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ARTICLE May 09, 2024
Get Your BID On: World Triathlon Events
World Triathlon is welcoming bids for a variety of events to be held in 2025. Here’s some incentive: The organization’s top-tier events are broadcast in 22 countries (or larger regions) including the ...
ARTICLE May 09, 2024
Fueled by a Shortage of Courts, Tennis/Pickleball Tensions Escalate
Some things never change. One of them is the tension between the playing populations for tennis and pickleball. Some blogs and writers are taking sides. One headline declared: “Pickleball is Killing T...
ARTICLE May 01, 2024
On the Coast, Offering the Most
History, arts, culture and sports come to life in the Mid-Atlantic. Athletes across the country travel for world-class competitions and adventures, while families appreciate the region’s natural wonde...
ARTICLE Apr 11, 2024
Get your BID On: WBSC's International Baseball and Softball Events
The World Baseball Softball Confederation (WBSC) has unveiled a new events bidding calendar, outlining the top WBSC tournaments, providing opportunities for cities and organizers around the world to w...
ARTICLE Mar 01, 2024
As Measles Cases Trend Up in Florida, Should Event Owners Be Concerned?
Spring break is on. Tournament time is in full swing. And Florida, one of the top destinations for youth sports, has a measles outbreak, something unlikely to get better since the state's surgeon gene...
ARTICLE Feb 29, 2024
Sports Tourism, Bigfoot and the Rise of Cryptid Travel
For those in the right areas, it’s a big hairy deal. Nationwide, cryptid tourism (defined as the pursuit of something not yet proven to exist, like Bigfoot, Mothman, the Skunk Ape or the Boggy Creek S...
ARTICLE Jan 08, 2024
Get Your BID On: Move United Seeks Host City for 2025 Education Conference
Move United, the national leader in community-based sports and recreation for individuals with disabilities, seeks a strong host city for its spring 2025 conference for 350+ sports professionals and p...
ARTICLE Jan 03, 2024
Browsing New Sites, From the Comfort of Your Own Office
While it is really more aimed at leisure travelers, the promo that starts out with, “Wanna Get Away?” applies to anyone who travels on sports business as well. Nothing breathes new life into a tournam...
ARTICLE Nov 26, 2023
Positive Holiday Forecast Putting a Jingle in Sports Organizers’ Pockets
Recession, shmession. The holiday spending forecast is strong, and that means lots of participation in themed tournaments. From 5Ks (Egg Nog Jog, anyone?) to soccer and futsal tournaments, to lacrosse...
ARTICLE Nov 01, 2023
Meet SDM's 2023 Champions of Economic Impact in Sports Tourism
Powerful and innovative. Those are two words that we have long associated with this industry. And in previous years, we have learned two more: Determined and resourceful. It takes all four of these qu...
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