After a year that saw many tour operators essentially shuttered, new reports from two industry groups indicate cautious optimism for the year ahead. Arival, which tracks the day tours and activities sector, reported that total […]
Travel bookings are on the rise and USTOA members are confident about a travel recovery in 2021, particularly in the second quarter and beyond, according to a new survey. A full 98% of members who […]
Travel bookings are on the rise and USTOA members are confident about a travel recovery in 2021, particularly in the second quarter and beyond, according to a new survey. A full 98% of members who […]
When Globus family of brands chief marketing officer Steve Born called from the Grand Canyon this month, the elation in his voice was clear. “We’re glad to be out in America!” Born said as he […]
Goa resumes water sports and cruises; operators to follow SOPs Adventure enthusiasts waiting to traverse the Goan waters have a reason to cheer now. According to reports, Goa’s state government has permitted water sports activities […]
The late Anthony Bourdain broke down barriers across the dinner table while adding to viewers’ bucket-list destinations and must-have food experiences when he took his culinary show on the road, exposing viewers not only to […]
The people’s parks According to the National Park Service, more than 300 million people visited national parks last year, the third highest attendance since record keeping began in 1904. In announcing the numbers last month, […]
Carefully curated luxury My one and only other guided trip to Italy had been when I was in college, and we spent our days traipsing from one point to another, trying to see and get […]
The agenda for our visit to South Africa looked fairly standard. Cooking class, check. Tour of Robben Island, check. Visit to winery, check. Visit to ecoresort, check. And finally, of course, a safari. But on […]
Independent tour operators in the UK are “petrified” for the future, after a cancelled summer peak season and rising numbers of failures in the sector. They’re also caught between conflicting government advice and strict consumer […]
Tour operators and packagers last week reported that so far the Zika virus is not having a major impact on Mexico bookings. “Of the hundreds of thousands of Apple Vacations customers booked to Mexico in […]
In the latest move in a fast-growing campaign against using animals as tourist attractions, the advocacy group People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) reached agreements with six tour operators/wholesalers to stop offering elephant […]
NEW YORK — Tour operators are optimistic about the year ahead, according to session panelists at the New York Times Travel Show. Before the U.S. election was over last November, 2017 was not looking like […]
President Trump’s executive order barring entry to the U.S. from Iran (along with six other countries) has spurred the Iranian government to threaten reciprocal action, just as U.S. travel companies were seeing a surge in […]
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