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…
On the 21st of February each year we celebrate the occasion of International Tourist Guide Day. This is a day dedicated to the profession of Tourist Guiding and affords us the opportunity to highlight and showcase this profession on the global stage. This is a day that was set in motion in 1989 at the…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
The 6th German Guest Guide Conference DGFT with the subsequent 29th Annual General Meeting of the Federal Association of Guest Guides in Germany took place on 03. and 04 March 2023 will be held in Kassel. I was able to attend and participate in some exciting tours of Kassl, as well as listen to some…
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…
