
Jan 4, 2018 | Karyl Leigh Barnes “Industry Q&A” Featuring Fatima Hammouche of Tourico Holidays
Dec 20, 2017 | Karyl Leigh Barnes How DCI Embraced Our Passion for Places in 2017
Dec 4, 2017 | Karyl Leigh Barnes Creative Genius Meets Strategic Partnership with These Four Destination Marketing Campaigns
Nov 15, 2017 | Karyl Leigh Barnes The Future of SATW: Q and A with President Barbara Ramsay Orr
Nov 3, 2017 | Karyl Leigh Barnes Helping Houston After Harvey: Visit Houston’s New Sales Platform
Oct 27, 2017 | Karyl Leigh Barnes 10 Best Booths at IMEX America: Creative Ways to Woo Foot Traffic
Jul 11, 2017 | Karyl Leigh Barnes Four Key Takeaways from SATW’s Eastern Chapter Meeting in Sheridan, Wyoming
Nov 4, 2016 | Karyl Leigh Barnes What Can DMOs Learn From Airlines?
Oct 14, 2015 | Karyl Leigh Barnes Travel Trend Alert: The Rise of the Editorial Curated Trip
Jun 22, 2015 | Karyl Leigh Barnes Four Conventions You Never Thought To Chase
May 18, 2015 | Karyl Leigh Barnes The Rise of the Digital Influencers (& Three Things To Do About It!)
May 7, 2015 | Karyl Leigh Barnes Unique Tourism Ambassadors: From Wacky to Wonderful
Apr 24, 2015 | Karyl Leigh Barnes Modeling Success: Four Winning DMO/EDO Partnerships Driving Convention Sales
Feb 27, 2015 | Karyl Leigh Barnes 5 Tips For Creating Events That Wow Media, Travel Agents and Meeting Planners

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