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COURIER Volume XIV, No IATM THE AMERICAS COURIER Volume XIV, No. 4 Winter 2010 Where shall we meet for our Greetings, fellow Tour Managers and Tour Guides. I hope this last Golden Jubilee Convention in 2012? newsletter of 2010 finds you enjoy- ing every moment of this happy holiday season. I have just returned from a productive meeting with the Board of Directors in London. We, just like most businesses today, are still dealing with the depressing financial situation. Our recent decis- ions come from a desire to keep the central office funded while strateg- izing for membership growth. IATM is looking into new markets for membership growth. Our new mem- bership drive is directed towards Tour Operators. Many TOs see IATM as one more way to prove that their Tour Guides/Managers are indeed Independent Contractors. This desig- nation helps Tour Operators to save on employee costs. Tour Operators can additionally save on insurance Ecuador is one of the venues being considered, with pre- and post-tours to costs by promoting our liability insur- breath-taking Macchu Piccu (above) and to the fascinating Galapagos Islands ance to their Tour Guides/Managers. IATM is proud to work with Tour Welcome, Operators while promoting our mem- The Mission of IATM bers as low risk professionals who New Members! ‘To promote and maintain the cost them less money without sacrif- Active highest standards of competence, icing our rates of pay. IATM is now integrity and professional conduct on offering all Tour Operators compli- Chrissy Schwarz the part of all Tour Managers.’ mentary membership and a reduced Emporia, KS (from Affiliate member) Active membership fee for their Debra Pfahl ‘To promote, protect and improve Guides. Ottawa, Ontario the welfare and status of Tour I will be emailing a prospectus to Managers.’ Tour Operators with whom we al- Affiliates ready have a connection, informing Linda Parris IATM The Americas is a member of: them as to the benefits we can Casa Grande, AZ provide to them. I would like your Deborah Lombardi World Federation of Tourist help in contacting the main Tour Delmar, NY Guide Associations operators here in the Americas by www.wftga.org introducing us to them. Rather than Sara Raney Henderson, NV cold call the operators that we already know and love, can you Curtis Evans National Federation of Burleson, TX please introduce IATM to any tour Tourist Guide Associations operators you work with. I would Melanie Strickland www.tourguidesofamerica.com like to present an opportunity for Madrid, Spain Page 1 The Newsletter for Travel Professionals Winter 2010 them to lower their risk and increase SECRETARY WANTED managers and not local guides, we cannot hold full membership. the smooth operation of their tours. It is a win-win situation. I will send all This is almost certainly the last IATM FEG – Federation of European Guides. members an email with further det- Courier that Jo Curran will edit, and the IATM’s nemesis. They work against us last time she will dun you for annual ails on this opportunity. at EU level trying to put our profession The Board is still considering pro- dues. Her cancer has progressed very out of business in favor of theirs (local posals for our 2012 Golden Anni- rapidly, and she knows she has little time and national guiding). versary Convention. I have put forth left. WFTGA – World Federation of Tourist a proposal for the Convention to be In a future issue, there will surely be Guide Associations. A worldwide organ- held in Ecuador with pre- and post- many tributes and testimonials to Jo’s ization of local guide associations. They tours to the Galapagos Islands and role in professionalizing the Tour Man- meet every 2nd year, and IATM has Peru (Macchu Picchu). The Board ager’s role and organizing IATM’s The adjusted our convention schedule so that needs real feedback to make the best Americas region. But right now, we need we do not clash with theirs. (This year possible decision. Please consider the a replacement; an Active member with IATM’s AGM is part of an International energy and good contacts to keep in Weekend and not a convention). IATM following negotiated itinerary and provide feedback to me. I will send touch with existing members, recruit The Americas Region is an affiliate you a reminder email so I can report new ones and liaise with other TM member of WFTGA, so our members organizations. And pay the bills. And put can attend their conferences at the your thoughts to the Board when we meet again in Sorrento to make a out the newsletter. member’s rate. Any local guide assoc- iation can be a full member of WFTGA. final decision. Apart from a couple of busy times of the The more members we have the There is one fee per country, and the year, the job should take only a few more local associations who are stronger we are and the more we can hours a week. It’s rewarding, though not do for our members. This is the WFTGA members, the cheaper member- in the financial sense. ship is for each one. There are several fundamental structure of our organ- ization. Our region is very fortunate as Chris Carrdus, Jo’s friend who worked US associations who are WFTGA we are experiencing growth mostly with her on admin and newsletters, has members, the biggest being NYC and agreed to help the new person with DC. due to our ability to offer professional liability insurance. IATM can do great information and advice for 6 months. If ASTA – American Society of Travel things for you and for our industry. you see yourself filling the Secretary or Agents Treasurer role, or both, please e-mail NTA – National Tour Association, an Please get involved with us so that we can continue to show our stren- [email protected] right away. association of US destinations, hotels gths and demonstrate the profes- and attractions. IATA – Airlines are their members sionalism that we all have for our chosen industry. Travel Matters ABA – Association of US motor coach owners Take care and enjoy, The ABC for TMs Beware of rabies overseas Scott MacScott CTM There is an ‘Alphabet soup’ of assoc- iations which we travel professionals Public-health officials have issued a rabies warning to American travelers encounter. Here is a short explanation: IATM – International Association of after a 42-year-old psychiatrist from Vir- Tour Managers. We have 12 chapters ginia died after exposure to a rabid dog Diary Dates known as Regions world wide, and serve while he was jogging in India last year. the interests of over-the-road TMs It was one of seven cases of rabies acquired abroad from 2000 to 2009, out th NFTGA-USA – National Federation of 21-24 January – IATM, AGM and of 31 human cases in the United States, International Weekend. Sorrento, Italy Tourist Guide Associations. Federation of many US local guide associations. officials from the Centers for Disease 24-27th January-Sorrento Post Meeting The current chair lives in Chicago. Mem- Control (CDC) said. Other cases were Tour, Savelletri and Bari bership is open to any local guide contracted by Americans traveling in the th th 30 Jan – 4 February, WFTGA Con- association and dues are based on mem- Philippines, Ghana, El Salvador, Haiti vention, Tallinn, Estonia bership numbers. They hold occasional and Mexico. 1st-3rd April, IATM Nordic Brief Study conventions; the last one was last winter CDC officials say that many dogs in Tour and AGM, Valdres, Norway on a Caribbean Cruise. IATM The Africa and Asia have rabies, and people can be exposed through a bite or through 7th-11th November, World Travel Market, Americas Region is an Affiliate member of NFTGA. As an association for tour exposure to infectious body fluids like London. saliva that come in contact with an open Page 2 The Newsletter for Travel Professionals Winter 2010 wound or mucous membranes. When stead, opt for travel sites such as Two other quibbles. Not all of the you ‘walk up to a cute dog on the street Travelocity.com or a service like airlines are represented. To check in a place like India,’ said an author of Hotwire.com. Though Hotwire doesn’t Southwest Air, for instance, you’ll have the report, Jesse Blanton, a CDC epi- reveal the rental company’s identity until to go to its Web site or use its app. The demiologist, ‘you place yourself at a lot you’ve committed, it provides a total other isn’t really ITA’s fault, but some of of risk.’ See www.cdc.gov/rabies for price with fees and taxes included. the information it gets from contributing more information. Talk to an insurance agent. The ‘big- airlines is consistently wrong. In a test, I gest car-rental ‘gotcha’ is its highly found flight from Baltimore to Martha’s More express buses in Northeast profitable insurance.’ You can avoid Vineyard to be priced substantially lower many fees by asking if your own auto on the ITA site then the actual purchase Greyhound and Peter Pan now offer non- policy has primary coverage for car price from the airline. stop bus service between New York City rentals and opting for that instead. But for its overall usefulness and its and major cities in the Northeast. The Source: National Geographic Traveler powerful sorting, fliers may find this app companies, which are working together, is just the ticket. started sending out express buses between New York and Washington, ITA App Is Just the D.C., Baltimore, Philadelphia, Boston Ticket for Flight Deals How to land cheap airline seats and Silver Spring, Md., in late ITA Software, whose product powers Go to the source.
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