TravelMarketing Network is the PR, marketing, and consulting arm of TravelNewsGroup and World Tourism Network, based in the heart of New York City.

Members include PR and marketing agencies, professionals, journalists, consultants, former tourism ministers, marketing gurus, and research specialists. They joined TravelNewsGroup to collaborate, find, and provide top services for clients such as tourism boards, hotels, tour companies, and SMEs in the regional or international travel and tourism world.

TravelMarketing Network members have full access to the TravelNewsGroup database and outreach options, including eTurboNews.

With Brian Applegarth joining, Travelmarketing Network adds proven expertise consulting with destinations to deliver strategic roadmaps that drive economic impact and success in the rapidly growing global cannabis and hemp travel sector

Services of the TravelMarketingNetwork include:

Strategic planning
Marketing
Advertising
PR/ Media communications
Press releases and story distribution
Roadshows
Events
Finding and qualifying speakers for your event
Finding and qualifying experts
Qualifying participants for FAM trips
Consulting
Representation (Destinations, Hotels, etc)
Trade Show promotion
Organizing seminars and educational events
Organizing focus groups
Event and destination photography
Niche market outreach, including the LGBT Community, Accessible Tourism and much more.

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Recently, Brian Applegarth joined the TravelMarketing Network, joined the World Tourism Network as a member, and became a new service partner for the TravelMarketingNetwork.

Brian is the Founding Chair of the Cannabis Travel Association International and the sole expert advisor on the first-ever cannabis travel audience research in the United States, an ongoing study with MMGY Travel Intelligence since 2019. Since 2013, he has specialized in destination development and visitor economy strategies related to the rapidly evolving hemp and cannabis travel trends.

Through Applegarth Strategies, he helps destinations and brands integrate hemp and cannabis-related strategies, focusing on destination preparedness, development, and marketing to attract and adequately serve the modern cannabis traveler.

Applegarth leads the Cannabis and Hemp Task Force for Destinations International, an organization with tourism destinations as members, and also works with TravelNewsGroup.

The Cannabis Travel Association is the largest organization of its kind worldwide, and it chairs the Cannabis and Hemp Council for the California Travel Association.

TravelMarketingNetwork partner Applegarth has been recognized by the Clio Awards, Visit California Poppy Awards, US Travel ESTO Awards, and the International Federation of Fairs and Expos Awards.

He says: “Being invited after becoming a member of the World Tourism Network to join the TravelMarketingNetwork, as a service provider is an exciting opportunity to engage with a global community dedicated to shaping the future of sustainable and inclusive tourism.

All destinations with a legal hemp or cannabis industry worldwide have an opportunity to reach a new high-value travel audience. Cannabis and hemp medical, leisure, and business travel offer economic growth opportunities.

Having advised and consulted for several destinations in the US and Canada, I look forward to sharing my knowledge and further spreading the strategies that have proven successful. I look forward to leveraging my expertise within WTN’s innovative and inclusive network to drive impactful tourism initiatives globally.”

“As a new member of the World Tourism Network, we are excited to contribute our expertise in cannabis and hemp-related travel to this global community of destination and travel industry leaders and stakeholders.

“We have consulted for several destinations and brands, including SF Travel, Visit Greater Palm Springs, Sonoma County Tourism, Kootenay Rockies Tourism, Visit Oakland, Humboldt County Visitors Bureau, Visit Mendocino County, Sunstone Winery, and others.

“By focusing on the cannabis and hemp-motivated travel audience of today, we help destinations and brands tap into growth opportunities across wellness retreats, medical and leisure tourism, and cannabis and hemp-related business travel.

“Through our consulting services, we work to enhance the economic impact of tourism, creating jobs, fostering local development, and shaping unique visitor experiences that cater to a rapidly expanding and mainstream market and travel audience. We look forward to leveraging our expertise within WTN’s innovative and inclusive network to drive impactful tourism initiatives globally.”

World Tourism Network Chairman Juergen Steinmetz, also the CEO of the TravelMarketingNetwork says: “In welcoming. Brian Applegarth adds a new dynamic to our services and allows our WTN members to learn and reach out to one of the most lucrative and fastest-growing sectors in the travel and tourism industry.

“We’re excited to learn from Brian how our members can benefit from Cannabis tourism developments.”

Steinmetz added: Since World Tourism Network is now part of the TravelNewsGroup, there was never a better time to join WTN and give access to eTurboNews readers around the globe.