Viva la Revolución, Viva los Sueños de Rafa
This letter was written by Shannon Stowell, CEO of Adventure Travel Trade Association, to commemorate the passing of our dear community member Rafael Gallo on March 23, 2021. We welcome...
This letter was written by Shannon Stowell, CEO of Adventure Travel Trade Association, to commemorate the passing of our dear community member Rafael Gallo on March 23, 2021. We welcome...
A message from Shannon Stowell, CEO, ATTA I’ve heard a lot of friends and colleagues exclaiming in astonishment lately the shock of realization that we just passed a full year...
The Adventure Travel Trade Association (ATTA) has been a primarily virtual organization from its beginning, with two of us working at desks in a spare room in Washington state and one...
Hope is not a business strategy. But……. we will still very much need it in these trying times. Especially with the WHO declaring the coronavirus a pandemic on March 11....
In 2017, the Adventure Travel Trade Association (ATTA) made a public commitment to address issues related to women in leadership and indigenous peoples in tourism. We accomplished a lot on...
Tourism, a $1.6 trillion USD industry, is increasingly being driven by waves of travelers yearning for transformative experiences, including new legions of travelers originating from China and other Asian markets....
We are saddened to report the passing of an industry leader and friend, Steve Fitzgerald. Steve and his life partner, Nicky, were key supporters of the Adventure Travel Trade Association...
In late 2016, staff at the Adventure Travel Trade Association (ATTA) decided to focus on two big initiatives that are important to us and our community, one of which was...
A friend of mine from the United Kingdom is raising his kids in the Middle East, and he’s understandably nervous. Not because his kids are at risk today, but because...
Editor’s Note: This past December ATTA President, Mr. Shannon Stowell, interviewed Douglas Layton, cofounder of Kurdistan Iraq Tours LLC about adventure travel in Kurdistan and his own experience in the...
Many around the world were stunned by the US Presidential Election outcome this past week and specifically here in the US there were a lot of fears and angst communicated...
George Wendt’s life story is wonderful: an ‘ordinary’ school teacher falls in love with rivers and ends up being a game changer. George co-founded OARS Rafting in 1969. He made...