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How can you create alignment and collaboration with distributed teams?Thursday, 30 March 2023 | 16:00 CETSpeaker: Lawrence Walsh, Co-Founder and Managing Director,There Be GiantsModerators:  We are all aware of the changes to the way we work since the pandemic;...

Hostel cities: Youth travel accommodation and urban developmentPanellists: Greg Richards, Researcher - WYSE Travel ConfederationModerator: TBD,Comany name, Company nameChair of the Travel Safety Panel,WYSE Travel ConfederationRecent years have seen an explosive...

Navigating the cultural exchange field after the 2016 United States presidential electionPanellists: Ilir Zherka - Executive Director, The Alliance for International ExchangeModerator: TBD,Comany name, Company nameChair of the Travel Safety Panel,WYSE Travel...

Exchange students: Travellers of the worldPanellists: Jesús Escrivá Muñoz , Erasmus Student NetworkModerator: TBD,Comany name, Company nameChair of the Travel Safety Panel,WYSE Travel ConfederationThe Erasmus Student Network (ESN) carries out an annual European-wide...

What are the most sought after destinations and fields for volunteering abroad?Panellists: Megan Lee – Director, GoAbroad.comModerator: TBD,Comany name, Company nameChair of the Travel Safety Panel,WYSE Travel ConfederationPerhaps you are developing new volunteer...

WYSE Webinar – 2022 tax season check in: Everything you need to know about nonresident tax in the USA

Crowdfunding in tourismPanellists: Blaz Jemc and Anushka Beltram , TravelStarterModerator: TBD,Comany name, Company nameChair of the Travel Safety Panel,WYSE Travel ConfederationCrowdfunding is growing fast and is affecting several different industries, including...

What Drives Generation Zto Study Abroad?url to webinar NASpeaker: Andrea Kammerer Senior Business Analyst, AFS Intercultural ProgramsModerator:  This webinar is based on the findings from Mapping Generation Z: Attitudes Toward International Education Program, an...

Service Learning and Community Engagement in the Developing World: A Responsible ApproachSpeaker: Ilir Zherka, Executive Director The Alliance for International ExchangeModerator:  After one of the most tumultuous years in the history of international exchange,...

Email Marketing: Boost Loyalty and SalesSpeaker: Denis Smorchkov Director General, TravelWorksModerator:  During the session, Denis will introduce the basics of email marketing and explain how to increase both sales quality and quantity. He will share the...

Marketing real social impact: how to record, measure and communicate alternative travel factsSpeaker: Christina Margarita Tunnah Head of the Americas World NomadsModerator:  Travel has positive and negative consequences, but do you know what these are in...

Why go online?Thursday, 14 February 2023 | 17:00 CETSpeaker: Jamie Albert, Partnership CoordinatorWeTravelModerator:  More than 83% of adults in the US prefer booking their travel online, and this percentage will only continue to increase. Join the WeTravel team...

Who travels where, why and how to find out with New Horizons 5 – WYSE Webinar 2023

Washington update from The AllianceWednesday, 1 February 2023 | 17:00 CETSpeakers: Mark Overmann, Executive DirectorThe Alliance for International Exchange David Chapman, Director GeneralWYSE Travel ConfederationModerators:  With the 118th US Congress just...

Post-COVID positioning: Tracking and understanding European hostel performance in 2021Speaker: Kelsey Fenerty, STRModerator:  As we approach the pandemic’s one-year mark, understanding and interpreting performance data will become increasingly challenging. Join...

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Jason Rieff, JSR Consultancy

While other brands are pulling back, now is the time to push forward. We talk about social and online and touch on topics like the current social landscape

Speaker:
Enda Kelleher, Sprintax

During this session we discuss hot tax topics related to J Program participants and the Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security Act (CARES)

Speaker:
Prof. Greg Richards, Breda University of Applied Sciences

This webinar reviews findings from WYSE Travel Confederation’s COVID-19 Travel Business Impact Survey series. This monthly survey asks travel and tourism businesses to answer questions about how they have been (or expect to be) affected by the COVID-19 pandemic.

Impact of the COVID-19 outbreak on the European hostel and hotel industryPanellists: Kelsey Fenerty, Research Analyst, STR Patrick Mayock, Vice President Research & Development, STRModerator: Wendy Morrill,WYSE Travel ConfederationRecorded on 8 April 2020 STR’s...

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Amanda Baker

Co-founder,
Flamingo Punk
People don’t want more information from you. They want to get to know you and feel connected to you. They want stories.

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Dave O’Malley

Business Development Manager,
World Nomads

Podcasting is booming. The latest Edison report shows US listenership has risen from 11 million people in 2006 to 144 million in 2019 with no end in sight to the growth.

Cultural intelligence 2.0: Beyond the basicsSpeaker: John Lee Co-founder,CultureMeeModerator: Wendy Morrill Head of Research & Education,WYSE Travel ConfederationDo you communicate like the Italians or like the Finns? Are you direct like the Dutch or more indirect...

What is a CRM and how can it help you to work smarter?Speaker: Adam Graff Partnership Manager,CleversteamYour participants, hosts and partners are the most important part of your business and keeping them happy should be your top priority. To make that happen, you...

New Horizons IV: Even more takeawaysSpeaker: Prof. Greg Richards Breda University of Applied Sciences &Research Advisor to WYSE Travel ConfederationHaving trouble finding time to read all of the reports coming out of the largest global survey of youth and student...

What We Already Know and What We’re Finding Out about Study Abroad, Language Learning, and Career OpportunitiesSpeaker: Amelia Dietrich, PhD The Forum on Education AbroadThe Forum on Education Abroad will review recent research on how study abroad experiences impact...

Build or Buy: developing or adopting an educational framework to support your cultural exchange programmeSpeaker: Linda Stuart Education and Training Specialist,Sentio Global Education NetworkThis session will review the process and overall timeline that Sentio...

How to make optimal use of your hotel or hostel KPIsSpeaker: Jochen De Peuter-Rutten Account Development Manager,SnapShotWondering how you can optimise the performance of your accommodation operations by measuring your KPIs? Join Jochen De Peuter-Rutten of Snapshot...

What your travel business should know about trademarksSpeaker: Matthew Saunders Founding Partner,Saunders & SilversteinTrademarks protect your products and brand, helping your business establish positive recognition, a trusted reputation, and growth in a crowded...

How much good does volunteering do? A framework for evaluating conservation volunteer projectsSpeaker: Kim Roques Founder, All out AfricaModerator:  Kim’s webinar will present some of the debate on whether volunteer tourism really does good or not. He will...

Turning a simple idea into a meaningful volunteer projectSpeaker: Andrew Procter Managing Director, African ImpactModerator:  Andrew Project, MD of African Impact, will be sharing the background to the project which has just been awarded the Outstanding Volunteer...

Brand storytelling for noisy networksSpeaker: Ian Fitzpatrick Founding Partner, AlmightyModerator:  This one hour workshop will teach tactics that both large and small organisations can employ to tell more salient brand stories in a marketplace overwhelmed by...

The trust advantage: protecting your reputation in the face of adversitySpeaker: Jeff Chatterton Owner,Checkmate Public AffairsModerator:  You probably deal with difficult customers every day, but what do you do when a client does something that results in injury...

The millennial traveller – a WYSE research review?Speaker: Prof. Greg Richards Breda University of Applied Sciences & Research Advisor to WYSE Travel ConfederationModerator:  Young people are travelling further and more often than ever before – accounting for...

Multi-channel analytics for online success: breaking walls between online channelsSpeaker: Elena Rodríguez Marketing Manager. Internet AdvantageModerator:  During the past few years companies have started using more online marketing channels. In order to measure...

Digital natives – how mobile istransforming the travel industrySpeaker: Zornitza Yovcheva Researcher,Digital Tourism Think TankModerator:  Zornitza Yovcheva, Digital Tourism Think Tank’s mobile and user experience consultant, will be leading the hour-long...