Christian Watts's past Sessions
Thursday, May 4 2023 | 11:00 AM EDT
Insider Pro Meetup: Generative AI – Grow your Tour Business Using ChatGPT and More
TOPIC: Encore! Generative AI Meetup 2 Time Zones: 1 Community: Grow your Tour Business Using ChatGPT and More Why and how can Generative AI help you increase tour bookings? Join this…
Thursday, October 13 2022 | 09:30 AM PDT*
Google Things to do: An Essential Guide to Listings & Ads for Operators & Attractions
The world’s biggest search engine has taken a big step into the Best Part of Travel with Google Things to do, an initiative that presents attraction and experience ticket prices…
Wednesday, February 2 2022 | 11:20 AM
Google Things to do – what it is, and what you should be doing about it right now
Google's 2021 release of their Things to do product is a very exciting step for our industry, offering free direct traffic to Operators. Getting your listings set up, and optimizing…
Wednesday, March 24 2021 | 10:25 AM EST
Content Management – Product Content Distribution
Product Content Distribution Most operators have content and product listings across multiple channels, from websites and OTAs to local sales, DMOs, and media partners. This class will help you establish…
Tuesday, November 3 2020 | 00:00 AM
Managing and Distributing Your Products in a Post-Covid World
Christian Watts starts off this Buzz Session with a brief presentation about the importance of high quality content. What makes content that sells? What are the best ways to distribute…
Monday, November 2 2020 | 12:00 PM EST
Solving the Content Conundrum
TourismSolved and Magpie have partnered to help tours and activities operators improve conversion to increase bookings with professional, high-quality content. Join our Innovation Lab where we demonstrate how to tackle…
Thursday, March 26 2020 | 17:00 PM CET
Workshop: Refresh Your Tech (Now’s the Time)
Workshop: Refresh Your Tech (Now’s the Time) Thursday, 26 March 2020, 12:00 EST & 17:00 CET Presenters: Christian Watts, Founder & CEO, Magpie; Todd Kersey, Founder & CEO, iOutdoor Times…
Wednesday, October 30 2019 | 09:30 AM
Tools for Tomorrow’s Operator
How travelers experience a tour, an attraction or activity and the ways in which operators can deliver those experiences are changing rapidly. In this first-time session at Arival, we feature…
Wednesday, March 6 2019 | 13:00 PM
Let’s Get Direct: Strategies for Growing Direct Channels
In an age of rapidly rising online travel agencies and the growth of third-party distribution, growing direct booking channels is moving to center stage for every tour, activity and attraction…