Black Diamond Agency

🎄 Merry Christmas from everyone at Black Diamond! 🎄 Wishing you exciting new travel adventures in 2025 🤩

Last Wednesday the Visit Houston team welcomed product managers, key sales agents, media and influencers for an evening of cocktails and canapes to celebrate Black Diamond representing Houston in the UK ❤️ The star guest of the night was Alfred Cervantes from the Houston Film Commission sharing insights about various attractions 🚀 as well as the film and tv programmes that have been filmed across Houston 🎥 📺 🙌 Houston First Corporation

We're delighted that Tahiti Tourisme and Visit California have been named finalists in OutThere's 2024/2025 Experientialist® Awards 🙌 ❤️ 🤩 Tahiti Tourisme have been shortlisted in the 'Most OutThere Travel Brand' category, which spotlights the "most revolutionary, mindful and forward-looking travel brands that have demonstrated unrivalled and holistic innovation, inclusivity, creativity and excellence across all aspects of their operations, linked specifically to OutThere’s core values of diversity, discovery and discernment." 🤩 Both Tahiti Tourisme and Visit California are shortlisted in the 'Most OutThere Initiative in Inclusive Travel' category, which celebrates travel brands that "are making a real difference when it comes to fostering inclusivity and intersectionality in luxury and experiential travel and are truly dedicated to personalisation, inclusivity and diversity in their work." #ExperientialistAwards

🔊 Black Diamond is hiring! We’re delighted to be expanding our talented Travel Trade team, and currently recruiting for the following roles: 👉 Travel Trade Account Director More info inc. how to apply here: https://lnkd.in/eFGPyWNc 👉 Travel Trade Account Manager More info inc. how to apply here: https://lnkd.in/e9inH67r If you're passionate about and experienced in the UK Travel Trade and think you'd be a good fit, we'd love to hear from you ✨ #travel #hiring #recruiting #jobs

In a wonderful way to end the month, Black Diamond’s Trade Account Executive Amy Watts has been named the AWTE (Association of Women Travel Executives) and ITT - The Institute of Travel & Tourism Rising Star of 2024 🤩 🙌. We’re absolutely delighted for Amy for such a fantastic achievement!

Another great World Travel Market (WTM) London wrapped! It was a huge pleasure to represent so many of our clients last week, including Los Cabos Tourism Board, Chile Travel, Grenada Tourism Authority, Japan National Tourism Organization, Ishikawa, the Montenegro National Tourism Organisation, Visit Qatar and Valencia and to assist with the Sri Lanka Tourism stand build. Yet again it was fantastic to see many old friends and to make new connections ❤️ Some of our WTM highlights: ✨ An evening at Soho House & Co with Los Cabos Tourism Board to celebrate the Mexican destination’s diverse offering, ranging from world-class gastronomic delights to unique marine life. Guests were treated to locally inspired cocktails from an award-winning mixologist who joined all the way from Los Cabos. ✨ A Japan National Tourism Organization Night at Japan House London celebrating the vibrant and diverse Hokuriku region which includes the Ishikawa, Fukui, Niigata and Toyama prefectures. ✨ Numerous events celebrating the industry – a particularly big thanks for having us Virgin Atlantic, Elegant Resorts, British Guild of Travel Writers, Wanderlust Travel Media and Lonely Planet! It was a lovely bonus to see wins for VisitPITTSBURGH and Osaka Japan National Tourism Organization – both named Top City at Lonely Planet's ‘Best in Travel 2025’ Awards 🤩 Til next time – looking forward to doing it all again in 2025! 🙌 #WTMLDN

🇺🇸 New Client Alert 🇺🇸! We're delighted to share that we will be working alongside Choose Chicago as their official trade representation agency for the UK and Ireland 🙌 From the iconic Chicago River to its beautiful skyline, diverse cultural experiences and welcoming neighbourhoods, we look forward to working with Choose Chicago and showcasing the city's amazing offerings to the UK and Irish Trade 🤩 #ChooseChicago

The countdown is on to World Travel Market (WTM) London next week! We’re delighted to be representing many of our clients at the show. 📥 If you’d like to meet with one of our team at WTM to discuss how we could support your destination or business goals, please get in touch on info@blackdiamond.co.uk.

In a wonderful way to tie up the week, we're delighted that Visit California has been named 'US State of the Year' at the inaugural JRNY Magazine's America Awards 🙌

In a lovely way to start the week, we're delighted that a number of our clients have been named finalists in JRNY Magazine's inaugural JRNY America Awards 🙌: California, Colorado, Houston, Port of Seattle and Yosemite Nation 🤩. More details 👉 https://bit.ly/3Y0osWd Winners will be announced on the 24th of October ❤️