Organizations Filed Purposes:
DESTINATIONS INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION, DBA DESTINATIONS INTERNATIONAL, ADVOCATES FOR THE PROFESSIONALISM, EFFECTIVENESS, AND SIGNIFICANCE OF DESTINATION MARKETING ORGANIZATIONS WORLDWIDE.
PRODUCTS & SERVICES:THE EVENT IMPACT CALCULATOR MEASURES THE ECONOMIC VALUE OF AN EVENT AND CALCULATES ITS RETURN ON INVESTMENT TO LOCAL TAXES. THERE ARE FOUR DISTINCT MODULES: MEETINGS, SPORTS, FESTIVALS & CULTURAL EVENTS AND LOCAL & PUBLIC EVENTS. WITH MORE THAN 280 DESTINATION ORGANIZATIONS USING THE TOOL IN OVER 10 COUNTRIES, THE EVENT IMPACT CALCULATOR HAS BEEN ESTABLISHED AS AN INDUSTRY STANDARD WITH OVER 450,000 EVENTS ANALYZED. IN ADDITION, WE HAVE INDUSTRY COLLABORATIONS WITH SPORTSETA AND IAVM SO THEIR MEMBERS CAN SUBSCRIBE TO THE TOOL.DESTINATIONNEXT IS A STRATEGIC PLANNING TOOL THAT PROVIDES DESTINATION ORGANIZATIONS WITH PRACTICAL ACTIONS AND STRATEGIES FOR SUSTAINABLE SUCCESS IN A DRAMATICALLY CHANGING WORLD. OVER 300 DESTINATIONS FROM 18 COUNTIES HAVE UTILIZED DESTINATIONNEXT TO STRATEGICALLY ASSESS THEIR DESTINATIONS.THE GLOBALLY RECOGNIZED DESTINATION MARKETING ACCREDITATION PROGRAM (DMAP) SERVES AS A VISIBLE INDUSTRY DISTINCTION THAT DEFINES QUALITY AND PERFORMANCE STANDARDS IN DESTINATION MARKETING AND MANAGEMENT. ACHIEVING DMAP ACCREDITATION POSITIONS A DESTINATION ORGANIZATION OR CVB AS A VALUED AND RESPECTED ORGANIZATION IN LOCAL COMMUNITIES AND INCREASES CREDIBILITY AMONG STAKEHOLDERS. SINCE 2006, THE DESTINATION MARKETING ACCREDITATION PROGRAM BOARD OF DIRECTORS HAS ACCREDITED MORE THAN 225 ORGANIZATIONS WITH MORE THAN 175 ORGANIZATIONS CURRENTLY REGISTERED. IN 2019, 14 ORGANIZATIONS COMPLETED THE ACCREDITATION PROCESS AND RECEIVED THEIR DMAP DESIGNATION.THE MEETINGS INFORMATION NETWORK (MINT+) DATABASE IS A SHARED REPOSITORY OF INFORMATION ON ORGANIZATIONS AND THEIR MEETINGS AND EVENTS. WITH OVER 180,000 MEETING HISTORIES, 135,000 PLANNER PROFILES, AND 40,000 ORGANIZATIONS, THE MINT+ DATABASE IS THE MOST COMPREHENSIVE COLLECTION OF GROUP BUSINESS INFORMATION AVAILABLE TO DESTINATION ORGANIZATIONS. MINT+ ALLOWS USERS TO PROSPECT INTELLIGENTLY FOR GROUP BUSINESS, ARMED WITH VALUABLE INFORMATION ABOUT HISTORICAL MEETING DETAILS AND FUTURE BOOKINGS, AS REPORTED BY DESTINATION ORGANIZATIONS
MEETINGS & EDUCATION:CERTIFIED DESTINATION MANAGEMENT EXECUTIVE (CDME) IS THE INDUSTRY'S HIGHEST INDIVIDUAL EDUCATIONAL ACHIEVEMENT. THE PROGRAM FOCUSES ON VISION, LEADERSHIP, PRODUCTIVITY AND IMPLEMENTING BUSINESS STRATEGIES. IN 2019, 326 ATTENDEES PARTICIPATED IN CDME COURSE OFFERINGS AND 23 INDIVIDUALS COMPLETED THE REQUIRED COURSE WORK AND ACHIEVED THEIR CDME DESIGNATION.IN 2019, SEVEN SUMMITS WERE DESIGNED TO PROVIDE DESTINATION MEMBERS WITH THE OPPORTUNITY TO LEARN MORE ABOUT SPECIFIC TRENDS AND ISSUES THROUGH PEER-TO-PEER NETWORKING AND LEARNING. THE SUMMITS WERE ATTENDED BY APPROXIMATELY 1,116 DESTINATION PROFESSIONALS. SUBJECTS COVERED INCLUDED CEO, CMO, VISITOR SERVICES, FINANCE/OPERATIONS/TECHNOLOGY, MEMBERSHIP, ADVOCACY, AND CONVENTION SALES & SERVICES.DURING 2019, THE ORGANIZATION HELD TWO TRADE SHOWS, ONE OF THESE IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE ANNUAL CONVENTION. THERE WERE NEARLY 100 EXHIBITORS AND MORE THAN 1,538 ATTENDEES FROM 16 COUNTRIES AT THE 2019 ANNUAL CONVENTION. ATTENDEES ENGAGED IN GENERAL SESSIONS AND OVER 50 DISCIPLINE-FOCUSED CONCURRENT SESSIONS AND NETWORKING EVENTS. THE SECOND TRADE SHOW, DESTINATION SHOWCASE, HOSTED OVER 922 ATTENDEES. THIS EVENT OFFERS DESTINATIONS THE OPPORTUNITY TO EASILY CONNECT WITH MEETING PROFESSIONALS SO THEY CAN BETTER UNDERSTAND HOW CVBS CAN DRIVE MORE SUCCESSFUL MEETINGS. THE EVENT INCLUDED MORNING EDUCATIONAL SESSIONS CURATED BY PCMA, AN OPENING GENERAL SESSION WITH A KEYNOTE SPEAKER, AND A NETWORKING LUNCHEON FOLLOWED BY AN AFTERNOON BREAK.
COMMUNICATIONS:THROUGH THE LAUNCH OF OUR MEMBER WEBINARS, WE FOCUSED ON PROVIDING RESOURCES MEMBERS NEED TO FURTHER THEIR DESTINATION AND INDIVIDUAL SUCCESS. THROUGH OUR MEMBER FORUM, WE CONTINUE TO IMPROVE THE SENSE OF COMMUNITY BY CONNECTING MEMBERS TO EACH OTHER AND THE LARGER TOURISM COMMUNITY. IN 2019, WE SERVED 5,750 DESTINATION PROFESSIONALS, 598 MEMBER ORGANIZATIONS AND 52 BUSINESS MEMBERS AND PARTNERS. OUR WEBSITE, WWW.DESTINATIONSINTERNATIONAL.ORG, HAD 252,790 VISITS AND 560,532 PAGE VIEWS
Executives Listed on Filing
Total Salary includes financial earnings, benefits, and all related organization earnings listed on tax filing
| Name | Title | Hours Per Week | Total Salary |
|---|
| Donald Welsh | CEO | 40 | $551,897 |
| Nina Winston | EVP | 40 | $288,518 |
| Melissa Cherry | CHIEF MARKETING OFFICER | 40 | $245,325 |
| Jack Johnson | CHIEF ADVOCACY OFFICER/ACT | 24 | $237,617 |
| Barbra Gustis | EXECUTIVE VP OF EDUCATION DEVELOPMENT AND MEETINGS | 40 | $184,476 |
| Becky Heath | DIRECTOR OF FINANCE | 40 | $130,541 |
| Chelsea Dunlop Welter | SR DIRECTOR BOARD GOVERNANCE | 40 | $103,371 |
| Pam Hanner-Richardson | DIRECTOR OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY | 40 | $102,492 |
| Karen Williams | DIRECTOR | 1 | $0 |
| Scott White | DIRECTOR | 1 | $0 |
| Mike Waterman | DIRECTOR | 1 | $0 |
| Chris Thompson | DIRECTOR | 1 | $0 |
| Brian Ross | DIRECTOR | 1 | $0 |
| Marla Roe | DIRECTOR | 1 | $0 |
| Ron Price | DIRECTOR | 1 | $0 |
| David Peacock | DIRECTOR | 1 | $0 |
| Paul Nursey | DIRECTOR | 1 | $0 |
| Tom Nooman | DIRECTOR | 1 | $0 |
| Steve Moore | DIRECTOR | 1 | $0 |
| Nan Marchand Beauvois | DIRECTOR | 1 | $0 |
| Melyssa Laughlin | DIRECTOR | 1 | $0 |
| Bennish Brown | DIRECTOR | 1 | $0 |
| Thomas Kemp | DIRECTOR | 1 | $0 |
| Sherrif Karamat | DIRECTOR | 1 | $0 |
| Al Hutchingson | DIRECTOR | 1 | $0 |
| Virginia J Haley | DIRECTOR | 1 | $0 |
| Bryan Grimaldi | DIRECTOR | 1 | $0 |
| Shelly Green | DIRECTOR | 1 | $0 |
| Loren Gold | DIRECTOR | 1 | $0 |
| Ryan George | DIRECTOR | 1 | $0 |
| Cara Frank | DIRECTOR | 1 | $0 |
| Dario Flota Ocampo | DIRECTOR | 1 | $0 |
| Karl Ely | DIRECTOR | 1 | $0 |
| David Dubois | DIRECTOR | 1 | $0 |
| Brad Dean | DIRECTOR | 1 | $0 |
| Ignasi De Delas | DIRECTOR | 1 | $0 |
| Chuck Davison | DIRECTOR | 1 | $0 |
| Julie Coker Graham | DIRECTOR | 1 | $0 |
| Matt Clement | DIRECTOR | 1 | $0 |
| David Burgess | DIRECTOR | 1 | $0 |
| Leslie Bruce | DIRECTOR | 1 | $0 |
| David Holder | DIRECTOR | 1 | $0 |
| John Lambeth | DIRECTOR | 1 | $0 |
| Gretchen Hall | SECRETARY/TREASURER (FROM 7/19) | 1 | $0 |
| Butch Spyridon | SECRETARY/TREASURER (THRU 7/19) | 1 | $0 |
| Tammy Blount-Canavan | IMMEDIATE PAST CHAIR | 1 | $0 |
| Maura Allen Gast | DIRECTOR | 1 | $0 |
| William Pate | CHAIR (THRU 7/19) | 1 | $0 |
| Craig Davis | CHAIR (FROM 7/19) | 1 | $0 |
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