What is the Tourpreneur Daily Briefing.
Shane sifts through global industry websites, newspapers, magazines, and a variety of other resources to find the “must read” articles for each day, identify relevant job opportunities, and highlight new trends to watch.
He scours the news and curates the best material so you never miss out on the major news in our industry.
OTA/Global/Tech
- In a thought-provoking article on Phocuswire, Stephen Joyce, CEO of Rezgo writes It’s time to decide – standardize technology in activities, or not? He talks us through the current state of connectivity in our sector, the good and the bad.
- Is this the start of a new offline PR campaign for GetYourGuide?
GetYourGuide Billboard Ad seen at Berlin Tegel Airport. Will GYG be marketing at more airports?
- SheTalks. Peek sponsored a webinar series last month in honor of Women’s History Month. Peek have kindly made the webinars and slides available for viewing.
- Confused by all the tour booking and res services out there? Polymath has launched a comparison study on tour booking and reservation software applications. called the Booking & Reservation ATLAS It is available for free. Thank you Ingrid!
- Need help with Instagram? FareHarbor release a blog post titled ‘How Instagram Can Help Your Small Business & 3 Tips on Getting Started.’
- I resisted the urge to plant an April Fools Joke in yesterday’s Brief. My sense of humor gets me into enough trouble as it is. So I was pleased to see Tiqets share some fun about a special kind of tulip.
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Tours and Activities in the News
- Underground Donut Tours announce expansion to NYC and their first donut tour of the Big Apple launches this week. A heads up – we interview CEO Jeff Woekler on next week’s episode of the TourPreneur Podcast to find out more.
- New ghost tours of Westland’s Eloise Psychiatric Hospital selling out. Considered by some as one of the most haunted places in America, Tourpreneur Adkins said the new tours are limited to 30 people and focus less on the history and more on paranormal investigations. Who you gonna call?
- We did the Chester Food Tour – and it was amazing. The tours are the brainchild of Tourpreneur Gareth Boyd, the man behind Chester Running Tours.
Attractions in the News
- Japan’s new pop-up poop museum proves a hit. I will spare you the puns, 10,000 visitors in its first week!
U.S. Sens. Susan Collins, of Maine, and Dianne Feinstein, of California, want to create a Smithsonian Women’s History Museum.
These are The Oldest Tourist Attractions in Every State according to Readers Digest.
People News and Career Opportunities
Career Opportunities – Jobs in Tours
Send us your tour and activities related jobs and we will publish them in the daily brief.
- Consultant needed. Travel Trade Distribution Strategy for North America, for England’s Great Walking Trails
- Urban Adventures Sales Support Coordinator – Hanoi based in Hanoi.
- GetYourGuide is recruiting for positions based in Berlin.
Destination Manager, Germany
Destnation Manager Benelux
- Merlin Entertainments
Head of Trade Sales & Strategic Partners – West Coast US
Head of Trade Sales & Strategic Partners – Northeast US
- Consultant needed. Travel Trade Distribution Strategy for North America, for England’s Great Walking Trails
- Redeam – Regional Director of Sales, Western US & Mexico (based in Boulder or remote possible but must live in or near a major tourist market in the Western United States or Mexico.
- Headout is recruiting for the following roles in the US and EU:
1. Sr. BD Manager – DACH + Holland
2. Sr. BD Manager – Spain
3. Sr BD Manager – New York
4. Sr BD Manager – Italy
5. Operations Manager – NYC
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