May 5, 2021Locked: needs Free membership
Tours, activities and attractions have ridden a wave of digitization over the past year as the pandemic has fueled new traveler behaviors and forced changes on operators. In this session we’ll cover the big tech themes and hot topics reshap…
Mar 24, 2021Locked: needs Free membership
Create Videos that Grow Your Tour Business Video is an essential component of a tourism marketer’s arsenal. This workshop delves into what makes a great, compelling video for tour and activity operators and how to deploy the video to grow y…
Mar 3, 2021Locked: needs Free membership
Mobile app-based self-guided tours allow tour designers to enrich the experience with a range of content and features, from photos and videos to route selection, maps and more. But how much do travelers want to be looking at their phones? H…
Mar 3, 2021Locked: needs Free membership
Self-guided tours without great audio won’t end being all that… great. This session will delve into the essential do’s and don’ts of creating great audio content. What You’ll Learn: Best practices for recording, sound effects, voice narrati…
Mar 3, 2021Locked: needs Free membership
No, you can’t just copy and paste your in-person tour script to a self-guided experience. Self-guided experiences require tour operators to reimagine the experience from the ground up, and also create opportunities for upsells, niche experi…
Mar 2, 2021Locked: needs Free membership
Venice tour guide Marc Corteez launched his first self-guided tour in 2018, and has plans to launch more in Italy. This is his story.
Mar 2, 2021Locked: needs Free membership
This workshop walks through the essentials of designing self-guided experiences and how to create a successful experience. What you’ll learn: best practices on self-guided experience design, including itinerary development, scripting, audio…
Mar 2, 2021Locked: needs Free membership
Most think self-guided tours is a small niche in tours and activities, but in fact the vast majority of travel is just that: it’s self guided. This unravels the misconceptions of self-guided tours and explore the much, much bigger picture –…
Nov 5, 2020Locked: needs Free membership
Growing your business means growing your offerings. But it's not simply a question of adding new neighborhoods or experiences. Lauren Shannon shares her secrets in growing her Arigato Japan Food Tours across the entire country by growing he…
Nov 5, 2020Locked: needs Free membership
See what Google Search Trends can show you about the state of demand for tourism. We'll also chat about other ways you and other operators are gauging consumer demand. Presented by Blend Marketing.
Nov 5, 2020Locked: needs Free membership
Last, but certainly not least, we turn our full attention to tour guides. As well all know, a fantastic guide can make or break a tour. But guiding is so much more than just learning the route and script, and being available to lead the tou…
Nov 4, 2020Locked: needs Free membership
During these unprecedented times, the future of Food + Beverage Tourism hangs in the balance and seemingly out of our control. As anxiety and questions swirl around what the post-pandemic recovery of the tourism and restaurant industries wi…
