Tourpreneur Tour Business Podcast

Most tour and activity operators start with passion and follow their instinct and expertise to design great guest experiences. Tomorrow’s operators will use data analysis and careful customer observations to design experiences of the future. In this talk, GetYourGuide’s lead for Southeast Asia walks us through their data-driven journey to custom design a tour product with a partner in Indonesia, and provides insights on how every experience creator can use science as well as art to serve their guests.

We lost some audio on episode 25. so here John talks us through how tour guides of free walking tours get paid and how he is trying to pay his tour guides a full time salary.

I've never really understood how companies make money from a free walking tour and John kindly walks us (sorry for the pun) through it. He's a very passionate entrepreneur and in this episode, we had a great chat about how he got started with his tour business, how he promotes his tours, the business model behind free walking tours, managing tour guides, the OTA landscape, digital marketing etc

Asia’s iconic low-cost carrier has been methodically, if not so quietly, plotting to win big in tours, activities and attractions. In this interview, we sit down with AirAsia.com COO to discuss the carrier's plans for the Best Part of Travel.

Distribution dynamics in tours, activities and attractions are rapidly changing. Online travel agencies (OTAs) are growing fast, raising lots of capital, acquiring reservation systems and driving all sorts of innovations. This poses many important questions to operators of all sizes and segments. This roundtable of OTA leaders and operators will debate them all—and answer tough audience questions.

Christian Watts, founder of City Sightseeing San Francisco, shares his journey from pedicab driver to bus tour operator, discussing challenges and growth in the industry. He explores the evolution of hop-on-hop-off buses, navigating entrepreneurial challenges, and the importance of collaboration in the tourism industry. The conversation touches on the development of Magpie Travel and a new software for tour operators, emphasizing the beta testing process and upcoming launch plans.

Klook has in just a few short years grown to become a leading online travel agency (OTA) for tours and activities across Asia. Now, with a $500 million war chest, they have big plans for global expansion. In this in-depth interview, get the inside scoop on one of the most talked-about companies in online travel. Learn where Klook is headed, and what it means for your tour, activity or attraction business.

An overview of the key trends and issues shaping The Best Part of Travel in Asia and what’s ahead for creators and sellers of tours, activities and attractions with Arival CEO Douglas Quinby

Amrita Gurney is the Vice President of Marketing at Crowdriff, specializing in Facebook ads for the tourism industry. She discusses insights from a study of 1,600 ads, revealing trends like the rise of video content and the power of user-generated visuals. Amrita emphasizes optimizing call-to-action strategies and the role of analytics in enhancing ad performance. They also touch on upcoming events aimed at improving digital marketing skills among tour operators, highlighting the importance of transparency and genuine connections in travel marketing.

On the first ever episode of Tourpreneur, Alice and Torin Kexel talk us through how they came up with the idea for their Flying Bike tours, how they got set up and the challenges they face.They recommend resources and deliver real life tips for fellow tourpreneurs. They also give you the low down on what it was like to attend Arival for the first time and how it helped their business.Alice and Torin hold nothing back as they tell us how they have learned how to market their business as well as companies that have helped them along the way.