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Paula Port Is Teaching the Internet to See Toronto at 100%
After more than two decades telling one city's story, Destination Toronto's chief marketing officer is preparing for a world in which travellers ask machines where to go - while insisting that curiosity, community and human judgment still lead the way.
The 107-Year-Old Tourism Bureau That Learned More Visitors Isn’t the Whole Point
Tourisme Montréal once sold motorists a road to the city. After tourism collapsed, it rebuilt the pitch around residents, winter, culture and measurable local value - a useful playbook for anyone marketing a place they do not control.
Destination Toronto Sells a City It Cannot Control - And Turns Attention Into a $9.1 Billion Visitor Economy
The nonprofit does not own a hotel, stage a festival or fly a plane. Its job is harder to see: make thousands of independent Toronto experiences feel like one trip worth taking - then prove the attention became visits, meetings and local spending.
Naveen Rajdev
After four years at AWS, Naveen Rajdev returned to enterprise services with a wider brief: connect brand, market development and the people living with technological change.