Members “In the News”
ATTA Members awarded in Travel + Leisure’s 2010 “World’s Best” Awards
July 12, 2010
Travel + Leisure’s 2010 “World’s Best” Awards named ATTA Members in their Top 20 tour operators and safari outfitters including Micato Safaris, Austin-Lehman Adventures, Butterfield & Robinson, VBT Bicycling and Walking Vacations, Wilderness Travel, Backroads, Wilderness Safaris, International Expeditions, Country Walkers, Classic Journeys, and Lindblad Expeditions. Top Cities include ATTA Members: Santa Fe, New Mexico and Quebec City, Quebec. Click here to read more about the nomination and voting process for T+L’s annual “World’s Best” Awards. Read More →
Members "In the News"Call of the Wild Guide named “Outdoor Master” by San Francisco Chronicle
June 18, 2010
Call of the Wild guide Laurie Bagley was named an “Outdoor Master” by the San Francisco Chronicle. Bagley, the 19th U.S. woman to summit Mount Everest (via the North Col route in Tibet), also holds the time record for her 133 minute Mt. Shasta Ascent. Laurie says her motto is “One step at a time.” She is also a 2007 inductee to the California Outdoor Hall of Fame. Laurie is passionate about the wilderness and women. She will guide for Call of the Wild this year, with her trips including summiting the highest point in the lower 48 States – Mt. Whitney, Half Dome in Yosemite National Park, and crossing the California Sierra Mountains along the John Muir Trail. Laurie guided for Call of the Wild in 2009, with trips including Yosemite National Park and the Eastern California Sierra Mountains. Laurie returns to Call of the Wild in summer 2010 to share her experience and take on more of the California Sierras Mountains. She enjoys working with women, hiking, and backpacking. Read More →
Members "In the News"Tui Tai Featured in The Australian
June 3, 2010
On May 15th, Tui Tai — a Fiji-based company and ATTA Member since 2006 — had a trip featured in The Australian. The featured trip was a luxury adventure cruise by Vanua Levu, the northern island of Fiji. Read the story online here. Congratulations Tui Tai! Read More →
Members "In the News"Boreale Mountain Biking Featured in THE GLOBE AND MAIL
June 3, 2010
Yukon-based ATTA Member Boreale Mountain Biking was featured on May 21st in Canada’s Globe and Mail. The story included trip highlights, a stunning photograph, and an interview with owner Sylvian Turcotte. Read the story online. Congratulations BMB! Read More →
Members "In the News"
American Safari Cruises’ Wine and Culinary Yacht Cruises Named to Wall Street Journal’s ‘Great Trips You’ve Never Heard Of’ List
May 27, 2010
SEATTLE – Named one of the world’s top 10 great trips “you’ve never heard of” by the Wall Street Journal, American Safari Cruises’ wine and culinary theme luxury yacht sailings on the Columbia and Snake rivers will feature select sommeliers, guest chefs and culinary experts who will bring the emerging Washington state wine country and Pacific Northwest cuisine into focus. The eight-day, seven-night cruises between Portland, Ore., and Lewiston, Idaho, are aboard the company’s 145-foot, 36-guest flagship Safari Explorer on Oct. 2 and 9 and Nov. 6 and 13. The itinerary includes visits to five wineries in three appellations, experts onboard for the entire cruise, onboard wine tastings and discussions and cooking demonstrations. Scheduled onboard experts include: Oct. 2: Sommelier David LeClaire was the wine director at Seattle’s Alexis Hotel and Library Bistro for 10 years and is the founder of the Seattle Uncorked and Portland Uncorked wine clubs; Cordon Bleu/Paris-trained... Read More →
Members "In the News"Tours to Eyjafjallajökull volcano with ATTA Member Iceland Encounter Featured in Toronto Star’s Travel Section
May 5, 2010
ATTA Member Iceland Encounter was featured in the Travel section of the Toronto Star on Sunday. The article, which ran on May 2nd, is entitled: “Icelandic volcano fires up the imagination: Things aren’t quite back to normal, but a trip to Iceland these days can be quite fun… and educational.” Journalist Tammy Burns describes her experience of traveling with Iceland Encounter to Eyjafjallajökull volcano. Here‘s an excerpt: An emergency services crew is stationed next to us, a constant reminder that this isn’t your average tourist day trip. Eyjafjallajökull is, after all, a dangerous volcano. The eruption is located directly beneath a glacier, and when it first blew, a rush of melted glacial water flooded the area. Chunks of ice were flushed down and now remain scattered in the mud along the roadside, an eerie indication of the force behind Eyjafjallajökull. It’s a two-hour drive from Reykjavik to the town of Hvolsvöllur, and from there, it’s a shaky, bumpy, bone-jarring... Read More →
Members "In the News" Spotlight: OperatorsNational Geographic Traveler selects the 2010 Tours of a Lifetime
April 30, 2010
Washington, D.C. — Track snow leopards in Russia. Ride horses in Botswana. Follow the Silk Road. Take the kids to Tunisia. Sail on a small expedition ship through the Beagle Channel. These are just some of the 50 guided tours selected by National Geographic Traveler in its third annual “Tours of a Lifetime” list featured in the magazine’s May/June 2010 issue. The editorial team combed the world to find the most authentic, most innovative, most immersive, best-guided, and most sustainable tours. “The outfitters we selected have responded to travelers looking for more meaning and context,” notes senior editor Norie Quintos, who headed up the project. “And beyond guiding you to the destination, they’ve also found novel ways to give back.” The 50 Tours of a Lifetime include: *A food-lovers’ tour of Italy’s Piedmont region by La Dolce Vita Wine Tours, where travelers meet the artisans behind Barolo and Barbaresco wine, as well as local truffles, hazelnuts, and mountain... Read More →
Members "In the News"ATTA Members ROW Adventures and O.A.R.S. featured in New York Times’ Travel section
April 28, 2010
ATTA Members ROW Adventures and O.A.R.S. were featured in Sunday’s Travel section of the New York Times. The article, run on April 25, 2010 is entitled “In the Wild, with Tent and Tablecloth”. It focuses on whitewater rafting trips combining participatory culinary experiences in the Rocky Mountain states, Pacific Northwest and beyond: “culinary-oriented instruction along with outdoor adventure — a kind of ‘cooking school goes wild’ for those with interests both active and gourmet,” as written by Bonnie Tsui of the New York Times. Excerpts from the story: Peter Grubb, president and founder of ROW Adventures, said the company started the Culinary Whitewater Series last year in response to the growing interest in culinary travel. And ROW Adventures is not alone. An increasing number of outfits are following this model, offering a dose of culinary-oriented instruction along with outdoor adventure — a kind of “cooking school goes wild” for those with... Read More →
Member Press Releases Members "In the News"Green Living Project Expands Event Marketing Strategy
April 23, 2010
New “Premiere” strategy expands total marketing and distribution; Large events in major cities across North America feature national and local partners; Kick off starts with “San Francisco Premiere” on April 28th Los Angeles, CA – Green Living Project (GLP), the leading media production and marketing company showcasing global sustainability initiatives, has announced an expanded event marketing strategy through large signature “Premiere” events in major metropolitan areas across North America. This new distribution strategy complements and differentiates itself from the company’s popular grass-roots Mobile Tour campaign by attracting a large urban-based audience of active lifestyle, travel/sustainability enthusiasts, businesses, non-profits, celebrities, and media who are interested in getting involved and making a difference with local and global sustainability issues and challenges. Similar to the companies’ existing event marketing strategy, “Premiere” events... Read More →
Members "In the News"Volcanoes Safaris Recognized with “Tour of a Lifetime” by National Geographic Traveler Magazine
April 23, 2010
Kampala, Uganda—Volcanoes Safaris, an award-winning company that specializes in great ape tourism in Uganda and Rwanda was recently recognized by National Geographic Traveler for a tour that takes travelers to three different mountain gorilla parks for gorilla and wildlife tracking. This tour was named one of National Geographic’s “Tours of a Lifetime” in the May 2010 issue. No other company in the world has invested so heavily in the area around the mountain gorilla parks in Uganda and Rwanda. Volcanoes was at the forefront of opening tourism around the Ugandan gorilla parks over a decade ago and became the first international up-market safari company to take clients to see gorillas in post-conflict Rwanda, a vital step in relaunching its international tourism. Volcanoes Safaris has created an unrivalled and integrated set of ecotourism services to share the great apes of Africa with their clients. Tours of a Lifetime; May 2010 50 of the World’s Best Guided Expeditions Text... Read More →
