WorldNomads.com free iPhone and iPod Touch Language Guides
August 31, 2009
The WorldNomads.com free iPhone and iPod Touch language guides have been a HUGE hit with travelers all over the world, with over 610,000 downloads from iTunes in the 9 months since launch! Now the media loves them too. This week the language guides were voted ŒBest Freebie¹ by MSNBC! Available in 22 languages including Spanish, French, Italian, Mandarin, Thai and Turkish (see Worldnomads.com for a full list and details) each guide includes a few dozen basic travel phrases organized by category (such as ‘transport’, ‘food & eating’ and ‘directions’). Tap a category, select a phrase and a native speaker pronounces the phrase. As the MSNBC reviews says “a high-end feature we’re surprised to find in a free app.” For the full review see: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/32464923/ns/travel-tips/ World Nomads has always taken a different approach to travel insurance by providing not just great insurance coverage and travel safety services, but also other tools to keep... Read More →
Member Press ReleasesThe First World Masters Rowing Competition to be Held in Finland in July 2010
August 28, 2009
Sulkava, Finland plays host to the world event from July 8-11, 2010. Open to national and club teams from all over the world and using the distinctive Finnish “churchboats,” the competition will be held on Lake Saimaa, the largest of Finland’s 200,000 lakes and the fourth largest lake in Europe. The competition will feature two events: a short race of 2,000 meters in front of the Sulkava Rowing Stadium and a long race of 60 kilometers around Partala Island, the largest island in Lake Saimaa. The competition will be held jointly with Finland´s largest rowing event, the Sulkava Rowing Race, which has 8,000 participants annually. The World Masters Rowing Competition will be run with traditional Finnish 12-meter wooden churchboats which have sliding benches and 14 oars. “Churchboats” are long rowing boats, sometimes called Sulkava boats or Viking boats, which the Finnish people once used to travel to holy mass on Sundays and were based on models from Viking days. The church has... Read More →
Spotlight: SustainabilityCoastal Tourism Executives & Experts to Gather at Stanford University For First-ever Innovator’s Symposium
August 28, 2009
(Standford, Calif.) — Over one hundred innovators in coastal and marine tourism development will gather at Stanford University from January 20-22, 2010 for a first-ever Executive Symposium. They include the ‘thought-leaders’ and pioneers who are breaking the mold of cookie-cutter hotels and vacation homes, and forging new, sustainable, approaches to coastal tourism development. The Center for Responsible Travel (CREST) and the Center for Global Business at Stanford University’s Graduate School of Business will bring together the executives behind the development of responsible resorts, vacation homes, marinas, golf courses, and other tourism facilities and activities. Together with Stanford faculty and a range of other experts, they will explore ways to overcome the barriers that are preventing sustainable design from becoming standard practice. Particular attention will be paid to the impacts of both climate change and the global economic crisis on coastal tourism projects. Over... Read More →
ATTA "In the News"Teva/ATTA Partnership Highlighted in Brandweek
August 28, 2009
The new Tour Operator Scholarship Program was recently highlighted in an article in Brandweek. Read more: Teva Gets in Touch With ‘The Naturist’ Read More →
ATTA "In the News"ATTA President Quoted on www.WorldChanging.com
August 28, 2009
ATTA President Shannon Stowell was quoted from his speech at the Vacation Matters Summit in Seattle. Read the article: See it Before it Disappears: Reconciling and Regulating Disaster Tourism Read More →
ATTA Press Releases Industry Partner News Partner NewsFirst ISO Adventure Tourism Working Group Meeting Set for October 23, Adjacent to 2009 Adventure Travel World Summit in Québec, Canada
August 26, 2009
Summit Gains Traction as Organizers Schedule Around ATTA’s Annual Conference (SEATTLE) – Led by two authoritative standards organizations – Brazil’s Associação Brasileira de Normas Técnicas (ABNT) and the United Kingdom’s BSI, endorsed by the global Adventure Travel Trade Association (ATTA), and backed by a 27-country ISO vote, the newly formed ISO Adventure Tourism Working Group (ISO TC 228) has scheduled its first meeting adjacent to the 2009 Adventure Travel World Summit October 19-22 in Charlevoix, Québec, Canada. The ISO group’s October 23rd meeting coincides with other specialized tourism entities that are scheduling meetings and events throughout the ATTA’s annual fall Summit. For 2009, The International Ecotourism Society (TIES), VAST (Virtuoso Active & Specialty Travel), ABETA – the Adventure and Ecotourism Association of Brazil, and Trusted Adventures, a collection of U.S.-based tour operators, each will collaborate with the ATTA in assembling co-located... Read More →
ATTA Press Releases Travel & Outdoor GearEddie Bauer Sponsors Adventure Travel Trade Association, 2009 Adventure Travel World Summit
August 25, 2009
(SEATTLE) – (August 24, 2009) – Forty-six years ago, Jim Whittaker, donning Eddie Bauer mountaineering gear, became the first American to summit Mount Everest. Today, Eddie Bauer is in the midst of its significant launch of a new adventure and mountaineering gear and apparel line. To reclaim its mountaineering heritage, Eddie Bauer has launched major promotional efforts, including a year-long Key Sponsorship of the Adventure Travel Trade Association (ATTA) and its 2009 Adventure Travel World Summit (ATWS). Cooperative marketing exchanges are central to the Eddie Bauer-ATTA agreement, which includes financial backing for the ATTA and cross-promotion. The partnership provides Eddie Bauer with branding exposure and direct access to the association’s trade network, which includes hundreds of outfitters and agents worldwide who serve millions of adventure travelers annually. For its part, the ATTA receives branding exposure for its consumer initiatives such as www.adventure.travel within... Read More →
ATTA Press Releases New & DifferentTIES Joins the ATTA’s 2009 Adventure Travel World Summit to Co-Lead Sustainable Tourism Trade Forums
August 25, 2009
(SEATTLE) – (August 25, 2009) – Two newly featured forums scheduled for the Adventure Travel Trade Association’s 2009 Adventure Travel World Summit, both addressing sustainable tourism, will gain heightened conservation expertise and perspectives through the first-time conference collaboration between the ATTA and The International Ecotourism Society (TIES). ATTA and TIES, which for years have together explored common interests in promoting responsible tourism and sustainable practices, are co-developing and will co-lead the Meeting of the Minds and Collaborative Learning interactive forums. The ATTA’s trade-only Adventure Travel World Summit is set for October 19-22 in Charlevoix, Québec Province, Canada. “Tackling matters such as sustainable tourism requires the best minds,” said ATTA President Shannon Stowell. “The Summit offers a timely and high quality setting to join minds, debate openly, share resources, bring common visions together, and to ensure these discussions... Read More →
ATTA "In the News"ATTA & Teva Partnership Highlighted in FOX Business
August 21, 2009
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Member Press ReleasesPEAK 15 Releases First Tour Operator Software to Incorporate Microsoft Dynamics CRM
August 21, 2009
CARLSBAD, CA —PEAK 15 Systems, Inc. today released the first software application for tour operators, outfitters and travel suppliers to include the world-class customer relationship management tools of Microsoft Dynamics CRM. PEAK 15 Version 4 brings together the trip planning tools and Intuit QuickBooks accounting integration in earlier versions of the web-based service with Microsoft Dynamics CRM’s customer management and marketing tools—all while delivering an unprecedented level of flexibility and affordability. “I believe the adage that travel transforms lives,” said James O’Leonard, CEO at PEAK 15 Systems. “Similarly, PEAK 15 Version 4 is transforming the travel industry by offering tour operators, outfitters and travel suppliers the flexible and affordable tools they need to succeed. We are thrilled that more than one hundred companies of all types and sizes are already using PEAK 15 today to increase sales, save time and make better decisions.” Microsoft Dynamics... Read More →
