http://www.adventuretravelnews.com Adventure Travel Industry News Thu, 09 Feb 2012 16:26:40 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc http://www.adventuretravelnews.com/eight-atta-members-on-outside-magazines-best-places-to-work-survey http://www.adventuretravelnews.com/eight-atta-members-on-outside-magazines-best-places-to-work-survey#comments Tue, 24 Jan 2012 01:35:19 +0000 Nicole Petrak http://www.adventuretravelnews.com/?p=12041 Outside Magazine’s annual Best Places to Work feature had eight ATTA members on it in 2011: #1 – Natural Habitat Adventures #16 – MercuryCSC #21 – Geographic Expeditions #29 – Osprey Packs #34 – KEEN #35 – Intrepid Travel #45 – Deckers (Teva) #48 – Eddie Bauer  Voting for 2012 closes on February 24th, so [...]]]> http://www.adventuretravelnews.com/eight-atta-members-on-outside-magazines-best-places-to-work-survey/feed 0 http://www.adventuretravelnews.com/jad-asfour-owner-of-detours-jordan-interviewed-by-jordan-business http://www.adventuretravelnews.com/jad-asfour-owner-of-detours-jordan-interviewed-by-jordan-business#comments Mon, 16 Jan 2012 21:55:32 +0000 Nicole Petrak http://www.adventuretravelnews.com/?p=11864 Adventure tour operator and ATTA member Jad Asfour, owner of  Detours Jordan, was profiled in a  two-page interview in Jordan Business.]]> http://www.adventuretravelnews.com/jad-asfour-owner-of-detours-jordan-interviewed-by-jordan-business/feed 0 http://www.adventuretravelnews.com/megan-epler-wood-profiled-on-milkshake http://www.adventuretravelnews.com/megan-epler-wood-profiled-on-milkshake#comments Mon, 16 Jan 2012 19:51:09 +0000 Nicole Petrak http://www.adventuretravelnews.com/?p=11823 Assistant Editor’s Note: The following profile was written on ATTA Member Megan Epler Wood, on Milkshake. Filmmaker. Author. University Lecturer. Trailblazer. While Megan Epler Wood is all of these things, they don’t begin to capture what this incredible woman has accomplished. Not only did she found The International Ecotourism Society in 1990, she later set out [...]]]> http://www.adventuretravelnews.com/megan-epler-wood-profiled-on-milkshake/feed 0 http://www.adventuretravelnews.com/inkaterra-included-in-cornell-school-of-hotel-administration-on-hospitality-book-%e2%80%93-2011-edition http://www.adventuretravelnews.com/inkaterra-included-in-cornell-school-of-hotel-administration-on-hospitality-book-%e2%80%93-2011-edition#comments Thu, 22 Dec 2011 00:43:40 +0000 Nicole Petrak http://www.adventuretravelnews.com/?p=11701 http://www.adventuretravelnews.com/inkaterra-included-in-cornell-school-of-hotel-administration-on-hospitality-book-%e2%80%93-2011-edition/feed 0 http://www.adventuretravelnews.com/wilderness-scotland-ski-trip-profiled-in-scotsman-com http://www.adventuretravelnews.com/wilderness-scotland-ski-trip-profiled-in-scotsman-com#comments Mon, 05 Dec 2011 22:12:52 +0000 Nicole Petrak http://www.adventuretravelnews.com/?p=11426 http://www.adventuretravelnews.com/wilderness-scotland-ski-trip-profiled-in-scotsman-com/feed 0 http://www.adventuretravelnews.com/boston-business-journal-and-the-commonwealth-institute-name-ciclismo-classico-top-100-women-led-businesses http://www.adventuretravelnews.com/boston-business-journal-and-the-commonwealth-institute-name-ciclismo-classico-top-100-women-led-businesses#comments Wed, 23 Nov 2011 01:57:36 +0000 Nicole Petrak http://www.adventuretravelnews.com/?p=11308 Boston, MA – For the second straight year, the Boston Business Journal and the Commonwealth Institute have named Ciclismo Classico as one of Boston’s top 100 woman-Led businesses. Ciclismo Classico, which provides the most authentic, unique and exciting vacations in the adventure travel industry, was founded by Lauren Hefferon in 1988 with a dream to [...]]]> http://www.adventuretravelnews.com/boston-business-journal-and-the-commonwealth-institute-name-ciclismo-classico-top-100-women-led-businesses/feed 0 http://www.adventuretravelnews.com/atta-members-ecocamp-patagonia-and-explora-featured-in-wall-street-journal-online http://www.adventuretravelnews.com/atta-members-ecocamp-patagonia-and-explora-featured-in-wall-street-journal-online#comments Wed, 23 Nov 2011 00:59:43 +0000 Nicole Petrak http://www.adventuretravelnews.com/?p=11292 Two ATTA members were featured in a recent consumer travel article online at the Wall Street Journal. Explora and Ecocamp Patagonia were both featured in the piece, Trekking Across Chile’s Majestic Frontier. Congratulations to them both!]]> http://www.adventuretravelnews.com/atta-members-ecocamp-patagonia-and-explora-featured-in-wall-street-journal-online/feed 0 http://www.adventuretravelnews.com/three-ceos-of-atta-member-companies-make-the-travel-leisure-worlds-top-travel-agents-list http://www.adventuretravelnews.com/three-ceos-of-atta-member-companies-make-the-travel-leisure-worlds-top-travel-agents-list#comments Wed, 12 Oct 2011 01:24:41 +0000 Nicole Petrak http://www.adventuretravelnews.com/?p=10761 Three individuals at the help of ATTA member organizations have made the presitigious 2011 A-List of World’s Top Travel Agents by Travel + Leisure. Mei Zhang of WildChina, Mollie Fitzgerald of Frontiers Travel, and Brian Morgan of Adventure Life were called out for their extensive knowledge and expertise in booking for China, Adventure, and Galapagos [...]]]> http://www.adventuretravelnews.com/three-ceos-of-atta-member-companies-make-the-travel-leisure-worlds-top-travel-agents-list/feed 0 http://www.adventuretravelnews.com/10739 http://www.adventuretravelnews.com/10739#comments Mon, 10 Oct 2011 22:35:42 +0000 Nicole Petrak http://www.adventuretravelnews.com/?p=10739 ATTA Member Peak Adventure Travel Group was analyzed in a Travel Weekly piece last week around its future growth strategies. The company is a new joint venture between TUI and Intrepid Travel, and while its plans and soon-to-be-launched product remain largely unknown to the public, CEO Darrell Wade has revealed that two new brands will [...]]]> http://www.adventuretravelnews.com/10739/feed 0 http://www.adventuretravelnews.com/developing-a-new-model-for-resort-and-tourism-development http://www.adventuretravelnews.com/developing-a-new-model-for-resort-and-tourism-development#comments Mon, 15 Aug 2011 19:17:21 +0000 ATN Editor http://www.adventuretravelnews.com/?p=10105 http://www.adventuretravelnews.com/developing-a-new-model-for-resort-and-tourism-development/feed 1 http://www.adventuretravelnews.com/an-unexpected-friday-in-iraqi-kurdistan http://www.adventuretravelnews.com/an-unexpected-friday-in-iraqi-kurdistan#comments Fri, 12 Aug 2011 21:23:43 +0000 ATN Editor http://www.adventuretravelnews.com/?p=10059 It’s early Friday morning and I’m in a SUV travelling from Sulymaniya to the picturesque border town of Ahmad Awa. But it’s not the SUV I expected to find myself in when I first visited Iraq, or more accurately the Kurdistan region of Iraq. The only green I see is the grass covered mountains we’re slowly winding up into. ]]> http://www.adventuretravelnews.com/an-unexpected-friday-in-iraqi-kurdistan/feed 0 http://www.adventuretravelnews.com/mountain-khakis%c2%ae-presents-drop-your-pants-for-charity http://www.adventuretravelnews.com/mountain-khakis%c2%ae-presents-drop-your-pants-for-charity#comments Tue, 26 Jul 2011 18:51:04 +0000 ATN Editor http://www.adventuretravelnews.com/?p=9926 Jackson Hole, WY  Mountain Khakis®, a leading mountain-inspired lifestyle apparel brand, announces Outdoor Retailer Summer Market fundraiser, Drop Your Pants for Charity and the Howl at the Moon Best Bum Contest. Mountain Khakis is partnering with Z2 Marketing and the Outdoor Industries Women’s Coalition (OIWC) in the non-profit fundraiser, Drop Your Pants for Charity and [...]]]> http://www.adventuretravelnews.com/mountain-khakis%c2%ae-presents-drop-your-pants-for-charity/feed 0 http://www.adventuretravelnews.com/cascade-designs-featured-in-%e2%80%9cmade-in-america%e2%80%9d-series-on-abc-world-news-with-diane-sawyer http://www.adventuretravelnews.com/cascade-designs-featured-in-%e2%80%9cmade-in-america%e2%80%9d-series-on-abc-world-news-with-diane-sawyer#comments Tue, 26 Jul 2011 18:38:53 +0000 Nicole Petrak http://www.adventuretravelnews.com/?p=9921 Seattle, U.S.A. – Cascade Designs, Inc., the Seattle-based industry leader in the design and manufacture of premier outdoor equipment, today proudly announced its inclusion in the ABC World News “Made in America” series hosted by Diane Sawyer. The ABC News series focuses on the scarcity of American-made goods in peoples’ everyday lives and showcases products [...]]]> http://www.adventuretravelnews.com/cascade-designs-featured-in-%e2%80%9cmade-in-america%e2%80%9d-series-on-abc-world-news-with-diane-sawyer/feed 0 http://www.adventuretravelnews.com/owner-of-wandrian-adventures-interviewed-on-shermanstravel-com http://www.adventuretravelnews.com/owner-of-wandrian-adventures-interviewed-on-shermanstravel-com#comments Mon, 11 Jul 2011 21:04:54 +0000 ATN Editor http://www.adventuretravelnews.com/?p=9419 ATTA Member Wandrian Adventures got a recent media hit  in ShermansTravel.com (estimated audience of 1,000,000), where owner John Ricci was interviewed for the article Camping 101: Trip Tips For a Great Experience in the Great Outdoors. The piece is helpful to novice campers as well as containing some nuggets for more advanced outdoor enthusiasts, gleaned [...]]]> http://www.adventuretravelnews.com/owner-of-wandrian-adventures-interviewed-on-shermanstravel-com/feed 0 http://www.adventuretravelnews.com/resmark-systems-tour-operator-software-launches-resmark-interactive-to-integrate-travel-websites-into-mobile-applications-for-use-on-iphone-androids-ipads-and-tablets-2 http://www.adventuretravelnews.com/resmark-systems-tour-operator-software-launches-resmark-interactive-to-integrate-travel-websites-into-mobile-applications-for-use-on-iphone-androids-ipads-and-tablets-2#comments Mon, 11 Jul 2011 20:24:10 +0000 ATN Editor http://www.adventuretravelnews.com/?p=9401 Salt Lake City, UT -  Resmark Systems, the premier marketing and reservation software platform for tour operators in the adventure travel industry, in May launched Resmark Interactive, a new website design division specializing in developing websites for use on iPhone, Androids, iPads and tablets. Resmark Interactive’s latest project was to translate the website of an [...]]]> http://www.adventuretravelnews.com/resmark-systems-tour-operator-software-launches-resmark-interactive-to-integrate-travel-websites-into-mobile-applications-for-use-on-iphone-androids-ipads-and-tablets-2/feed 0 http://www.adventuretravelnews.com/ecoburica-highligthed-in-vibrant-living-magazine-connection-made-at-adventure-travel-world-summit http://www.adventuretravelnews.com/ecoburica-highligthed-in-vibrant-living-magazine-connection-made-at-adventure-travel-world-summit#comments Mon, 11 Jul 2011 19:54:39 +0000 ATN Editor http://www.adventuretravelnews.com/?p=9388 ATTA member EcoBurica has had a second PR boost from a travel article written by author Don Mankin, in Vibrant Living magazine. EcoBurica owner Hilary Amolins and Mankin first met at the 2009 Adventure Travel World Summit in Quebec. Mankin’s trip to Costa Rica with EcoBurica was previously covered in ActiveOver50. Read the article, The [...]]]> http://www.adventuretravelnews.com/ecoburica-highligthed-in-vibrant-living-magazine-connection-made-at-adventure-travel-world-summit/feed 0 http://www.adventuretravelnews.com/members-fit-for-trips-and-sol-fitness-featured-on-benzinga-com http://www.adventuretravelnews.com/members-fit-for-trips-and-sol-fitness-featured-on-benzinga-com#comments Fri, 01 Jul 2011 02:38:14 +0000 Nicole Petrak http://www.adventuretravelnews.com/?p=9346 Assistant Editor’s Note: The following article was featured on Benzinga.com Adventure Travelers – Get Ready For Your Best Fitness Vacation Ever Two Outdoor Fitness Experts, Fit for Trips and Sol Fitness Adventures, Join Forces To Prepare Travelers For A Summer Of Health And Exploration Take your fitness to the next level with the latest in [...]]]> http://www.adventuretravelnews.com/members-fit-for-trips-and-sol-fitness-featured-on-benzinga-com/feed 1 http://www.adventuretravelnews.com/camat-featured-in-article-about-qaklasht-festival http://www.adventuretravelnews.com/camat-featured-in-article-about-qaklasht-festival#comments Tue, 10 May 2011 04:46:48 +0000 ATN Editor http://www.adventuretravelnews.com/?p=7913 ATTA Member Chitral Association for Mountain Areas Tourism (CAMAT) was featured recently in The Pamir Times about the role it plays in promoting ecotourism in the Hindukush region, in an article entitled Qaklasht Festival promotes the cultural and social heritage of Chitral Valley]]> http://www.adventuretravelnews.com/camat-featured-in-article-about-qaklasht-festival/feed 0 http://www.adventuretravelnews.com/sol-fitness-adventures-featured-in-outside-online-magazine-may-2011 http://www.adventuretravelnews.com/sol-fitness-adventures-featured-in-outside-online-magazine-may-2011#comments Wed, 27 Apr 2011 01:28:22 +0000 Nicole Petrak http://www.adventuretravelnews.com/?p=7727 ATTA member Sol Fitness Adventures was featured in the May 2011 issue of Outside in the article Outside Magazine’s Top 10 Trips in or near a National Park. See the full coverage.]]> http://www.adventuretravelnews.com/sol-fitness-adventures-featured-in-outside-online-magazine-may-2011/feed 0 http://www.adventuretravelnews.com/global-rescue-evacuates-clients-from-tokyo http://www.adventuretravelnews.com/global-rescue-evacuates-clients-from-tokyo#comments Wed, 30 Mar 2011 06:29:31 +0000 ATN Editor http://www.adventuretravelnews.com/?p=7152 Global Rescue crisis response teams transported a group of clients from Tokyo to Southern Japan on Thursday.  The transport was initiated due to rising concerns about water and supplies contaminated with radioactive material in the capital, and to assist those suffering from post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) associated with the earthquake and tsunami. Nine employees [...]]]> http://www.adventuretravelnews.com/global-rescue-evacuates-clients-from-tokyo/feed 0 http://www.adventuretravelnews.com/archaeology-magazine-to-launch-digital-edition http://www.adventuretravelnews.com/archaeology-magazine-to-launch-digital-edition#comments Wed, 30 Mar 2011 06:14:31 +0000 ATN Editor http://www.adventuretravelnews.com/?p=7138 ARCHAEOLOGY magazine announced it will soon launch a digital edition of its print edition. According to Archaeology, this will reduce the organization’s carbon footprints (e.g., less paper and ink), allow them to more cost effectively reach foreign readers, allow for instant access and provide a unique and interactive experience that will include hyperlinked and audio [...]]]> http://www.adventuretravelnews.com/archaeology-magazine-to-launch-digital-edition/feed 1 http://www.adventuretravelnews.com/international-appalachian-trail-featured-in-outside-magazines-february-2011-hot-list http://www.adventuretravelnews.com/international-appalachian-trail-featured-in-outside-magazines-february-2011-hot-list#comments Wed, 30 Mar 2011 02:05:51 +0000 ATN Editor http://www.adventuretravelnews.com/?p=7119 ATTA member International Appalachian Trail was covered in Outside Magazine’s February 2011 Hot List: “The International Appalachian Trail extends the original AT past Maine’s Mount Katahdin north through 1,830 miles of regged eastern Canadian wilderness, including Newfoundland’s Gros Morne National Park, which is rife with freshwater fjords. And that’s just the start. International agreements are [...]]]> http://www.adventuretravelnews.com/international-appalachian-trail-featured-in-outside-magazines-february-2011-hot-list/feed 0 http://www.adventuretravelnews.com/atta-members-featured-prominently-in-outside-magazine%e2%80%99s-2011-trips-of-the-year-and-travel-hot-list http://www.adventuretravelnews.com/atta-members-featured-prominently-in-outside-magazine%e2%80%99s-2011-trips-of-the-year-and-travel-hot-list#comments Fri, 11 Mar 2011 19:22:22 +0000 ATN Editor http://www.adventuretravelnews.com/?p=6641 by Alice Gifford, ATTA Member Advocate Seattle, WA – Outside Magazine’s March 2011 issue includes a selection of 80 Tour Operators between the “Trips of the Year” feature and the annual “Travel Hot List,” more than half of which are current Adventure Travel Trade Association (ATTA) members. Fulfilling one of its primary functions, to promote [...]]]> http://www.adventuretravelnews.com/atta-members-featured-prominently-in-outside-magazine%e2%80%99s-2011-trips-of-the-year-and-travel-hot-list/feed 1 http://www.adventuretravelnews.com/atta-member-featured-on-fox-news-article-how-to-survive-a-127-hours-ordeal http://www.adventuretravelnews.com/atta-member-featured-on-fox-news-article-how-to-survive-a-127-hours-ordeal#comments Fri, 11 Mar 2011 03:15:43 +0000 ATN Editor http://www.adventuretravelnews.com/?p=6617 ATTA Member and adventure guide Melanie Webb shared her Zion slot canyon survival story with Fox News.com’s Paul Eisenberg in his article, How to Survive a 127-Hours Ordeal. She “told two friends where I was going and when I’d be back, bought my permit from the Zion backcountry office, [and] set up my SPOT locator [...]]]> http://www.adventuretravelnews.com/atta-member-featured-on-fox-news-article-how-to-survive-a-127-hours-ordeal/feed 0 http://www.adventuretravelnews.com/cascade-designs-has-hummingbird-line-products-featured-on-msnbc http://www.adventuretravelnews.com/cascade-designs-has-hummingbird-line-products-featured-on-msnbc#comments Fri, 11 Mar 2011 03:02:05 +0000 ATN Editor http://www.adventuretravelnews.com/?p=6609 ATTA member Cascade Designs was featured on MSNBC recently, in an article entitled 12 products that take the hassle out of traveling. The company’s Hummingbird line of Luggage and Adventure Travel Gear was showcased at the Chicago Travel Show,  the Travel Hub at Outdoor Retailer Summer Market last year, and the Adventure Travel World Summit [...]]]> http://www.adventuretravelnews.com/cascade-designs-has-hummingbird-line-products-featured-on-msnbc/feed 0 http://www.adventuretravelnews.com/peru-launches-a-new-country-brand http://www.adventuretravelnews.com/peru-launches-a-new-country-brand#comments Fri, 11 Mar 2011 01:02:15 +0000 ATN Editor http://www.adventuretravelnews.com/?p=6574 Assistant Editor’s Note: The following article and images are from a story on website Living in Peru, entitled PHOTOS, VIDEO: Peru launches new country brand Today Peru officially launched a new country brand. “We’re ready to spread our brand, we’ve given our country an ID,” said tourism minister Eduardo Ferreyros Kuppers. The country brand, a [...]]]> http://www.adventuretravelnews.com/peru-launches-a-new-country-brand/feed 0 http://www.adventuretravelnews.com/elevate-destinations-featured-in-the-new-york-times-2 http://www.adventuretravelnews.com/elevate-destinations-featured-in-the-new-york-times-2#comments Wed, 09 Mar 2011 00:49:56 +0000 ATN Editor http://www.adventuretravelnews.com/?p=6432 Elevate Destinations was recently featured in a special New York Times feature on  family travel: “Elevate Destinations, a travel company based in Cambridge, Mass… combines luxury excursions with trips that involve philanthropic missions. People are becoming more exacting of the impact of what they invest in both financially and in terms of their time — [...]]]> http://www.adventuretravelnews.com/elevate-destinations-featured-in-the-new-york-times-2/feed 0 http://www.adventuretravelnews.com/adventure-travel-expert-don-mankin-quoted-in-national-geographic-traveler http://www.adventuretravelnews.com/adventure-travel-expert-don-mankin-quoted-in-national-geographic-traveler#comments Wed, 23 Feb 2011 19:43:52 +0000 ATN Editor http://www.adventuretravelnews.com/?p=6283 http://www.adventuretravelnews.com/adventure-travel-expert-don-mankin-quoted-in-national-geographic-traveler/feed 1 http://www.adventuretravelnews.com/ecoburica-gets-write-up-in-activeover50-connection-made-at-atws http://www.adventuretravelnews.com/ecoburica-gets-write-up-in-activeover50-connection-made-at-atws#comments Wed, 23 Feb 2011 01:33:10 +0000 ATN Editor http://www.adventuretravelnews.com/?p=6268 ATTA member EcoBurica has had a nice PR hit with a travel review written by author Don Mankin, in ActiveOver50. EcoBurica owner Hilary Amolins and Mankin first met at the 2009 Adventure Travel World Summit in Quebec. Read the article, The Last Frontier of Costa Rica Download the PDF.]]> http://www.adventuretravelnews.com/ecoburica-gets-write-up-in-activeover50-connection-made-at-atws/feed 0 http://www.adventuretravelnews.com/gap-adventures-profiled-by-apple-inc http://www.adventuretravelnews.com/gap-adventures-profiled-by-apple-inc#comments Fri, 11 Feb 2011 02:22:13 +0000 ATN Editor http://www.adventuretravelnews.com/?p=5930 Adventure Travel leader Gap Adventures is featured on Apple’s web site, cited for continued innovation, leadership, and an unparalleled commitment to organizational culture. Providence, RI. (PR.com)– People often develop more than just an appreciation for the brands and the companies they support. When they see a company’s values align with their own it can make [...]]]> http://www.adventuretravelnews.com/gap-adventures-profiled-by-apple-inc/feed 0