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Early Registration ends March 30

It’s time to take action to get the early-bird registration price for the Idaho Conference on Recreation & Tourism. The cost of registration will change from $150 to $200 on April 1, and even though it’s $200 well spent, it’s always nice to save money. The Idaho Conference on Recreation and Tourism will be in [...]

First Call for ICORT Sponsors

Planning for the 2013 Idaho Conference on Recreation & Tourism is starting to heat up. The theme of this year’s conference, which will be held in Idaho Falls May 7-9, is “Be Unforgettable.” The format of larger, all-attendee presentations with fewer break-out sessions fared very well in the post-conference survey of attendees, so we plan to continue [...]

A Tourism Renaissance

By Karen Ballard, Administrator Idaho Division of Tourism and U.S. Travel Association A tremendous boost to our industry occurred today by the Obama Administration making tourism a national priority with the first-ever National Travel and Tourism Strategy. This is a major victory for the travel community and affirms what can be accomplished when we speak as an industry with a clear [...]

Tourism Ambassadors Descend on to the Palouse May 3–5

The Idaho Conference on Recreation and Tourism will be held at the Red Lion Hotel in Lewiston, May 3-5, in conjunction with the city’s 150th Anniversary. This year’s conference – The New Age of Tourism – is geared toward capitalizing on the new tools available to improve the business of tourism in a location and precedes National Tourism Week, [...]