In the eternal city of Rome, surrounded by the countless treasures of the Galleria Borghese, I recently had an experience that not only changed my perspective on art and culture, but also on the role of technology in our access to these treasures. Imagine you are strolling through the halls of a museum and your…
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Only until January 18 – Register now for virtual participation in the international guide meeting
Dear Guide colleagues, I hope you are as excited as I am as we look back on a successful 2023 that has almost brought us back to our normal level of leadership! Let us now look forward to 2024 with anticipation, because exciting events await us. One of the absolute highlights will be the WFTGA…
Exciting insights into the world of Real Estate
As part of the anniversary year “50 years JLL Germany”, there is an extraordinary opportunity to experience Frankfurt am Main from a completely different perspective. As a leading real estate company, JLL, together with myself, Sebastian Frankenberger, and city guide Mikael Horstmann, invites you to an exclusive, discursive city tour through fascinating Frankfurt, focusing on…
Bike tour with Weiermair Reisen
On Friday I had again a bike tour through the beautiful Kamptal with Weiermair Reisen. This is really, in my opinion, one of the most beautiful bike tours in all of Austria. Past the Kamptal reservoirs, the ruins of Dorba Castle and the Renaissance Greilenstein Castle. We spent our lunch break at the Altenburg Abbey…
Night of the families – guided tours for children in Linz
14 different Linz institutions invited visitors to unusual and very special city tours on Friday, July 14, 2023. Sebastian Frankenberger was also present with a guided tour of the city in the course of an improv theater in costume! From 6 p.m. to midnight, he amazed onlookers young and old, while the public learned more…
Q&A Webinar on the WFTGA Convention 2024 in German on May 31 at 7:00 p.m.
The World Federation of Tourist Guides Associations organizes a worldwide meeting every 2 years. In 2024 the next one will take place in Sicily. When guest guides / tour guides / certified guides meet, it always feels like a family reunion and even newcomers are integrated immediately. In addition to many interesting visits throughout Sicily…
Rome and Assisi – Dolce Vita Tour in Italy
This week I am myself as a tour guide with a tour group of @Weiermair Reisen on Dolce Vita Tour in beautiful Italy.🌞 Rome in particular is simply always worth a trip. Unfortunately for us, the famous Trevi Fountain was being cleaned, so we couldn’t throw any coins in at all. Hopefully I may still…
Is Augmented Reality (AR) the future of city tours?
Right now I’m in Tel Aviv gathering ideas for an augmented reality city tour project. In Israel, they are technologically ahead of us in this respect. The Graffiti Tour from https://tlvnights.com is just awesome! Through extraordinary graffiti with AR, the exciting history of the city is brought to life. In addition, there is really great…
World Day of Tourist Guides in Upper Austria
On March 4, 2023, the day of action on the occasion of the World Alien Leader Day will take place in Upper Austria. Throughout Upper Austria – and especially in Linz – we have put together a great leadership program. Thanks especially to Andrea Puchner, Thomas Schmidt, Marianne Oberladstätter, Ralph Rosenhain and Daniel Vanek for…
World Day of Guides in Tyrol
On SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 25, 2023, the ITF and its sponsors invite everyone who lives in Tyrol to go on exciting discoveries in their homeland. Free guided tours of all kinds take place in Innsbruck, Hall in Tirol, Volders, Schwaz, Kufstein, Rattenberg, Kitzbühel and Jenbach from 9:00 to 20:00. Duration of a guided tour: between 60…