How an Invasive Insect Pest Is Disrupting Sports Tourism This Summer
A few years ago, it was the cicadas. Every year, mosquitos are a bother. This year, the spotted lantern fly, an invasive pest, is disrupting tourism, ...
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CrowdStrike Outage Makes Travelers Face the Need for Trip Insurance
The CrowdStrike software glitch that stranded airline passengers (as well as crashied computers and caused problems in hospitals coast to coast) also ...
Get Your BID On: NAIA Women's Lacrosse National Championship
Lacrosse will be making its long-awaited Olympic debut as a showcase sport in Los Angeles in 2028. Want to host some high-level college action during ...
FTC’s “Made in America" Crackdown Could Impact Event Owners
The pressure has been building for event owners to offer only tournament merchandise, including shirts and ball caps (as well as anything else), that ...
Upping the Sustainability Game by Outlawing Mini Bottles of Toiletries
Increasingly, hotels are eliminating small plastic bottles of shampoo, lotion, body wash and conditioner in favor of larger containers affixed to coun...
Birdies and Birdwatching: Golf Courses are the New Home of Protected Species
Where can you score a birdie and birdwatch at the same time? Golf courses. Many facilities are becoming known as safe habitats not just for local and ...
Battling Lifeguard Shortages, Cities Turn to A.I. to Boost Water Safety
In the last issue of the SDM Blitz, we heard that drownings are on the rise, a consequence of the heat wave that is driving many, even those without s...
If You Can’t Beat ‘Em, Regulate ‘Em: Ebikes Grow in Popularity (and Scrutiny)
It’s a sign of the times: Mackinac Island, Michigan (that famously car-free town that was the setting of the 1979 cult classic, “Somewhere in Time”), ...
Scam of the Summer: Phishing Emails from Hotel Room Poachers
Event owners are finding themselves in the unenviable position of having to send emails to registrants, advising them to ignore any urgently worded “m...
DEADLINE IS TODAY: Champions of Economic Impact in Sports Tourism
Sports tourism is a global phenomenon, and you’ve played a part in its growth. And if you act NOW, you have a chance to enjoy some well-deserved time ...