It is a profound experience to have things wild touch our lives. In the 32 years I spent working for the Utah Division of Wildlife ...
Solimar International is a tourism marketing and development company that understands tourism is a powerful tool that can improve destinations and attract travelers to visit ...
I have had a profound change in the last month, ever since my daughter turned Sweet 16. Ashton is now driving, and her world is ...
Mike Roberts founded Samurai Tours, which specializes in packages to Japan, based on his love of the island nation’s culture. Courier spoke with him about ...
Faith travel encompasses many forms, including missions, pilgrimages, fellowship trips and more. Another popular option involves attending special faith-related events that may occur monthly, annually ...
It was December 2011, and I was sitting at lunch with John, the senior pastor of a large church and a well-respected community leader, when ...
Looking for a different kind of tour? An exceptional experience that will leave you with unforgettable memories? Three NTA members specialize in unique tour products ...
Brilliant Edventures Brilliant Edventures is a full-service, wholesale tour operator providing expert tour planning and management services to U.S. and Canadian destinations. We provide affordable, ...
Two tour operator companies that provide in-depth faith travel packages are Reformation Tours and Globus. Reformation Tours specializes in Christian and cultural tours of Europe ...
They say you don’t know what you’ve got till it’s gone. But curiously, it is sometimes only when you are committed to destroying something that ...
No one wants to think about a time when travel and tourism as we know it does not exist. For me, they are what I ...
The U.S. National Travel and Tourism Office released data on inbound travel to the United States in 2018, and the information shows that arrivals increased ...
Over the last year and a half, Destination Canada has been thinking about moving—moving away from being a destination brand and becoming a passion brand. ...
One of my favorite musicians is David Byrne. The former frontman of the Talking Heads has always struck me as one of the most creative ...
Rich Figueroa is the special events coordinator for the Oneida Nation of Wisconsin, which is based just west of Green Bay. Figueroa shares his experiences ...
Is it a contradiction—or a stroke of genius—to travel by yourself … but with a group? I was part of a group that explored Utah’s ...
NTA’s annual gathering is a miraculous mashup of business development and relationship building. And this year, when delegates saddle up and ride into Fort Worth, ...
When Brian Tomaine posted a candid appraisal of his fledgling business—and a plea for help—on Engage, NTA’s online community, he was guessing his colleagues ...
Why is Germany such an iconic destination? Many Americans have family and faith roots in Germany and central Europe, and they live in the tradition ...
Full circle. That’s the phrase that best describes Contact 2019 in Tucson for me. You see, while I attended this year’s Contact as a new ...
Flug vier und sechzig von Amsterdam ist gerade eben angekommen. Willkommen in Bremen. The pilot’s welcome did little to ease my anxiety. And I didn’t ...
His beard was quite impressive. As the receptionist at a beautiful country hotel near Oberammergau, Germany, he handed me the keys for the rooms of ...
Some teachers and school administrators relish the chance to plan a trip for their students—mapping out details, booking rooms and tickets, arranging meals, etc.—while others ...
A tour operator can provide a great itinerary, and your students can help recruit more participants, but if you want to reduce the cost of ...
How do I get a passport? If it’s your first passport book or if it’s for a child under 16, you need to apply in ...
First Choice Tours Inc. First Choice Tours specializes in safe, educational and memorable field trips for students. We work with all grade levels around the ...
Thousands of travel professionals—representing destinations, hotels, attractions, sightseeing companies, etc.—work with NTA tour operators and their groups. But what goes into assembling a group and ...
Travel from the United States to Cuba is expected to increase in 2019, according to a survey conducted by the Center for Responsible Travel, or ...
We’ve all been there. The event has been announced, the itinerary put together, the accommodations secured and the ground services finalized. A year passes by ...
Three students, armed with half-eaten dripping ice creams, surrounded me on the bustling streets of New York’s Chinatown. Breathless and bouncing, with an energy seemingly ...
Scholastica Ponera, owner of Pongo Safaris & Tours, has spent countless hours exploring the national parks of her native Tanzania. Those adventures, which helped her ...
It didn’t seem simple: Plan a cruise for 14 family members, ranging from twin 5-year-old boys to my mother, whose 70th birthday was the reason ...
by Dr. Peter Tarlow Regardless of one’s role in the tourism industry, the safety of clients and staff has to be the No. 1 priority. ...
Most folks think of February as the month of love: celebrating Valentine’s Day, remembering loved ones and recognizing the importance of love in our lives. ...
We enjoyed lunch and good company at Café Reconcile, a social enterprise in Central City that employs at-risk youth and provides culinary and job training ...
Sightseeing Cruise Company Gold Hornblower Cruises & Events Founded in 1980, Hornblower provides cruises from seven California port cities—San Francisco, Berkeley, Sacramento, Long Beach, Newport ...
As I walked through the rows of display booths towards the Travel Exchange show floor, it hit me. Something big was different. The walled aisles that ...
According to recent data compiled by the U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of Consular Affairs, more than 42 percent of U.S. citizens have a valid ...
The travel bug bit when I was in high school and my family and I took our first vacation “out west.” During our vacation from ...
It has been a little over a year since Hurricane Maria made landfall in Puerto Rico and caused widespread damage. A lot has happened in ...
If there’s one thing New Orleans does well, it’s air conditioning. And food. And hospitality. This is what I noticed about the city: the brilliant ...
Despite the long, steep hike to reach it, Conundrum Hot Springs in Colorado’s White River National Forest had over 6,000 visitors last year. But due ...
Halifax, Nova Scotia, played host to Rendez-vous Canada in May, and the eastern harbor town welcomed 1,875 delegates, the highest attendance in the show’s 42-year ...
Mask tightened, fins on, splash! A sea of fish, intricate coral and bright blue water engulf us. We prepared for this, but for a moment it ...
Visitation to the national park system in 2017 was almost identical to the record-setting 331 million recreation visits in 2016, and many parks continue to ...
“What’s the Jordan brand?” That’s the question Dr. Abed al Razzaq Arabiyat, managing director of the Jordan Tourism Board, posed to 70 of us in ...
They say the third time’s a charm, but the first two weren’t so bad, either. On Sept. 20–21, Tourism Cares returns to the Big Easy ...
With so much competition for customers in the travel space, organizations are constantly seeking unique ways of creating meaningful bonds with those they serve. This ...
Four of the delegates shared their thoughts with Courier about CSR in the midst of the Feb. 23–28 trip. Each brought a different level of experience and ...
As the story goes, Bertha Palmer, a well-to-do Chicago socialite and wife of Potter Palmer, who built Palmer House, needed an easy-to-carry dessert to share ...
The program allows for reciprocal visa-free travel for up to 90 days between participating partner countries. It is only applicable to specific countries where the ...
My railroad roots go back to Grand Canyon Railway. I started as their national marketing director back in 1994, and I fell in love with ...
That summation by Casandra Matej, president and CEO of Visit San Antonio, describes what’s taking place not only in San Antonio this year, but also ...
Eighteen of the 20-member group met during NTA’s Travel Exchange in December 2017 at San Antonio, but the secret is definitely out. Also convening during ...
I have the best job in the world. As director of sales at Ride the Ducks of Seattle for the past seven years, I’m living ...
