City of St. Augustine
City of St. Augustine Source: https://www.visitflorida.com/ and https://www.floridashistoriccoast.com/ Stroll the narrow lanes, enter the many museums, and visit historic landmarks such as Castillo de San…
City of St. Augustine Source: https://www.visitflorida.com/ and https://www.floridashistoriccoast.com/ Stroll the narrow lanes, enter the many museums, and visit historic landmarks such as Castillo de San…
Looking through the brochures was certainly a nostalgic trip and got me thinking how much things have changed since my career in the Travel and…
Let’s talk about Tourism By Martin Owen Here on the Northern Gulf Coast tourism is usually run by county appointed Tourist Development Councils and their…
Let’s Talk About Tourism By Martin Owen | OwenOrganization.com Tourism and Hospitality are ‘people’ industries. We depend on the interaction between tourists, visitors, customers and…
By Martin Owen I’m a fan of TV programs about travel and hospitality. Find me a series about hotels and I’m hooked. Programs about airports…
By Martin Owen, OwenOrganization.com According to the United Nations World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) in 2019 the tourism sector accounted for one in 10 jobs worldwide.…
By Martin Owen I was recently shown a photo taken in 1972, of aircraft lining up to take off from London’s Heathrow Airport. It showed…
By Martin Owen Technology has traditionally changed much about how tourism and hospitality operate. It’s been an environment of constant development for as long as…
Let’s Talk About Tourism April 2022 By Martin Owen For the last couple of months, I’ve been talking about the management of tourism and how…
Let’s Talk About Tourism March 2022 By Martin Owen Tourism doesn't just happen; it needs to be managed. If it isn’t managed, then you may…
By Martin Owen Ask any woodsman, farmer or gardener if they leave the forest, farm, or garden to just grow, and they’d all laugh. To…
By Martin Owen | Owner, Owen Organization | https://www.owenorganization.com/ Happy New Year! I hope you had a very happy holiday season and despite the ongoing…
By Martin Owen | Owner, Owen Organization | https://www.owenorganization.com/ I have to confess to being completely confused about tourism at the moment. The past two…
By Martin Owen I suggested last month that travel and tourism would experience changes as a result of the pandemic. Since then, I’ve done some…
By Martin Owen For the past sixty years or so tourism in the USA, and most other ‘developed’ countries, has been following the way that…
By Martin Owen I’ve been in the travel and tourism business for a long time and consequently, rather like medical doctors, am often asked for…
By Martin Owen, Owen Organization LLC, https://www.owenorganization.com/ Any discussion about tourism here on the northern Gulf Coast seems to always center around beach style vacations.…
The romance of travel,
By Martin Owen We are now past Memorial Day and for the Northern Gulf Coast, we’re into the Peak Summer tourist season. It’s the time…
By Martin Owen Happy May! We’re now well into Spring and heading for Summer. Can you believe it? Time for a quick update on how…
Remember tourism before this pandemic? One of the big topics across the world prior to 2020 was the concept of over tourism. Many destinations were…