PARTNERSHIP
The Partnership team is growing! As our organization has evolved to focus more on tourism stewardship and sustainability, we've added a Director of Sustainability & Community Engagement to help develop the strategy and foundation to grow and enhance destination priorities for workforce development, sustainability, DEI, and accessibility. We're excited to welcome Lauren Bruggemans to this role beginning in June. Lauren has a unique combination of experience in hospitality, workforce development, education, sustainability, and management roles, including recently as an adjunct faculty member at CSUSB in their Hospitality Management Program, and as CEO of We are One United Inc., a learning and development social enterprise focused on youth engagement, workforce development, and mental health in the Coachella Valley. Please join us in welcoming Lauren to our team.
Visitor website traffic to our partner listings for March and April of 2022 remains strong, with 165,111 listing views and 96,259 listing click-throughs in those two months. With events large and small returning to our destination this spring, the event pages and calendar listings had 173,272 views in March and April 2022.
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In March, Cabot’s Pueblo Museum in Desert Hot Springs hosted us for a Meet & See including bites from Delicias Mexican Cuisine, drinks from Bar One Catering, and music by Sergio Villegas.
In April, we were treated to performances at AsiaSF Palm Springs along with delicious bites and sips from their menu.
Partners can look forward to invites to more networking, education, and experience events in 2022 thanks to the support of our Oasis and San Jacinto Partners:
We welcomed 7 new partners in March and April 2022, including:
- Jaguar Land Rover Rancho Mirage
- PhotoDuo
- 360 Destination Group
- Open Air Homes
- ACCESS Destination Services
The generous support of our new and renewing partners helps us fulfill our mission of positively affecting the region’s tourism economy and quality of life.
A significant challenge for all businesses going into 2022 has been finding employees. TEAM GPS offers education and networking opportunities aimed at growing our tourism workforce and cultivating destination ambassadors. TEAM GPS Champions are destination pros. They know about all of our region’s attractions, experiences, restaurants, events, and things to do and how to find the latest on what’s happening. They’re cheerleaders for our local businesses.
Through a combination of education, resources, and networking, TEAM GPS can help elevate those with careers in hospitality, connect them with others in the industry, and expand their knowledge and understanding of our destination.
Brought to us by the Greater Palm Springs Tourism Foundation, TEAM GPS has partnered with College of the Desert’s PaCE program to deliver expanded educational opportunities for our hospitality community, offering real-life skills to help support career development, such as basic COVID-19 safety training, conflict de-escalation, leadership for new managers, banquets training, and more.
Hospitality employees can enroll in TEAM GPS for FREE. Email Erica Abarca at erica@visitgreaterps.com for more information.
