• Congrats to the following recent Tourism Marketing Grant recipients!  Over $20,000 was awarded. The next application deadline is August 1st.
    • Finney County CVB:  TV and Digital Ad Placements
    • Kansas Collegiate Athletic Conference:  Radio Ads for NAIA National Championships 
    • Visit Topeka:  Marketing for Thunder over the Heartland Airshow
    • Visit Hutch:  Mural at the Kansas State Fair
    • Z&M Twisted Vine:  Direct Mailing & Website Design & Enhancement
  • Check out these current Grant/Loan opportunities: Humanities Kansas, USDA Value Added Producer Grant, Kansas Creative Arts Industries Commission, Kansas Tourism 
  • Are you familiar with TTRA? The Travel and Tourism Research Association is a leading advocate for higher standards in travel and tourism-related research, analysis, and marketing. For more info click here.
  • Did you miss a previous Travel Talk?  No worries....click here. 
  • For more resources check out our Industry page. 
Sunshine in the Sunflower State
America’s Taco Capital Isn’t Where You Think. Visit Kansas City Kansas was recently featured in this article in Forbes Magazine and was highlighted as the true taco capital of the United States. Congrats with their continued success with their KCK Taco Trail. 

Let us know if you are working on a food/drink trail in your community!

KCK Taco Trail
Upcoming Webinars
Directing Tourism
Date:  Friday, March 12
Time:  1PM Central
 
This webinar hosted by the Kansas Nebraska Heritage Area will feature Bridgette Jobe (Director of Tourism, Kansas Tourism), Carol Schlegel (McCook/Red Willow County Tourism), and Susie Haver (Cloud County Convention & Tourism) who will talk about Directing Tourism. 
Register Here
 
Feeling Safe: Trust in Travel
Date:  Tuesday, March 16
Time:  10AM Central
 
As the travel industry begins to recover from the global pandemic, understanding what consumers need to feel safe when traveling again will be key in rebuilding consumer confidence. This webinar will include global research on changing customer attitudes around trust in travel.
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Understanding and Accessing American Jobs Plan Relief
Date:  Tuesday, March 16
Time:  11AM Central
 
Congress just passed President Biden’s American Rescue Plan Act of 2021. The $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief package includes much-needed federal assistance and substantial support to aid our industry’s recovery.  U.S. Travel Association is leading a webinar where their government relations team will walk through the travel-related provisions provided by the American Rescue Plan Act, as well as share details on how to access available relief.
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The Future of Travel Advertising Without Cookies
Date:  Wednesday, March 17
Time:  11AM Central

With so much unknown about our cookieless future and what it means for advertising, we wanted to provide travel marketers with an educational, four-part webinar series to help the industry get past the buzz and understand what it will mean for business. This webinar will lay the groundwork by providing an overview of the current digital marketing landscape, what role cookies play and how they support your advertising, and what the transition means for travel marketers. Attendees will leave knowing how they can prepare their campaigns and have their questions answered by advertising experts.