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What I’ve Learned This Past Year

Dave Bodle, Associate Publisher for Leisure Group Travel Magazine, recounts the lessons he learned this year about the travel industry.

Closing the Loop

Expert Advice

Traveling does so much to open one’s mind that it’s a travesty many don’t care or don’t fully understand their responsibility as our role in the betterment of the communities we visit.

Trips with a Spanish Accent

Expert Advice

Marty Sarbey de Souto provides a few examples of trip ideas for experiencing colonial Mexico without leaving the US.

How to Innovate in Faith-based Tourism

Expert Advice

Innovation is a word most often associated with the technology industry. It is a word less often used in relation to the travel and hospitality marketplace, apart from hi-tech products and services.

Analyze Your Market Before Planning Your Next Trip

Expert Advice

As group travel planners, so often we come across a trip that sounds interesting and we assume our usual tour members will find it interesting also. We commit to a departure date and then embark on a marketing/sales plan – only to be disappointed at the turnout.

How to Attract the Boomer Market

Expert Advice

Much has been written and even more spoken about the “generations,” their impact on travel and how we should sell to each group. Purposely, we’re skipping generations X, Y and Z in this column but will address each of their unique issues in the future.

Finding Tomorrow’s Group Travelers

Expert Advice

Many hours have been spent pontificating on the baby boomer effect on travel, in particular the group travel sector. I’m not going down that path here, but a lot of us seem to be at a crossroads in our business, and everyone’s waiting for the next big thing.