Articles for tour & activity operators.

• How a Buyer-Seller Conference can power your Tour Business

  Podcast

  August 26, 2023

  

• Multi-Day Podcast: Selling the Experience & Crafting a Clear Customer Journey

  Blog, Multi-Day Podcast, Podcast

  July 24, 2023

  

• What Makes a Great Tour Guide

  Blog, Experience Economy, Guiding & Training, Podcast

  July 17, 2023

  

• Multi-Day Podcast: ROI, Safety, and Experience

  Blog, Multi-Day Podcast, Podcast

  July 10, 2023

  

• [Women] Travel Entrepreneurs: The Power of Cultural Context in Travel Experiences

  Blog, Experience Economy, Guest Experience, Podcast

  July 4, 2023

  

• Multi-Day Podcast: Turning Your Social Media Following into a Successful Business

  Blog, Multi-Day Podcast, Podcast

  July 4, 2023

  

• TripAdmit Tap To Tip: New Guide Tipping & Review Collection Technology

  Guest Experience, Reservation Technology, Technology

  July 1, 2023

  

• The Power of Consumer Generated Content to Boost your Bookings

  Blog, Marketing, Podcast

  June 19, 2023

  

• Multi-Day Podcast: Why Quality Guides and Vehicles Make or Break a Safari Experience 

  Blog, Multi-Day Podcast, Podcast

  June 15, 2023

  

• Future of Experientialism: Creating Better Experiences

  Blog, Experience Economy, Podcast, Storytelling

  June 15, 2023

  

• Multi-Day Podcast: The Ultimate Sales Machine

  Blog, Business Strategy & Operations, Multi-Day Podcast, Podcast

  May 30, 2023

  

• [Women] Travel Entrepreneurs: Moving Past Uncertainty to Build a Strong Business

  Blog, Podcast

  May 30, 2023

  

• How the Concept of “Play” Can Improve Your Tours

  Blog, Podcast, Storytelling

  May 25, 2023

  

• Using Brain Science to Craft Immersive Tours (Episode 235)

  Experience Economy, Guest Experience, Podcast, Storytelling

  April 29, 2023

  

• How will AI Impact Tourism & Operators? (Episode 234)

  Industry News, Podcast, Technology, The Future of Travel

  April 28, 2023

  

• Automations & Guest Experience: A Travel Technology Panel Discussion

  Guest Experience, Technology, The Future of Travel

  January 19, 2023

  

• Tipping, Tiktok and Evolving Your Business

  Guest Experience, Guiding & Training, Marketing, Podcast, Walking Tours

  January 10, 2023

  

• Multiday Technology Insights

  Blog

  December 15, 2022

  

• Booking Software Insights: A Panel Discussion

  Blog

  December 8, 2022

  

• Growing Your Tour Business Through Linkedin

  Marketing, Podcast, Sales & OTAs

  October 3, 2022

  

• Women in Travel: How to Craft Tours Focused on Telling the Stories of Women

  Diversity & Inclusion, Podcast

  September 29, 2022

  

• Three Things Some Marketing Agencies Won’t Tell You

  Blog, Podcast

  September 15, 2022

  

• Women in Travel: The Highs and Lows of Changing your Career into Tours & Activities

  Blog, Podcast

  September 5, 2022

  

• AI in tourism is here. You need to grasp the potential.

  Blog, Podcast

  August 30, 2022

  

• Facebook Ad Basics: 5 Top Tips

  Blog, Podcast

  August 25, 2022

  

• Why We Need More Women Mentors in Travel

  Blog, Podcast

  August 18, 2022

  

• The Changing Face of Tour Operating and Tourism

  Blog, Podcast

  August 16, 2022

  

• Operator Story: Neil Lapping of Macs Adventure

  Blog, Podcast

  August 9, 2022

  

• 5 Social Media Marketing Tips

  Blog, Podcast

  August 8, 2022

  

• What Makes Great Storytelling Content?

  Blog, Podcast

  August 7, 2022

  

• Creating a Commission Free Travel Agent

  Blog, Podcast

  August 1, 2022

  

• Innovation for Tour Operators

  Blog, Podcast

  July 28, 2022

  

• Operator Story: Zakia Moulaoui Guery of Invisible Cities

  Blog, Podcast

  July 25, 2022

  

• What Makes a Great Storyteller?

  Culture & History, Guest Experience, Guiding & Training, Podcast, Storytelling

  July 17, 2022

  

• How Women Can Be Better Represented in Travel 

  Diversity & Inclusion, Podcast

  July 6, 2022

  

• The Experience Economy in Tours and Activities with Joe Pine

  Blog, Podcast

  June 16, 2022

  

• Introducing the New Look Tourpreneur and the Launch of Tourpreneur+

  Blog, Podcast

  May 16, 2022

  

• New Ownership Announced at Tourpreneur

  Blog, Podcast

  May 11, 2022

  

• How Shifting Your Focus From ‘Educator’ to ‘Entertainer’ Can Impact the Tour Experience

  Blog, Podcast

  April 27, 2022

  

• How TourOpp Helps Gray Line San Francisco to Increase Sales and Reviews

  Blog, Podcast

  April 13, 2022

  

• How To Staff Up Your Tour Business

  Blog, Podcast

  April 6, 2022

  

• The Story Behind Taste of SLO Walking Food Tour

  Blog, Podcast

  March 29, 2022

  

• How Liselot Started a Beer and Brewery Tour Business, the Story Behind BeerSecret

  Blog, Podcast

  March 23, 2022

  

• Lessons Learned Starting a Tour Business in Paris During A Pandemic with Txango Tours

  Blog, Podcast

  March 16, 2022

  

• How You Can Increase Tour Bookings and Reviews with Photos

  Blog, Podcast

  March 9, 2022

  

• What I Learned Running a Tour Business for Over 30 Years

  Blog, Podcast

  March 2, 2022

  

• How An Episode of Top Gear Inspired Jamie to Start His Own Tour business

  Blog, Podcast

  February 23, 2022

  

• Navy Veteran reveals How She Built A Successful Winery And Brewery Tour Business

  Blog, Podcast

  February 16, 2022

  

• Arival San Diego – 9 Takeaways from 3 Tour Operators

  Blog, Podcast

  February 9, 2022

  

• 8 tools and tricks to drive more direct bookings to your tour/activity business

  Blog

  February 1, 2022

  

• Shane’s Big Hairy Audacious Instagram Reels Experiment

  Blog, Podcast

  January 28, 2022

  

• 11 Tour Operators Reveal the One ‘Game Changer’ Skill They Want to Focus on in 2022 to grow their business.

  Blog, Podcast

  January 11, 2022

  

• A new way of looking at guests’ expectations

  Blog

  January 7, 2022

  

• AI Chatbots for Tour Operators and How They Helped Billy earn $60k in tour bookings

  Blog, Podcast

  December 21, 2021

  

• Tour Operators as Conduits of History & Culture with Michael Idriss

  Blog, Podcast

  December 1, 2021

  

• Tour Operator Round Table – What We Learned at Tourism Innovation Summit – TIS Seville

  Blog, Podcast

  November 22, 2021

  

• Digital Marketing Tips for Tour Operators with Evan Tipton Of TOMIS – meet the Marketing Agency

  Blog, Podcast

  November 16, 2021

  

• 14 Key Take-Aways from Arival 360’s AMA with Viator President Ben Drew

  Blog

  October 27, 2021

  

• Meet the Marketing Agency – TMA and two tour operators discuss Facebook Ads, Google Things to Do and Much More!

  Blog, Podcast

  October 26, 2021

  

• Expanding Your Tour Brand through Podcasting with Danielle Desir

  Blog, Podcast

  October 19, 2021

  

• SEO for Tour Operators who Blog with Dorene Wharton

  Blog, Podcast

  October 14, 2021

  

• First-hand tips for buying or selling a tour business with Trish Higgins of CapnFish!

  Blog, Podcast

  October 6, 2021

  

• Leveraging social media as marketing tools to attract attention to your tours

  Blog, Podcast

  September 15, 2021

  

• Tips for Tour Operators – The London Storyteller shares his 3 best tips how to develop a compelling tour experience

  Blog

  September 2, 2021

  

• GetYourGuide TV commercials airing in NYC market

  Blog

  August 22, 2021

  

• Bond, Churchill, and the Royals: Growing a Bespoke Tour Business with The London Storyteller

  Blog, Podcast

  August 22, 2021

  

• How to start a tour company – Leading our first test Tour!

  Blog, Podcast

  August 10, 2021

  

• More Copywriting Tips for Tour Operators Who Write Blog Posts 

  Blog, Podcast

  July 27, 2021

  

• Creating a Community of Bike Tour Operators with Fat Tire Bike Tour

  Blog, Podcast

  July 14, 2021

  

• Starting a Tour Business with She Shapes History: Embracing Diverse Histories with Local Tourism

  Blog, Podcast

  July 7, 2021

  

• OTAs Acquiring Tour Operators: The Ideal Outcome

  Blog

  June 8, 2021

  

• How John Coupland designed The Crown Film Locations Tour

  Blog, Podcast

  May 25, 2021

  

• Repurposing Content – How It Helps You Expand Your Audience and Reach

  Blog, Podcast

  May 18, 2021

  

• GetYourGuide Launch New Promo for Tour Operators in Americas to meet Increasing US Traveler Demand

  Blog

  May 11, 2021

  

• Tour Operator Reveals How She Uses Instagram to Grow Her Tour Business. With Otehlia Cassidy of Madison Eats Food Tours.

  Blog, Podcast

  May 10, 2021

  

• With her partner fighting for his life, Krystle shares how she single-handedly took over the running of the couple’s water tour business 

  Blog, Podcast

  April 27, 2021

  

• Don Littlefield shares his 3 major strategies for growing a brewery tour business

  Blog, Podcast

  April 20, 2021

  

• We find out more about Alan of America Tour Company in the first of our Tourpreneur Quickfire Q and A!

  Blog

  April 15, 2021

  

• What Should Tour Operators Blog About?- Essential Blogging Guide for Tour Businesses Part 2

  Blog, Podcast

  April 12, 2021

  

• Embracing Diversity & Empowering Community Through Food Tours with Blue Fern Travel

  Blog, Podcast

  April 6, 2021

  

• Maine Brew Bus announces rebranding, changes name to Maine Brews Cruise.

  Blog

  April 2, 2021

  

• Redeam Announces A $12M Series B Raise to Further Build Upon Rapidly Growing Connectivity Offerings in Things To Do Sector

  Blog

  March 31, 2021

  

• Travel Industry Mavericks – Out of this world – selfies from space with Spelfie CEO Chris Newlands

  Blog, Podcast

  March 29, 2021

  

• 5 things we learned about Clubhouse for Tour Operators

  Blog

  March 25, 2021

  

• Looking for an Amazon Explore review? Who better to give you the lowdown than 4 tour professionals who roadtested Amazon’s virtual experiences.

  Blog

  March 24, 2021

  

• Clubhouse for Tour Operators, Tips from Tour Operators, Tour Guides, and a Podcaster

  Blog, Podcast

  March 23, 2021

  

• How is Vox City Walks transforming the way we experience cities?

  Blog

  March 19, 2021

  

• Content for Tour Operators – Arival offers a content masterclass and Shane finds out more!

  Blog, Podcast

  March 18, 2021

  

• Self Guided Tours for Tour Operators- How Does the Questo Self-Guided App Benefit Tour Operators?

  Blog, Podcast

  March 16, 2021

  

• Blogging for Tour Operators – Essential Blogging Guide for Tour Businesses Part 1

  Blog, Podcast

  March 9, 2021

  

• A Peek Into the Industry’s Future with Peek’s Ruzwana Bashir & Oskar Bruening

  Blog, Podcast

  March 1, 2021

  

• Peter Syme on Survival. From bomb disposal to saving a tour business during the pandemic

  Blog, Podcast

  February 23, 2021

  

• Self Guided Mobile App Questo raises $1.5 million and plots expansion to over 200 cities.

  Blog

  February 18, 2021

  

• Urban Adventures abandons franchise model due to COVID pandemic.

  Blog

  February 18, 2021

  

• Viator announces Viator Operator Resource Center to help operators grow their businesses and stay informed of industry trends.

  Blog

  February 16, 2021

  

• Meet the Res Tech – Historic Tours of America reveal why they picked Ventrata to power their online bookings

  Blog, Podcast

  February 16, 2021

  

• How to design a display banner for a trade fair/travel event – A Guide for Tour Operators

  Blog

  February 10, 2021

  

• Content Creation Tips for Tour Operators and the importance of building a content factory with Patrick van Rosendaal

  Blog, Podcast

  February 9, 2021

  

• Travel Industry Mavericks Discuss Klook’s $200M Investment & The Challenges Facing OTAs

  Blog, Podcast

  February 4, 2021

  

• How Buffalo Bike Tours operates in an economically depressed smaller market that is now seeing growth

  Blog, Podcast

  February 2, 2021