Charlie Downs, the artisanal craft distiller at a new Heaven Hill Distilleries tourism attraction in downtown Louisville, Ky., checks gauges on a still that will produce small batches of whiskey. T…
Hotels in San Francisco Are Cultivating Roof-to-Table Honey
Beekeeper Spencer Marshall checks a number of hives on a garden deck outside the Fairmont Hotel in San Francisco. Eric Risberg / Associated Press At the Clift Hotel in San Francisco, there are more…
Nevada Renewing Efforts to Attract More Chinese Tourists
Nevada is renewing its efforts to attract Chinese tourists after shutting down a Beijing tourism office it operated for a decade.The state Board of Examiners approved a $396,000, two-year contract …
$2 Million Super Bowl Gain for San Francisco Makes Critics Wonder if the Game is Worth the Pain
Carissa Lou and Marc Shimamoto pose for a selfie in front of a Super Bowl 50 sign at Super Bowl City in San Francisco. Charlie Riedel / Associated Press San Francisco netted nearly $2 million from …
U.S. Travelers Like Sustainable Tourism But Love Transparency From Brands
Some 105.3 million U.S. leisure travelers, or 60 percent of all leisure travelers in the U.S., say that they are “sustainable travelers” — those concerned with how their travel im…
Skift CMO Interviews: Las Vegas Invests in Virtual Reality, Lifestyle Content to Attract Conventions
This is the latest interview in the series.Following record visitation in 2015, Las Vegas is striving to increase its convention business further with new content platforms and a series of virtual …
Brazil’s Economic Woes Are Hurting Miami’s Hotel Market
The pool of the Delano South Beach in Miami Beach. Alan Diaz / Associated Press Hotels in sun-drenched Miami are getting burned by a pullback in Brazilian travel and a building boom that has added …
Cuban Tourism Industry Struggling to Adapt to New Demands
The number of U.S. visitors to Cuba has nearly doubled this year, its tourism minister said on Wednesday, as the island races to build hotels and expand Havana airport to keep up with booming deman…
SeaWorld’s Radical Shift on Captive Orcas Isn’t Helping the Company’s Performance Yet
Nearly two months ago, SeaWorld Entertainment made what its CEO called “a fundamentally game-changing announcement” by declaring an end to its famed, oft-criticized theatrical killer wh…
Washington, D.C. Broke Its Own Tourism Record in 2015
People walk in the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum in Washington. A record number of U.S. tourists visited Washington last year. Andrew Harnik / Associated Press More than 19 million U.S.…