At Development Counsellors International, our passion is places. And if you've landed here - in search of the road to innovation, growth and becoming a hot spot - chances are, you're passionate about your part of the world, too. Whatever your community’s challenge, DCI's expertise in economic development marketing, travel public relations and investment attraction will help put you on the map. Since 1960, we have traveled the path to success with more than 350 cities, regions, states and countries.
DCI Dialogue

DCI staff and guests blog about the news, trends and events affecting economic development marketing and travel public relations. Click here for the latest postings.
Best Practices in Economic Development Marketing: Take a Short Quiz August 4, 2008 Read more
Can Travel Marketers Save the Planet? July 8, 2008 Read more
Promises, Promises: The Latest Trend in Economic DevelopmentJuly 1, 2008 Read more
"Holistays" - Fact or Fiction; And How Will America's Top Travel Marketers Respond?June 18, 2008 Read more
Celebrating National Tourism Week: What's Happening in Your Region?May 14, 2008 Read more
A CASE OF MISTAKEN IDENTITY … May 14, 2008 Read more
The Envelope Please….DCI Announces Winners of Cartoon Caption Contest April 18, 2008 Read more
Economic Development Mistake #3: Missing the Target March 27, 2008 Read more
Announcing the First-Ever "Cartoon Caption Contest"March 11, 2008 Read more
DiscoverAmerica.com Launches to Promote US to International Travelers: Now, Isn’t It Time for a U.S. National Tourist Office?!?March 10, 2008 Read more
Better than the Oscars: Miami-Dade's "Beacon Awards" Bring Recognition and Six-Figure Revenue for Region's Premier Economic Development GroupMarch 6, 2008 Read more
Yet Another Mistake: Starting with a National Search for a New Economic Development DirectorFebruary 22, 2008 Read more
The Best of the Economic Development BlogsFebruary 13, 2008 Read more
And the Winner Is...February 6, 2008 Read more
Confessions of a Rural GentrifierJanuary 31, 2008 Read more
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