
Tour Guide Boot Camp
2020 Arival 360 Agenda
Friday, November 6 2020 | 00:00 AM
Meet the Operator | Withlocals
Guides, come meet Withlocals. Check out their platform in advance and then come with ideas about what you'd like to see for an online platform that serves tour guides! Meet…
Friday, November 6 2020 | 00:00 AM
European Tour Talk
Let's discuss the challenges and opportunities ahead for tour operators in Europe.
Friday, November 6 2020 | 00:00 AM
Meet the Operator | TravelCurious
Guides, come meet the guide recruiter from Travel Curious. Research their platform in advance; they are looking to recruit guides from around the world. Stop in and introduce yourself! Feel…
Friday, November 6 2020 | 00:00 AM
Meet the Operator | ToursByLocals
Guides, come meet the guide recruiter from ToursByLocals. Research their platform in advance; the are looking to recruite guides from around the world. Stop in and introduce yourself! Feel free…
Friday, November 6 2020 | 00:00 AM
Making Everyone Feel Welcome on Your Tours
The purpose of this session is to help participants evaluate their professional and personal lives through a people, place, and purpose framework designed to help guides view their own balance…
Friday, November 6 2020 | 00:00 AM
More than Just a Rainbow Flag: Building Actually Inclusive Tours
The LGBTQ travel market is over $200 billion annually. Making your LGBTQ+ guests feel truly part of your tour experience goes deeper than marketing. It speaks to the way you…
Friday, November 6 2020 | 00:00 AM
Leveraging and Selling Cultural Heritage Tour Itineraries
Cultural heritage tourism, one of the fastest-growing segments of the travel industry, is now gaining momentum in the U.S. as destinations now have the desire to engage community stakeholders who…
Friday, November 6 2020 | 00:00 AM
How a small tour business uses equity, inclusion and diversity to make a big impact in our community
Torin Kexel (Owner) and Daniel Suber (Lead Guide and Tour Designer) of The Flying Bike will discuss the practical ways that equity, inclusion and diversity have been built into our…
Friday, November 6 2020 | 00:00 AM
Telling Stories That Matter, Strategies for going deeper
Our tour experiences are only as good and meaningful as the stories told. Join in the discussion with Leon Burnette, founder of TripSchool's Diversity Project and leader of Civil Rights…
Friday, November 6 2020 | 00:00 AM
Entrepreneurship, Connecting Your Company and Community
Katika Experiences is a different kind of tour company; one that seeks to "organize and facilitate the interaction between people of all backgrounds" through both unique tours and events. Come…