What’s smart about smart tourism? Smart tourism occurs where tourism meets technology, an opportunity that most travelers today are not only embracing but demanding. Tour operators around the world are responding with ever-increasing technology options in their tours that include the desire for a Bring-Your-Own-Device (BYOD) culture. According to a UN World Tourism Organisation report, […]
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Millennials Want Their BYOD: Smart Devices are the New Heartbeat of the Tour Experience
There’s a significant demographic shift occurring in markets around the world. Millennials, loosely defined as the generation born between 1980 and 2000, represent the largest generation to date, making up 31.5 percent of the world’s population. By 2030, it’s expected that they will make up 75 percent of the American workforce. “I personally look at […]
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Can you HearMe? No One Wants to Lose Visitors—Especially During a Tour
Visitors are explorers in an unfamiliar but long-hoped-for world. Maybe they saved for a lifetime to be at this palace, park, city or harbor, or they’re keenly interested in your business site. As a tour guide, you want to fulfill your visitors’ dreams and give them something to write home about—and post a 5-Star review, […]
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Travel Trends: Tour Operators Look to Mobile Technology to Grow Their Businesses
“It is highly probable that differentiation is more critical now than ever before. Indeed, it has become the basis for survival within a globally competitive marketplace where the ten major destinations attract approximately 70% of the worldwide tourism market.” TourismTattler.com Visitors around the world are searching for the best travel experience, and they have their […]
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Why Larger Tour Groups Need Tour Guide Systems
“That is what keeps us different from the others. You are not just a number. We know you by name. We want to keep that family-style atmosphere.” – Mario Poulin, Owner/President Rockland Travel is a travel agency that began in 1979. Mario Poulin, the owner and President of Rockland Travel has been running the organization […]
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Tour Guide System Headsets Blend Narration and Audio Simultaneously
HearMe tour guide system headsets offer wireless group tours an entirely new sensory experience. If you’re providing tour guide narration, have you considered the opportunity to complete the experience with sound? Now you can. Tour guides are providing live narration and pre-recorded audio simultaneously, creating better, more engaging tours. Organizations are eliminating unwanted noise, increasing […]
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