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Sue Cooper operates a million-dollar activities business in Key West, Florida, from a 10-by-10 shack and a floating dock. It might seem idyllic, but it didn’t come easy. It all started with a personal reckoning.

Berlin’s Intoura offers a promising example of how operators can organize locally to influence policy and build a better tourism workforce.

When George Kourelis and his two brothers launched Visit Meteora in 2013 Greece was in the throes of its major economic crisis. In five years they grew the business 900%. Here’s how they did it.

The upcoming Arival Berlin will feature two speakers from the hostel sector have built successful tour businesses. Their approach could be a model for the accommodation industry, and create opportunities for tour and activity operators to reach new customers through hotel and lodging partners.

Tours, Activities & Attractions have become one of travel’s hot topics. General travel industry media are paying more attention. It’s becoming a standard session at major travel industry conferences. Everybody is talking about the big themes: it’s growing fast, consumers want experiences, online booking is accelerating, mobile is the future, and so on.

The numbers are in from the largest publicly listed online travel agency in tours, activities and attractions, and all signs point upward.

It’s every small business owner’s worst nightmare, the natural disaster that threatens everything.

TripAdvisor will start offering what they call Sponsored Placements for tours and experiences at the top of some search results. The announcement, which was emailed to TripAdvisor operators Tuesday, is the latest development in a simmering drama around TripAdvisor’s strategic plans for Bokun.

The New Year means all too many predictions and “year in review” articles. We don’t want to add to the media fluff. But here are 12 trends we think every creator and seller of Tours, Activities, Attractions & Events should pay attention to this year. We don’t know how each of these will unfold, but…

No part of the travel industry is facing more challenges and change than tour operating. New technology, changes in what young travelers want from their trips, and the rise of online booking and online travel agencies (OTAs) are compelling tour companies to change what they offer and how they offer it.