BOARD LEADERSHIP SYMPOSIUM 2025
O R L A N D O | J A N U A R Y 2 9 - 3 1, 2 0 2 5
Board Leadership for Destinations: A Symposium on Best Practices is an MBA-style immersion event into Best Practices in play across North America for cutting-edge Destination Marketing Organization governance and leadership.
Board Leadership for Destinations is the sector’s only event completely dedicated to Destination Organizations looking to prepare their Board Members for the future. With the increasing levels of both community expectation and government scrutiny of our work to enhance Quality of Life in our communities, it is imperative that Destination Organization CEOs and their Board Leaders are armed with all the tools needed to collectively face these existential challenges.
The Destination Leadership Consortium brings together 5 leading consultancies in the DMO space that are dedicated to providing professional development and consulting services to CVBs, DMOs and other Community Development Agencies for CEOs and their Board of Directors.
In collaboration with Destinations International, the Consortium has come together to create a high-impact, 2-day immersion event, specifically for Destination Organization CEOs and Board Leadership (ideally Chair and incoming Chair) to explore and examine the challenges ahead…and identify potential solutions to ensure that the Board is ready to address these issues head-on.
Symposium attendees will hear from Experts in the areas of Governance, Finance, Funding, Culture, Succession and DEI…and participate in roundtable discussions to go deeper into these and other key sector issues.
Our inaugural event in 2023 was heralded by attendees as one of the best DMO-centric professional development events they had ever attended. Join us in Orlando January 29-31, 2025 and take your DMO and Board to the next level.
“THIS. WAS. TERRIFIC. Thank you all for producing such a quality conference. Great content, great networking, no commercials!”
- Joe Marinelli, Visit Savannah
“Thank you for pioneering this space and the idea for our industry. I know we're going to be a better, stronger organization for having participated!”
- Brook Kaufman, Visit Rapid City
“One of the best and relevant sessions I have attended. Well done and many thanks for the hours you all put into planning”
- Doug Price, Visit Colorado Springs
