NTA President Pam Inman on proposed National Park Service fee increase
October 31, 2017 / Headlines
The National Tour Association and our tour operators have consistently advocated for more funding of America’s national parks. We recognize that additional fees are needed to preserve our natural and culture treasures. While NTA applauds the National Park Service’s proposal to standardize commercial use authorization requirements, NTA has two significant concerns with the recent announcement by […]
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Supplier Network to debut at TREX17
October 30, 2017 / Headlines
We are delighted to announce a new benefit within NTA that brings suppliers together to be a constant resource for one another within the industry. The Supplier Network is an idea-sharing community where NTA-member tour suppliers can come together to exchange questions, share knowledge and explore new partnerships with one another as it relates to […]
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September 2017 TREXpress
September 22, 2017 / Headlines
You should have received the latest issue of TREXpress, our Travel Exchange e-newsletter, in your inbox this week. But, if you’ve misplaced it, no worries because you can read it right here.
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Hot off the Press: October 2017 Courier
September 22, 2017 / Headlines
It’s here! Check out your brand new October Courier, featuring NTA’s guide to theaters and performance venues.
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Coming Soon: NTA Career Center
September 18, 2017 / Headlines
On Wednesday, Sept. 27, we’ll launch an interactive job board, the NTA Career Center. With its focus on travel industry companies and professionals, the career center offers members, and the industry at large, a highly targeted resource for online recruitment. Both members and non-members can use the career center to reach qualified candidates. Employers can […]
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NTA offices closed for U.S. Labor Day holiday
August 31, 2017 / Headlines
The NTA offices will be closed Friday, Sept. 1 through Monday, Sept. 4 for the U.S. Labor Day holiday. We will resume normal business hours Tuesday, Sept. 5 at 8 a.m. ET. We wish all of our members a safe holiday weekend.
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Resources from Texas Office of the Governor
August 29, 2017 / Headlines
NTA’s thoughts and prayers are with the people of Houston and first responders as devastating floodwaters from Hurricane Harvey cover one of America’s most sprawling metropolitan areas. Harvey made landfall Friday as a Category 4 storm, slamming Texas with brutal winds and severe flooding, leaving Houston underwater and millions of residents in need of aid. Ronnie […]
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Tourism Cares’ tips for supporting Texas
August 28, 2017 / Headlines
NORWOOD, MA–August 28, 2017 – As the travel and tourism industry sends best wishes and charitable support to Texas communities devastated by Hurricane Harvey, Tourism Cares encourages those donating to keep the longer term recovery in mind, as well as tourism itself. “All our eyes and hearts are with Texas, and we all want to […]
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NTA’s Contact: Coming Back Strong
August 17, 2017 / Headlines
LEXINGTON, Ky. (Aug. 17, 2017) — The National Tour Association gave Contact, its annual tour operator retreat, the year off in 2017, but the event is back on the NTA calendar for 2018, as well as in 2019 and 2020. “Contact is an enormously popular event—it’s intimate yet loaded with valuable networking and great education—but […]
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NTA’s Laura Scott joins the CTP club
August 8, 2017 / Headlines
NTA Events Manager Laura Scott is officially our second staff members to become a Certified Tour Professional. We’re so proud of our NTA staffer and friend for achieving her CTP designation. Think you’ve got what it takes to follow in her certified footsteps? We do! Start your path to being a CTP today—as an NTA member you […]
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