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On this episode of “View From AFAR,” Stacy Ritter, President and CEO of Visit Lauderdale talks about Greater Fort Lauderdale’s impressive diversity and welcoming mindset.

On this episode of View From Afar, host Billie Cohen talks with Visit Detroit president and CEO Claude Molinari about why Detroit—the birthplace of Motown, the American automobile, and deep-dish pizza—is done apologizing and ready for its close-up.

On this episode of “View From AFAR,” President and CEO of Choose Chicago, Kristen Reynolds talks about how Chicago celebrates diversity and inclusion (and the Pope, of course).

On this episode of “View From AFAR,” Adam Burke, President and CEO of Los Angeles Tourism & Convention Board, talks about his dream of having 1 million people employed in the city’s tourism industry.

On this episode of “View From Afar,” Martha Sheridan, president and CEO of Meet Boston, talks about how this most American of cities is celebrating in 2026.

On this episode of View From Afar, host Billie Cohen talks with Discover Puerto Rico CEO Jorge Perez about how a 31-night Bad Bunny residency became the catalyst for the island’s best tourism numbers in history—and what comes next.

On this episode of View From Afar, Michelle Baran talks with Visit Seattle president and CEO Tammy Canavan about how America’s most Northwest city rebuilt its tourism identity—one light rail stop, art festival, and pike place crab cake at a time.

On this episode of “View From AFAR,” Walt Leger, President and CEO of New Orleans & Company talks about the city’s vibe and where to go beyond the French Quarter.

On this episode of “View From AFAR,” Brad Dean, President and CEO of Explore St. Louis, discusses why he chose the Gateway City over offers from New York and Chicago and how America’s heartland is ready for a renaissance.

Explore natural parks, lighthouses, farms, and more as you walk, hike, and swim through this coastal Caribbean destination.

On this episode of “View From AFAR,” Executive Director of Visit Philadelphia Angela Val on the birthplace of democracy and Philly as a city for everyone.

On this episode of “View From AFAR,” Bill Hornbuckle, Chair of the U.S. Travel Association’s Board of Directors and President and CEO at MGM Resorts International, emphasizes the importance of government support for the travel industry

On this episode of Unpacked, host Aislyn Greene talks with author Patrick Bixby—and discovers that the little book in your drawer is far more loaded, and far more recent, than you ever imagined.

These towering fiberglass figures were America’s supersize salesmen in the 1960s. On this episode of Unpacked, America 250 learn earn how they went from coast-to-coast marketing phenomenon to beloved roadside relics.