The World Federation of Guides Conference (WFTGA) is normally held every 2 years. Last year the conference was postponed due to Corona. Unfortunately, it cannot take place in Serbia this year as originally planned. The Executive Board decided at short notice to hold a hybrid event in Madrid. From February 7 to 10, there will…
The winter months are always a good opportunity for exchange with tour guides from all over Bavaria. However, due to the current situation and after already a year of forced break, the organizers of the Bavarian Guest Guide Day have decided this time for a virtual format. We at Tourism Training have made our own…
There is a new training course of tourism training in Austria. Modular, mostly online, a practical course with an optimal preparation for the qualification exam by experienced lecturers for the theoretical subjects, active guides and former graduates of the last years, as well as outstanding partners in the tourism industry. Ideally matched as a part-time…
The New York Guide Association is organizing a virtual convention for tourist guides: 10+ educational events with 45+ renowned speakers from around the world of tourism. Keynote presentation by Evita Turquoise Robinson, founder of Nomadness Travel Tribe and one of the most influential and inspiring women in the travel industry today Opportunity to participate in…
This week, we had the pleasure of providing technical support for the webinar “Guided Tours 2021 – Requirements for a New Start” for BVGD, the Federal Association of Guest Guides in Germany. It was a very exciting event with top-class speakers. The recording is now online on the YouTube channel of the BVGD and is…
We have been working hard the last few days (and nights) on the website for the first virtual conference of WFTGA, the world association of us guest/guide guides. It has finally gone online and you can register: virtual.wftga.com Sign up now, as there are only a limited number of 500 places and over 400 are…
February 28, 2021 from 1:00 pm – 4:30 pm Through Covid-19, we have all had to become more involved with videoconferencing and online seminars. That’s why this congress wants to ask how we can use the momentum of digitization, even after the pandemic, to advance digitization around guest tours and cultural mediation. How do digital…
Last Sunday, February 21, was the World Day of Guides/Guides. We would like to use this occasion to publish a text by Linz Tourism Director Prof. Georg Steiner. In doing so, he thinks about our industry in a very critical but forward-looking way. We are currently working with him on a project about experiences based…
“Change in the tourism industry. How can technology help get through these difficult times?” Especially for tourist guides, the discussion fields of city, bus and cruise tourism are exciting. Our Managing Director Sebastian Frankenberger, as a panelist and representative of DonauGuides GmbH, will discuss together with Urlich Berger (Founder&CEO Guiding Group), Prof. Georg Steiner (Tourism…
There is a new training course of tourism training in Austria. Modular, mostly online, a practical course with an optimal preparation for the qualification exam by experienced lecturers for the theoretical subjects, active guides and former graduates of the last years, as well as outstanding partners in the tourism industry. Ideally matched as a part-time…
