NTA business survey: Members reflect on 2021 and forecast the future
November 30, 2021 / Headlines
By Bob Rouse At the completion of a challenging year, NTA tour operators look for brighter days in 2022, but most don’t expect their company to catch up to pre-pandemic performance until 2023 or later. This and other insights emerged from NTA’s 2021 Year-end Business Survey, completed by buyer (tour operator) and seller (tour supplier […]
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Support the SAVE Act: Contact your U.S. Representative
October 7, 2021 / Headlines
Your company may be able to receive federal funds through the $16 billion Shuttered Venue Operators Grant program. A bill in the U.S. House of Representatives, H.R. 2120, the Securing Access for Venue Equity (SAVE) Act, would expand eligibility to include travel businesses that had put people in seats in live-performance venues prior to the pandemic. NTA would […]
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NTA signs on to DEI pledge
September 23, 2021 / Headlines
The National Tour Association has signed on to a pledge that commits the association’s leaders and members to take purposeful action around diversity, equity, and inclusion. The pledge was initiated by Travel Unity, a nonprofit organization focused on increasing diversity in the travel industry. Following the recommendation of NTA’s Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Advisory Group, […]
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Tour operators retooling itineraries, looking forward to 2022
July 13, 2021 / Headlines
Viewing 2021 as a transition year—from pandemic to prosperity—tour operators are working with destination and supplier partners to get travelers back on the road. In a midyear business survey conducted by the National Tour Association June 16 through July 7, NTA members reported on current conditions and speculated on the future. Asked to provide an […]
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NTA takes lessons from 2020 into new year
January 1, 2021 / Headlines
After developing a raft of creative, online ways for its members to address challenges and stay connected during 2020’s pandemic, NTA has launched a comprehensive engagement plan for next year. President Catherine Prather, CTP, said the association will take lessons from the past 10 tumultuous months and conduct a variety of online interactions throughout the […]
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With vTREX costs low, operators are sending more staff
September 15, 2020 / Headlines
With questions surrounding the restart of travel, NTA’s innovative answer is vTREX, a virtual Travel Exchange in mid-November that will connect buyers and sellers (one-on-one appointments and group presentations), provide insightful education (live or on demand), and create interactive events for members who miss seeing each other’s smiling faces. The need for professionals to connect […]
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A Virtually Awesome Show
June 30, 2020 / Headlines
Registration is open for vTREX, NTA’s Travel Exchange event that this year will be conducted entirely online. The virtual gathering—structured to provide vital business connections and essential education—will take place Nov. 17–19, with bonus days on both ends of the main event. In designing an online event for its global membership, NTA strikes the right […]
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A Better Way Forward
June 9, 2020 / Headlines
A message from NTA President Catherine Prather, CTP All of us in this industry know that travel builds bridges. By visiting other places and meeting people with different backgrounds and beliefs, we expand our own knowledge and understanding and, hopefully, our acceptance of others. Travel, as Mark Twain told us, is fatal to prejudice and […]
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NTA to take TREX online in November
May 27, 2020 / Headlines
LEXINGTON, Ky. (May 27, 2020) — Where there’s a will, there’s a way. And for National Tour Association members, there’s a will to connect, but with many budgets cut to the bone, business travel has been all but eliminated. There’s still a way, though, in 2020: The association’s signature event, Travel Exchange, will be conducted […]
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Tour operators predict timing of travel’s return
May 19, 2020 / Headlines
Despite sidelined trips and postponed departures, NTA tour operators are still interacting with clients. And last week, in the NTA Traveler Sentiment and Demand survey, operators reported details of what they’re hearing and predicting. “NTA operators are working with their clients to reschedule canceled tours and to discuss new ones, and this survey includes responses […]
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