McIlhenny Company President & CEO to Spice Up Travel Exchange ’15 Opening Ceremony
November 18, 2014 / NTA News
How about a little hot sauce with your scrambled eggs? Participants at the Travel Exchange ’15 Opening Ceremony can spice up their breakfast with TABASCO® and then hear the tale of the tangy sauce from Anthony “Tony” Avery Simmons, president and CEO of McIlhenny Company, maker of TABASCO brand products. Simmons will keynote the NTA convention’s […]
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Courier Turns the Spotlight on Cities
November 12, 2014 / NTA News
Courier magazine might be coming soon to a city near you. Starting in January, the official publication of the National Tour Association will add a new feature: City Spotlight. The magazine’s new monthly feature will provide tour operators with key information from NTA-member cities. Each City Spotlight will assist travel planners by supplying new product […]
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NTA Opens Eyes and Minds to Ethiopia
November 5, 2014 / NTA News
When Ethiopia opened its doors to the National Tour Association during a product development trip last month, it opened the eyes of NTA tour operators. “Ethiopia is a country like no other,” said Tim Ambrose, sales director for Washington, D.C.-based Academic Travel Abroad, who joined other tour operators and travel journalists on the trip. “Its […]
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NTA Readies for More Operators, More Options at Travel Exchange
September 2, 2014 / NTA News
Travel Exchange is more than four months away, but NTA leaders are already preparing for higher attendance at their Jan. 18–22, 2015, event in New Orleans. Overall registration is pacing 6 percent ahead of 2014, and tour operators are leading the pack, with 35 percent more registrants than this time last year. “We know that […]
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NTA Appoints Industry Expert Pam Inman as President
June 23, 2014 / NTA News
NTA, the leading business-building association for professionals serving customers traveling to, from and within North America, has appointed Pam Inman, IOM, CAE, CMHS, president of the association. Inman brings decades of experience in travel, tourism and hospitality to the organization. She will split her time between Lexington and Washington, D.C., and officially assume her role as president […]
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NTA Members Seek More Backers for Brand USA Reauthorization
May 20, 2014 / NTA News
With authorization for Brand USA set to expire, NTA is marshaling its members to generate Congressional support for reauthorization. “Brand USA has been enormously successful in bringing more tourists—and the money they spend—into the United States, and our members are urging their legislators to get behind Brand USA’s reauthorization,” said Catherine Prather, interim president of […]
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Savannah Named as Site of 2015 NTA Tour Operator Retreat
May 8, 2014 / NTA News
Savannah, Georgia, is the site of next year’s Contact, the annual tour operator retreat hosted by NTA. The three-day conference allows tour operators to explore business opportunities, share strategies and engage in professional development-all in an intimate setting that focuses on education and business needs. Chairing the event is Savannah native Clayton Whitehead, CTP, vice […]
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Tourism Cares for Portland Added to NTA’s Contact ’14
April 22, 2014 / NTA News
When NTA tour operators arrive in Portland, Ore., this August, they’ll build business partnerships with other operators. And before they leave, they’ll join in a partnership to build better beach access along the city’s downtown riverfront. Tourism Cares, an organization dedicated to preserving travel sites, is partnering with two Oregon-based nonprofits to present Tourism Cares […]
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NTA Calls for Renewal of Brand USA Funding
April 4, 2014 / NTA News
NTA members are counting on Brand USA to keep marketing the United States as a travel destination, but some members of the U.S. Congress are hoping to terminate the program. Following a year in which Brand USA generated 1.1 million visitors who would not have traveled to the United States without the agency’s marketing efforts, […]
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Faith Travel Association Names First Director
March 18, 2014 / NTA News
Z. Allen Abbott, Ph.D., has been named executive director of the Faith Travel Association. He leaves his post as executive director of the American Red Cross in Columbus, Ga., to begin his FTA duties on March 24. (Tramadol) “We’re thrilled about Allen joining the team and leading FTA,” said Karla DiNardo, president of NTA Services, […]
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