22 min

Defining Value & DMO Culture with Deborah Ward, Executive Director - Omaha CVB Business Class: The Tourism Industry's Podcast

    • Places & Travel

Deborah Ward shares her career journey from broadcast journalism to the convention & visitors bureau at Visit Omaha. In this conversation with The Tourism Academy's Stephen Ekstrom, she discusses building her new career and growing into the role of CEO and understanding the impact of tourism within her community. 
Deborah shares what it takes to transition to a new career and tell an interesting story about the destination that people understand and enjoy, making them want to visit. She lets us know about Visit Omaha's pillars of work and her own joy as a new grandma.
RELATED: What is Tourism Ambassador Training?
RELATED: Meet Gretchen Hall, CEO of Little Rock CVB and Chair of Destinations International
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Deborah Ward shares her career journey from broadcast journalism to the convention & visitors bureau at Visit Omaha. In this conversation with The Tourism Academy's Stephen Ekstrom, she discusses building her new career and growing into the role of CEO and understanding the impact of tourism within her community. 
Deborah shares what it takes to transition to a new career and tell an interesting story about the destination that people understand and enjoy, making them want to visit. She lets us know about Visit Omaha's pillars of work and her own joy as a new grandma.
RELATED: What is Tourism Ambassador Training?
RELATED: Meet Gretchen Hall, CEO of Little Rock CVB and Chair of Destinations International
Business Class is brought to you by Group Travel Odyssey
Support the Show.

22 min