We provide industry education and other learning resources to help you stay two steps ahead. Use these ongoing tools as part of your professional development, keeping an eye on current realities and emerging trends. Community and collaboration lead to greater success for all – so dive in, listen, read and watch along to futureproof your organization.
Research
Community, collaboration and partnerships are essential for the growth and prosperity of every organization in the travel, tourism and hospitality industry. Moreover, we believe that collaboration is a universal tool in the industry, which we confirmed through research. Explore the research we’ve done on collaboration to learn more about how you, your organization and your collaborative partners operate – and how you can make your collaborations even more effective.
Podcast
Listen to conversations with tourism professionals like yourself on Destination on the Left, an award-winning podcast launched in 2016. Hear about the fascinating collaborations your peers are making and creative approaches to tourism marketing. Dive into topics that you’re most interested in, like DEI or group travel, tune in to the roadshow recaps from industry conferences, or listen to the latest projects being done around the world.
Book
In TAP CEO Nicole Mahoney’s book “Stronger Together: Building World-Changing Business Collaborations,” you will get a collaboration framework, expanded knowledge of the power of collaborations and a tool kit to help you make powerful connections and improve your bottom line.
Speaking Engagements
From inspiring keynotes to hands-on workshops, we have a speaker that will make your next event one your attendees will remember. Find our passionate team members sharing their knowledge freely at industry conferences and events including NYS Tourism Conference, Maine-Stay, Ohio Travel Conference, PRSA Northeast Regional, Empire State Society of Association Executives, eTourism Summit and more.
Newsletters
TAP Into Travel with our weekly email newsletter created just for travel professionals who want to stay up to date on emerging trends, learn about collaborations and be inspired to grow and expand. Each week we feature a new blog, podcast and relevant industry news.
Resource Library
Our resource library includes checklists, toolkits, workbooks, and how to guides to help you be a better tourism professional. Rely on our tools to help you with collaboration, strategic marketing plans, influencer marketing and more.
Blog
We cover a wide range of topics impacting the travel, tourism, and hospitality industry in our weekly blog. From creating a strong company culture to trends in the group travel industry to best practices for hosting media, you will find practical and inspirational content throughout our posts. Each member on the TAP team contributes to the blog because we believe that we learn and grow when we share and teach.
Publications
Our publications feature a broad collection of one-of-a-kind experiential travel programs and preferred destination regions that have won high acclaim for their beauty, music, outdoor adventure, cuisine and more. These publications are created specifically for travel advisors and travel buyers who are looking for unique travel products created by a network of high-quality tour providers.
Webinars
Travel Advisors join us every other Tuesday at 2 pm (ET), to explore new tours and destinations live with a TAP Tour Operator host. These 30-minute webinars are designed to provide tour planners and travel agents with detailed information on tour inclusions. An opportunity to ask questions at the end of the presentation helps you understand the tour and how it will fit with your clients’ travel dreams.