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Tour Operator Booking Platform Bokun announces major pricing changes plus a new affiliate hub and marketplace.
September 25, 2020
In an email to its customers, tour operator booking platform Bokun today announced major changes to its pricing structure plus two new major additions to its offering – Bokun Affiliate Hub and the Bokun App ...
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Google My Business for Tour Operators. How Alan is using GMB to drive tour bookings and increase engagement.
September 21, 2020
Google My Business for Tour Operators Tour Operator Alan Rust of America Tour Company walks us through his tried and tested Google My Business for tour operators advice. There are plenty of gurus out there ...
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Tour Operators Respond as OTA GetYourGuide Follows Others By ‘hiding’ Customer Email Addresses.
September 18, 2020
OTA GetYourGuide has announced a major new change to the way ‘suppliers’ can communicate with customers who have booked via their platform. We’re updating the emailing system between you and customers. Once a booking is ...
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The Tourpreneur Daily Brief – Keep Up-to-Date with the Tours and Activities Industry.
August 19, 2020
The Tourpreneur Daily Brief is available for free with a guaranteed no-spam policy. Shane Whaley, host of the world’s only weekly podcast for tour operators personally handpicks the stories he feels you need to know ...
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Review of TripSchool How to Start a Tour Business course.
August 5, 2020
An independent TripSchool Review. Shane Whaley the host and producer of the Tourpreneur Podcast shares his review of TripSchool courses and their how to start a tour business course. (And don’t just take our word ...
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EzTIX CEO Jeremy Mitchell responds to Tourpreneur questions over refund delays.
August 3, 2020
EzTIx are coming under heavy fire from tour operators over the delay in paying out refunds to its customers who cancelled bookings due to COVID-19. Many operators are furious that the company shut down all ...
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How to Price Private Tours to Accommodate Today’s More Cautious Travelers
July 30, 2020
Tour Pricing Tips from Fellow Tour Operators How to Price Private Tours to Accommodate Today’s More Cautious Travelers This Tourpreneur Feature about pricing is kindly sponsored by Checkfront, the booking platform trusted by over 5000 tour ...
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6 Instagram Tips for Tour Operators – based on actual experience not theory.
July 20, 2020
Conor Mulloy of Insta Tours shares 6 Instagram Tips for Tour Operators Instagram tips for tour operators Conor of Insta Tours shares six actionable Instagram tips for tour operators based on his experience growing a ...
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Why You Need Clear and Consistent Communication With Your Tour Guides
July 8, 2020
Guest article with Nikki Padilla Rivera It’s to your benefit that your tour guides understand what is going on with your business. There tends to be a fear amongst tour operators that guides will learn ...
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Why the time is right for an operator-focused, commission-free OTA
July 1, 2020
Guest Article with Chris Torres of Touriosity Why the time is right for an operator-focused, commission-free OTA It goes without saying that COVID-19 has had a devastating impact on the travel industry. With cities in ...
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The Reality of Reopening Tours with Jared Broach of Nightly Spirits Tours
June 11, 2020
Guest Blog – Tour Operator Jared Broach- Nightly Spirits Tours shares his COVID experience, how he planned on reopening tours post COVID, and how the reality of reopening tours was very, very different. A Little ...
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10 Best Online Tour Booking Sites To List Your Tours, Activities and Experiences.
June 4, 2020
Guest Blog – Matt Davison – Travel Tractions When you’re in the business of selling tours, the most important thing to do is get your service seen by the right people. But where and how ...
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How To Create Videos For Your Tour Business With No Money.
June 1, 2020
Guest Blog – Typically Swiss Tours’ Chris Wilson In this guest blog post for Tourpreneur, Chris Wilson of Typically Swiss Tours shares 10 tips on How To Create Videos For Your Tour Business on a ...
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Travel Industry Writer Freelance Opportunity
May 28, 2020
Tourpreneur – Tour Operator News Service Tourpreneur, a podcast and online news service for the tours, activities and experience industry, seeks a creative writer to research and produce topical news stories and features for tour ...
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Douglas Quinby is still ‘cautiously optimistic’ that Arival Phoenix will go ahead in September.
May 15, 2020
Douglas Quinby, the CEO of Arival says he is ‘cautiously optimistic‘ that Arival Phoenix will still go ahead this year. This week, yet another travel industry conference, Phocuswright Europe, fell victim to the COVID-19 crisis, ...
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7 Questions to Ask Yourself to Decide Whether or Not to Develop Virtual Tours.
May 7, 2020
Opinion – Guest Contributor Jessica Hammer, Taste of Toulouse. Since the near-total shutdown of tourism and travel due to the COVID-19 pandemic, there has – for many good reasons – been a rush to develop ...
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7 Key Takeaways from Arival’s latest research on the tours and activities industry.
May 1, 2020
Arival recently released its first paid for research report on the tours, activities, and attractions industry sector, titled ‘Arival Experience Revolution’. Last weekend, I purchased the report and in this post, I will share with ...
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Why Should I Trademark My Tour Business? FAQs
March 26, 2020
Does Your Tour Business Need a Registered Trademark? One of the most frequent questions I receive from listeners is ‘why should I trademark my tour business?’ I’m not a legal expert, so I’ve asked Gordon ...
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Sheryl Sandberg COO of Facebook reveals more about the $100m grant to help small businesses get through the COVID-19 crisis.
March 18, 2020
Social media giant Facebook announced yesterday that they are gearing up to offer $100m in grants to small businesses that are struggling to stay in business during the Coronavirus outbreak. Arival CEO Douglas Quinby called ...
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Tour Booking Platform Bokun Now Offering To Build Websites for Tour Operators
March 5, 2020
Bokun, the Tripadvisor owned booking platform is now offering to build websites for its tour operator customers. “We’re sorry we didn’t get to see you at Arival Berlin! Our team is especially sad because we ...
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