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The VCB continually adds new reports and reference materials available for Partners. Be sure to check back often.

Visitors & Convention Bureau Lending Library

  • Ogilvy on Advertising, David Ogilvy

  • The End of Advertising As We Know It, Sergio Zyman

  • The Ad Contrarian, Bob Hoffman

  • The Marketing Gurus, Chris Murray

  • Building Brand Value - Seven Simple Steps to Profitable Communications, Bruce Turkel


  • Quality or Else, Lloyd Dobyns and Clare Crawford-Mason

  • What Customers Really Want, Scott McKain

  • Customer Power, David Swaddling and Charles Miller, Ph.D.

  • The Go-Giver, Bob Burg and John David Mann

  • Inside The Magic Kingdom, Tom Connellan

  • In Search of Excellence - Lessons from American's Best-Run Companies, Thomas J. Peters and Robert H. Waterman, Jr.

  • Customer Service for Dummies, Karen Leland and Keith Bailey

  • Dazzle Me! - How to Deliver Uncommonly Good Customer Service Every Time, Dartnell

  • 25 Management Lessons from the Customers Side of the Counter, James H. Donnelly, Jr.

  • Outrageous - Guilt-Free Selling and Unforgettable Service


  • The Pig and the Python - How to Prosper from the Aging Baby Boom, David Cork and Susan Lightstone

  • The Flight of the Creative Class, Richard Florida

  • Six Degrees, Duncan J. Watts

  • Naked Conversations - How blogs are Changing the Way Businesses Talk with Customers, Robert Scoble and Shel Israel

  • The Tippling Point, Malcolm Gladwell

  • The Cluetrain Manifesto - The End of Business as Usual, Rick Levine, Christopher Locke, Doc Searles and David Weinberger

  • Trend Watching - How the Media Create Trends and How to be the First to Uncover Them


  • Bringing Out the Best in Others, Thomas K. Connellan, Ph.D

  • Six Thinking Hats - An Essential Approach to Business Management, Edward DeBono

  • The One Minute Manager, Kenneth Blanchard, Ph.D. and Spencer Johnson, M.D.

  • Business Protocol - How to Survive and Succeed in Business, Jan Yager


  • Analysis for Marketing Planning, Donald R. Lehmann and Russell S. Winer

  • Hotel Accounting, Ernest B. Horwath

  • The Practice of Social Research, Earl Babbie

  • Elements of Statistical Reasoning, Edward W. Minium and Robert B. Clarke

  • The Economics of Leisure and Tourism - Environments, Markets and Impacts, John Tribe

  • Research to Riche$ - The Secret Rules of Successful Marketing, Jim Nelems

  • Practical Tourism Forecasting, Douglas C. Frechtling


  • After the Hurricane - Linking recovery to Sustainable Development in the Carribbean, Phillip R. Berke and Timothy Beatley

  • Agendas for Sustainability - Environment and Development into the Twenty-First Century, Mary MacDonald


  • Hospitality Management Education, Clayton W. Barrows and Robert H. Bosselman




  • Restaurant Industry Research Reports
    Wine List Characteristics Associated with Greater Wine Sales


    General Tourism Industry Research Reports
    State of the American Traveler July 2009
    Destination Analysts, Inc. The State of the American Traveler

    What Happens When You Stop Advertising
    The Rise and Fall of Colorado Tourism

    PDF PowerPoint Presentation on Economic Conditions in the United States, with an emphasis on Tourism Indicators
    University of Tennessee Economy Update - July 2009

    Golf Digest Research Study on the Travel Habits and Buying Procedure of Golfers in Florida
    Process of Buying Travel - 2009


    Branding and Advertising Industry Research Reports
    A look at the Title Pages and chapter examples in the book Al Ries and Laura Ries made famous back in 1998
    22 Immutable Laws of Branding

    American Marketing Association Core Knowledge Series - Strategic Marketing
    AMA Core Knowledge Strategic Marketing

    American Marketing Association Core Knowledge Series - Segmentation
    AMA Core Knowledge Segmentation

    American Marketing Association Core Knowledge Series - Promotion
    AMA Core Knowledge Promotion

    American Marketing Association Core Knowledge Series - Marketing Fundamentals
    AMA Core Knowledge Marketing Fundamentals

    American Marketing Association Core Knowledge Series - Market Analysis
    AMA Core Knowledge Market Analysis

    American Marketing Association Core Knowledge Series - Competitive Strategy
    AMA Core Knowledge Competitive Strategy


    Convention and Business Industry Research Reports
    FutureWatch 2009 - A Comparative Outlook on the Global Business of Meetings and Events

    June 2009 Report Outlining the Trends Shaping the Future of Ttourism in the United States - PDF
    United States Tourism Outlook - Presented by VISA

    Lodging Industry Research Reports
    Ernst & Young 2009 National Lodging Report - PDF
    Ernst & Young 2009 National Lodging Report

    Ernst & Young 2008 National Lodging Report - PDF
    Ernst & Young 2008 National Lodging Report

    Other Industry Research Reports
    Day by day analysis of visitation to the Castillo de San Marcos - PDF
    Castillo de San Marcos Visitation Chart 2008

    The Haas Center for Business Research and Economic Development Part I - PDF
    Economic Impact of the Film and Entertainment Industry in Florida Brief

    The Haas Center for Business Research and Economic Development Part II - PDF
    Economic Impact of the Film and Entertainment Industry in Florida
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