Latest Tourpreneurs Podcast Episodes
Maintaining Profit Margins and Growth in High-Demand Destination
Tourpreneur Tour Business Podcast - June 24, 2024 14:40 - 48 minutes ★★★★★ - 38 ratingsHost Peter Syme sits down with Ambrose Bittner, a seasoned operator of private customised tours across Asia. They delve into the intricacies of running a tour operation, touching on key aspects like process engineering, client communication, and the decision to outsource tasks versus keeping the...
Content Marketing Strategies to Grow Your Tour Business
Tourpreneur Tour Business Podcast - June 08, 2024 20:26 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 38 ratingsVisit tourpreneur.com for more show notes. Tourpreneur is hosting two conferences! Join us in November in Marrakesh, Morroco for CONNECT:Multi-day, and in February in New York City for CONNECT:Profit. More info here. In this episode, Lia Garcia, CEO of Practical Wanderlust and Louisville Food...
Beyond AirBNB: Essential Marketing and Partnership Strategies for Tour Operators
Tourpreneur Tour Business Podcast - May 21, 2024 12:11 - 32 minutes ★★★★★ - 38 ratingsIn this episode, we'll unpack why building direct sales through SEO and website optimization, along with embracing paid advertising on platforms like Facebook, can be game-changing, despite being time-consuming. We'll also discuss the importance of feeding Google's business profile and the signi...
Charting Growth: Strategies for Growing Your Tour Business - 261
Tourpreneur Tour Business Podcast - May 15, 2024 13:18 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 38 ratingsGuests Sherri Brown and Cherrye Moore discuss their experiences and the strategies that have helped them target new markets, focusing on both local and corporate sectors. Host Peter Syme shares his insights on effective pricing strategies, managing business growth, and best practices for traini...
Scaling Your Tour Business: Innovations and Strategies for Modern Entrepreneurs
Tourpreneur Tour Business Podcast - May 09, 2024 11:17 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 38 ratingsSean discusses his contemplation on expansion strategies, weighing the pros and cons of growing his market in Ireland versus entering new territories like the UK with self-guided hiking tours. Amidst these considerations, Peter advises maximizing existing operations before venturing into new mar...
Best Practices for Building a Healthy & Inspired Team (w/ Peter McGovern)
Tourpreneur Tour Business Podcast - April 25, 2024 11:11 - 50 minutes ★★★★★ - 38 ratingsPeter McGovern, a seasoned entrepreneur with a passion for international education gives us his forward-thinking approach to building successful teams. In this episode, we unpack the thoughtful approach to hiring, emphasizing the importance of aligning with organizational core values and missio...
Lessons & Opportunities in the Legacy Group Travel Market (w/ Brian Jewell)
Tourpreneur Tour Business Podcast - April 07, 2024 22:00 - 52 minutes ★★★★★ - 38 ratingsMitch Bach talks with Brian Jewell, the Vice President and Executive Editor of Group Travel Leader, a media company representing tens of thousands of tour operators, travel agents, trip planners, many of whom have been in business for decades. Brian provides endless free resources for his commun...
TP Call-in Show: Marketing Advise from Dan & Casey of Untethered Media
Tourpreneur Tour Business Podcast - March 20, 2024 13:22 - 34 minutes ★★★★★ - 38 ratingsIn this episode, Dan & Casey from Untethered Media join Chris to delve deep into the strategies that make your marketing click. From the subtle art of Facebook ads that work like modern-day flyers, to the critical role of a well-designed website, we're covering all the bases. We'll explore why...
How the New York Adventure Club crafts special-access experiences aimed at locals (w/ Corey William Schneider)
Tourpreneur Tour Business Podcast - February 28, 2024 17:20 - 51 minutes ★★★★★ - 38 ratingsMitch Bach talks with Corey William Schneider, founder of the New York Adventure Club, about his unique approach to building a tour business focused on delivering unique, special-access experiences to primarily a crowd of locals. From those experiences, which grew out of his personal desire to ...
Guess Where Trips: Crafting Self-Guided Surprise Road Trips (w/ Jessica Off)
Tourpreneur Tour Business Podcast - February 14, 2024 15:30 - 36 minutes ★★★★★ - 38 ratingsMitch Bach speaks with Jessica Off, founder of Guess Where Trips, an e-commerce company creating physical and digital surprise road trips for customers across Canada and the U.S. Jessica is a serial travel entrepreneur, including work at G Adventures. In this episode, she talks about what led h...
Tourpreneur Call-in Show: Business Growth and Marketing
Tourpreneur Tour Business Podcast - February 01, 2024 12:25 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 38 ratingsIn this follow-up episode, our hosts Chris Torres, Mitch Bach, and Peter Syme delve into the increasing use of AI in the travel industry, emphasizing its impact on creating new products and services. They discuss the strategic challenges of AI adoption and the potential for customized experience...
Enhancing Tourism with AI: Collaboration, Differentiation and Revenue Optimisation
Tourpreneur Tour Business Podcast - January 25, 2024 14:00 - 48 minutes ★★★★★ - 38 ratingsIn this episode of Tourpreneur, host Peter Syme welcomes special guest Marius Nigard to explore the exciting intersection of AI technology and the travel industry. Marius shares insights into the potential of AI-driven tools to personalise and enhance the travel experience, from providing self-...
The Tourpeneur Call-in Show
Tourpreneur Tour Business Podcast - January 23, 2024 12:30 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 38 ratingsChris Torres kicks things off by discussing the three paths for business owners: low road (staying small), middle road (scaling up to a moderate size), and high road (scaling up to a big company), emphasizing the importance of aligning these choices with personal and business goals. Mitch Bach j...
The Power of Flexibility & Values: Jen Fein on Sustainable Growth in the Travel-Tech Industry
Tourpreneur Tour Business Podcast - November 13, 2023 19:24 - 58 minutes ★★★★★ - 38 ratingsIn today's episode, we have a special guest joining us - Jen Fein, the CEO and head of product at YouLi (https://go.youli.io/). We'll be discussing the fascinating journey of YouLi, a platform that generates personalised travel itineraries, and how it has been transforming the travel industry. ...
The Art of Crafting 'Awe': The Psychology of making lasting tour memories (w/ Psychologist Dacher Keltner)
Tourpreneur Tour Business Podcast - November 03, 2023 14:30 - 46 minutes ★★★★★ - 38 ratingsPsychologist Dacher Keltner is a world-renowned expert in all things emotion. He teaches at UC Berkeley, and is latest book is Awe: The New Science of Everyday Wonder and How It Can Transform Your Life. Keltner speaks with Mitch about the role of emotions like awe in travel experiences, and wha...
Taking Brands from the Ordinary to the Extraordinary, with Catherine Warrilow
Tourpreneur Tour Business Podcast - October 02, 2023 15:00 - 34 minutes ★★★★★ - 38 ratingsPrepare to get enlightened as we have an engaging chat with Catherine Warrilow, the former marketing powerhouse behind Days Out. Catherine brings her unique insights to the table, shedding light on the importance of authenticity in branding. We dive deep into the significance of aligning a brand...
IMPACT Series: "Stories can heal us": How Mercat Tours Impacts their Team & City
Tourpreneur Tour Business Podcast - September 28, 2023 12:00 - 53 minutes ★★★★★ - 38 ratingsMitch Bach begins Tourpreneur's IMPACT series with an interview with Kat Brogan of Mercat Tours in Edinburgh, Scotland, whose mission is to "make meaningful connections" through the power of storytelling. The end of the interview encapsulates the point of this new series, so be sure to listen t...
How to get more corporate bookings for your tour business (w/ Joe Martin)
Tourpreneur Tour Business Podcast - September 25, 2023 09:45 - 43 minutes ★★★★★ - 38 ratingsMitch Bach sits down with Joe Martin to discuss corporate bookings. Joe pivoted his marketing agency to focus on getting tour operators more corporate bookings, to reduce your dependence on tourists. Tourist come and go, often only book you once, and are dependent on the changing global tourism...
How the Regulatory Environment is Impacting Tour Operators - with Martin Alcock
Tourpreneur Tour Business Podcast - September 18, 2023 13:45 - 47 minutes ★★★★★ - 38 ratingsMartin shares insights into the VAT (Value Added Tax) system in Europe and how it affects UK tour operators, particularly since Brexit. We learn about Tom's (Tour Operators Margin Scheme) and its role in simplifying VAT calculations for businesses operating across European countries. However, wi...
Homefans: The Rise and Rise of Sports Tourism
Tourpreneur Tour Business Podcast - August 29, 2023 17:01 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 38 ratingsIn this episode we host a discussion with Daniel Alejandro Velásquez González, Founder and COO of Homefans—a sports experience marketplace—where travellers can book unique sports experiences anywhere in the world, hosted by fully-vetted local hosts. Mentioned in this episode: Sponsored by Goog...
How a Buyer/Seller Conference Can Help Grow Your Tour Business
Tourpreneur Tour Business Podcast - August 24, 2023 16:18 - 37 minutes ★★★★★ - 38 ratingsMitch talks with Catherine Prather of the National Tour Association (NTA) about their Travel Exchange conference, and how the buyer appointments, networking sessions, and other events can help grow your tour business. Mentioned in this episode: Sponsored by Google 'Things to do' Want more dir...
Tourpreneur+ Guest Coaching Teaser
Tourpreneur Tour Business Podcast - August 21, 2023 17:31 - 27 minutes ★★★★★ - 38 ratingsThis episode is a snippet of a Guest Coaching session, available for Tourpreneur+ members. Guest Coach Komal Darira (Women for World) will share how she built mostly female guide teams in Delhi, a city where being a tour guide is still not considered an ideal career for a woman. While her desti...
Guest Business Coach: Diversifying Your Guide Team
Tourpreneur Tour Business Podcast - August 21, 2023 16:31 - 28 minutes ★★★★★ - 38 ratingsThis episode is a snippet of a Guest Coaching session, available for Tourpreneur Group Coaching members. Guest Coach Komal Darira (Women for World) will share how she built mostly female guide teams in Delhi, a city where being a tour guide is still not considered an ideal career for a woman. W...
Better Business On Purpose: Make Money. Create Impact. Be A Force For Good.
Tourpreneur Tour Business Podcast - August 07, 2023 15:23 - 51 minutes ★★★★★ - 38 ratingsConversation with Neil Witten on how tour operators can be highly profitable and be a force for good at the same time as having a very clear purpose. An engaging listen about how difficult and challenging doing business with a purpose is but one that when done correctly is highly rewarding...
What Makes a Great Tour Guide
Tourpreneur Tour Business Podcast - July 17, 2023 18:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 38 ratingsIn this far-ranging conversation, Mitch and Claire Bown — two tour guide trainers — dive into the state of tour guiding today, and the skills that make a guided experience truly powerful. Find out more about Claire - https://thinkingmuseum.com/speaking/ Join us for Tourpreneur Connect...
The Power of Cultural Context in Travel Experiences
Tourpreneur Tour Business Podcast - July 04, 2023 19:53 - 33 minutes ★★★★★ - 38 ratingsOn this episode of our entrepreneur series with Kelly Lewis, we hear from Stephanie Flor, founder of a luxury travel company that focuses on providing a unique travel experience through a beauty lens. Join us for Tourpreneur Connect Seville, November 27-30, 2023 https://tourpreneur.com/connect...
Tourpreneur Roundup 29th June 2023
Tourpreneur Tour Business Podcast - June 29, 2023 17:43 - 43 minutes ★★★★★ - 38 ratingsIn this roundup, Mitch, Chris, Pete and Nikki are joined by our multi-day podcast host Mat Newton! Today we talk about Mat's Podcast, the importance of owning your own marketing accounts, Pete at the Travel Tech Conference and news on our venue for Tourpreneur Connect! Join us for Tourpreneur ...
Tourpreneur Roundup 15 June 2023
Tourpreneur Tour Business Podcast - June 15, 2023 13:45 - 27 minutes ★★★★★ - 38 ratingsIn this roundup, Mitch, Chris, Pete and Nikki chat about the sale of Rezdy, the growth of content creators in our community and the opportunity this can bring to operators, the power of long-form video in marketing and much much more! Sponsored by https://tripadmit.com/tap-to-tip/ TripAdmit...
The Power of Consumer Generated Content to Boost your Bookings
Tourpreneur Tour Business Podcast - June 12, 2023 18:00 - 10 minutes ★★★★★ - 38 ratingsBy encouraging user generated content, operators can not only gather valuable feedback and insights from their customers, but also use it to showcase their offerings, attract new visitors and increase bookings. Tourpreneur's own Chris Torres provides some insights into why you must implement t...
Tourpreneur Roundup 8th June 2023
Tourpreneur Tour Business Podcast - June 08, 2023 16:55 - 38 minutes ★★★★★ - 38 ratingsIn this roundup, Mitch, Chris and Nikki chat about the launch of our new Multi-Day podcast, hosted by Mat Newton, changes to how Facebook will track your data as they phase out cookie tracking, Google AI Search, GYG new round of funding and more. Mentioned in this episode: Sponsored by Google ...
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