Definitely. I think I, it, it definitely influenced me. No matter how good you think your zoo is, there’s always a zoo out there that does something better. They may do a lot of things not as good as you, but you can always take away some, there’s always something… Read More
Has that helped to shape your overall philosophy?… Read More
But I, I’m, I’m fine. I think you need, you know, in, in traditional zoos or big zoos, you, there are, you need the tech nowadays you can just scan the QR code and get everything. So I’m not so sure how sign, how the future of signage and zoos,… Read More
Well, no matter what you do, some people are gonna look at the signs and some, aren’t you, there are better signs than others. Again, we don’t use signage. We don’t need signage at, at, at long neck manner. ’cause we can deliver all of one-on-one. But when you can’t… Read More
What do you think one needs to think about in designing signage for animal exhibits?… Read More
I brought the whole board in two different trips to Disney. Not to say we’re gonna be Disney, but to show them, you know, some of the things that Disney did that we could do in Houston. Then, you know, bringing all these adults to Disney World was, was kind… Read More
They, they loved the zoo from the beginning. It, it, it was a, even when it was not a very good zoo or a decaying zoo, you know, the stroller moms were in there every morning. It was, it, it, there was no opposition to the zoo other than, well… Read More
How important was it to get the Houston community to embrace the zoo?… Read More
You know, the, the, you know, how season out, what the seasons are, you know, sometimes we’ll have specials rates for the villas, the, the, the giraffe suite. We’ll talk about animal king, animal kingdom. We’ll talk about long neck manner more later. But that’s where digital, I’ve really gotten… Read More
Did you have strategies for that?… Read More
Does it help the zoo If it’s used the right way?… Read More
Does that help draw attention to wildlife?… Read More
It’s, it’s a tremendous tool because most of our marketing now, it’s much cheaper to market now because, you know, we, you, you, you put something on a a, a YouTube video. One of our, one of our hospitality people, she, we used to pay her to do all our… Read More
There’s Twitter, there’s Facebook, there’s remote cameras. Read More
As we look at things today, how does, how do you feel new technology can assist in promoting zoos?… Read More
I, I had a good relationship with the press almost every place because I, I I, I don’t think I ever had a bad relationship unless they were looking for something bad. But we’d always invite them out and, and, and if we had a, if we had a, if… Read More
Did you have a good relationship with the, the press?… Read More
How did you nurture that?… Read More
Did they ask?… Read More
Well, Lee Empty is a good friend of mine, so I knew him really well. I convinced him to apply. He, he wasn’t sure ’cause he was really happy in Minnesota, so I, you know, I didn’t have to give Lee advice. I I, I just said, Lee, you got… Read More