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Adventure travel world Summit 2006 Testimonials |
“This year’s event
went so far beyond [expectations] as to lift in a category of its
own. It was brilliantly executed, as organized as a Swiss
timepiece convention, with speakers who fiercely challenged,
informed and entertained, with participants whose passion for
adventure was only surpassed by a fervor to learn and share, and
featuring good coffee and fare, which may be the rarest of the
qualities cited.”
Richard Bangs
"No other travel industry conference or event I've been to in the
last decade has offered better networking and better speakers than
the Adventure Travel World Summit! You deliver consistently great
informative and educational sessions, with an element of fun that
makes us remember why we're in the adventure travel business.
Kudos! This is my second year and I look forward to next year.”
Allie E. Almario
Vice President
Myths and Mountains
“On behalf of the Nepal delegation and Myself, I would like to
express our deep gratitude and appreciation to the ATTA and its
members for the generous hospitality accorded and excellent
arrangements made for the conference. I am very happy and honored
to meet all so many adventure enthusiasts, friends and colleagues.
I hope that we can strengthen our friendship by working together
in the future for our mutual benefits.”
Ang Tshering Sherpa
President
Nepal Mountaineering Association
"The Summit provides a great venue for adventure travel industry
leaders to gather to discuss and learn about some of the most
important trends and issues facing the adventure travel community.
National Geographic Adventure strongly values our presence at the
ATWS and continues to view the ATTA as an integral partner in the
magazine's continued success and growth."
Bryan Kinkade
Travel Manager
National Geographic Adventure
“Extremely satisfied.”
Leo Le Bon
President
Wanderlust Consulting
and
Co-Founder Mountain Travel Sobek
"The single most effective conference we attend for our industry.”
Brian McCutcheon
Director of Global Marketing
OARS Family of Companies
“Many thanks for a great Summit! The ATTA did a fantastic job and
I really enjoyed the sessions, networking and hiking. I was so
glad V.A.S.T. was able to support the Green Summit initiative and
Backroads looks forward to being there again next year.
Congratulations on a successful event.”
K.C. Hoppe
Marketing Manager
Backroads
"Apart from being a great opportunity for networking, the summit
was a fantastic event to keep pace with the most recent
conceptual, empirical and technological developments in the
tourism industry."
Ataklti Hagege Hailu
Consulate General of Ethiopia
"'This year's summit was truly a peak experience. The conference
was superbly organized, the keynote presentations were provocative
and illuminating, the networking was (as always) terrific, the
attendees were a very diverse and fascinating mix, and the entire
event was high energy. ATTA is at the forefront of a global
network and the future of the active and specialty travel.”
Mark Campbell
President
TCS Expeditions
"Being at ATTA was an eye opener for me in terms of learning what
opportunity that India has to promote itself as an adventure
destination. The attendees were real professionals committed to
promoting Adventure and responsible travel and it is hard to meet
this quality crowd under one roof; thanks to ATTA"
Venkatesan Dhattareyan
Assistant Director
India Tourism
“The 2006 Adventure Travel World Summit enlightened me to issues
and missions that were well beyond my immediate reach. From
marketing techniques to enhanced environmental practices I was
stirred and revitalized in my quest to grow within the adventure
travel industry.”
Ben Bressler
Founder & Director
Natural Habitat Adventures
"The Adventure Travel World Summit has a different energy to it
than any other industry conference I've been to--the people there
are particularly passionate about what they do. Adventurous,
sustainable travel is their lifestyle, not just their work!”
Brook Wilkinson
Associate Consumer News Editor
Condé Nast Traveler
"The Summit was great—the keynotes and sessions were informative
and engaging, and the delegates represented a 'who's who' of
adventure travel. With plenty of opportunities for networking I
walked away with contacts and real tools that I can employ right
now!”
Bruce Palmer
Admission and Marketing Director
NOLS
“You put on an excellent conference. Our industry is full of
bright and lovely people. It is a pleasure to have a chance on an
annual basis to get away from the day-to-day and talk about issues
and renew friendships. Thanks for making this opportunity possible
for all of us out there in the trenches.”
Paul Lehman
Managing Director
Austin-Lehman Adventures LLC
“Both the content from the seminars / speakers and the welcome
from the ATTA staff/Directors made the long trip from Ireland
worth it all. I will be back.”
John Ahern
SouthWestWalks Ireland
Irish Cycle Tours
"Very well organized and a great opportunity to engage others we
know of but not had the chance to meet.”
Frederick Dure
Founder
Boreal Wilderness Alaska
"This is not your ordinary industry meeting, but a confluence of
varying expertise, knowledge and disciplines that makes for
continued learning, business opportunity and friendship.”
Joe Luchison
Director of Marketing
Ciclismo Classico
“I didn’t think it was possible for the ATTA team to top their
first annual adventure travel Summit. In a nutshell – they did
just that! ExOfficio was thrilled with such targeted brand
exposure, quality networking and partnership opportunities, and
the ability to meet with such prominent media contacts within the
outdoor/travel industry. We are already looking forward to the
2007 Summit.”
Janine Robertson
Public Relations Manager
ExOfficio
"The 2006 ATTA World Summit was a must-attend for our new
adventure travel business. The key note speeches were thought
provoking and entertaining; break-out sessions educational and
networking opportunities invaluable.”
Jay Mahoney
President
Vivo International Adventures
“With the everyday demands of running a business, it's rare to
have thoughtful debate and exchange of ideas with industry
colleagues. Thank you for creating this valuable forum and
allowing us to focus on the big ideas and the long view of our
industry.”
Anonymous
“I want to congratulate you and the ATTA team on an outstanding
event. I was very inspired by the keynote address and many of the
case studies selected were new to me in the "eco" arena, which
made it fresh. I can see there is much to be done, but I think
that ATTA has laid out a terrific game plan to move the industry
forward.”
Megan Epler Wood
Partner
NativeEnergy Travel Offsets
"The Summit was a great opportunity for Archaeology Magazine as
well as the subject of archaeology to be part of the adventure
travel movement.”
Scott Verchin
Associate Publisher
Archaeology Magazine
"The Summit taught me what I needed to know in order to properly
position my product and service within the Adventure Travel
Industry. If you are new to the industry, you must attend!”
Marcus Shapiro
President
Travel Strong
"The Summit is an essential conference for anyone involved in the
travel industry.”
Sharon Malakoff
Sales Development Manager
TurnHere Productions
“This ATTA Summit was an excellent opportunity to learn firsthand
about the exciting growth in the adventure travel industry. I was
impressed that I met tour operators and diplomats from Ireland,
Kenya, Thailand, Nepal and India, as well as throughout the U.S. I
returned home inspired and full of new story ideas.”
Karen Kefauver
Freelance Journalist
"The range of topics presented at the Adventure Travel World
Summit managed to provide both global appeal and local solutions.
It was one of the most valuable conferences we attend all year.”
Rodney Bliss
President
Resmark Systems
“The Adventure Travel World Summit was life changing for me. I was
inspired and up-lifted daily by both the people and the subject
matter on both a personal and professional level. I have never
before found myself surrounded by such a large group of diverse,
interesting and passionate like-minded people who are serious and
getting it done! I am a fan for life of ATTA and plan to attend
next year no matter where it is held!”
Anonymous
"The Adventure Travel World Summit is a must-attend event for
adventure tour operators and tourism bureaus, adventure travel
writers, and anyone interested in protecting the world's natural
and cultural treasures for future generations.”
Molly Feltner
Associate Editor
SmarterTravel.com
“Probably one of the best adventure travel events I've attended in
10 years. I stopped attending these events several year ago - your
event will have me back!”
Neel Inamdar
Senior Advisor, Ecotourism
Conservation International
"Inspiring, educational and motivating. I will bring this
experience forward to our colleagues and industry partners, and
build a stronger presence for Norway in this market.”
Hege V. Barnes
Manager Tour Operator and Trade Relations
Innovation Norway
"I learned about the power and importance of creating trust
between tour operators and travel agencies. I left with the vision
of these two entities working together more and more in a
symbiotic relationship. Each playing the role they specialize in
and therefore being able to concentrate resources on being
professional. My specialty is running my trips, their specialty is
in marketing and selling trips. Together we should be able to
provide the perfectly special trip for every client.”
Tonya Schlentner
Denali West Lodge
Lake Minchumina, Alaska
“I have generated far more contacts, leads and work to be done
from the ATWS than any other conference I have ever attended, by
far.”
Anonymous
“This is a absolutely wonderful conference for anyone involved in
world travel, especially those in charge of publicizing their
trips.“
Bill Kizorek
CEO
Two Parrot Productions
"This was our first Summit. We found the energy present, the
venue, the creation by the ATTA of an atmosphere conducive to
interaction and networking to be of superior quality. The Summit
is a must event for us.”
Mike Ferris
President
Inozo Media Inc.
"For me ATWS was a timely and valuable opportunity to learn,
connect with thought leaders and get an unfiltered view of
business.”
Dick Schulte
CEO
Adventure Central
“A great event for gaining global exposure and spreading your
company's message.”
Martin Ostrovsky
Director & CEO
MonkeyBean Solutions, Inc.
“Thanks for a great show! We really enjoyed the classes and
learned so much.”
Amanda Lowney
Director of Sales
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Adventure travel world Summit 2005 Testimonials |
"It was an epic
event. Thanks for all the amazing work... it really did come
together spectacularly."
Richard Bangs
Executive Producer
Yahoo! Media Group
“Thank you both for such a great experience at the Summit. From the
high profile booth space to the opportunity to speak about some of
the more challenging issues revolving around sustainable travel and
tourism, your support meant a lot to STI as an organization and to
Peter and I as travel industry professionals. In fact, it was the
best conference either of us had been to in years, which is saying a
lot because we've been on the circuit for some time now.”
Brian Mullis
President
Sustainable Travel International
“There is a real need for an annual global adventure travel summit
and ATTA delivers it! Great summit! … A superb meeting.”
Joe Kowalski
President
Wilderness Tours
“Ex Officio was thrilled with the Summit. I knew it would be
incredible... and it truly was. Thanks so much for this opportunity.
We are looking forward to the next one!”
Janine Robertson
Marketing/Public Relations
Ex Officio
"A triumph against all odds, you put on a very good event and you
had us eating out of the palm of your hand."
Michael Kaye
President, Costa Rica Expeditions
“Thank you (and your team) so much for presenting such a wonderful
conference… it was well worth the time and investment!! It is so
nice to network with ‘like-minds’ to bring benefit to all!!”
Cheryl Coughlin
President
The Travel Society, LLC
“I tip my hat off to you, Shannon and your team, for pulling off a
spectacular conference. The organization was crisp and the content
was focused, engaging and relevant. I heard numerous positive
comments from my colleagues.”
“Thank you for a truly great conference.”
Jim Sano
President
Geographic Expeditions
“A very well organized event… I certainly appreciated the thought
and hard work that went into it… Wilderness Travel is submitting its
check for $600 and an application to join the ATTA.”
Bill Abbott
President
Wilderness Travel
"Your show ranks up there with the most productive two days I have
had in a long time."
Dave Bowen
V.P Sales and Marketing
G.A.P Adventures
“An Excellent job at the Summit. You exceeded my expectations… I am
proud to be a part of ATTA.”
Rene Hoeve
EuroBike Tours
“I attend a lot of conferences—something like 6 since the end of
September this year alone!—and as I told you I think the ATTA Summit
compared very favorably with conferences that have larger staffs and
have been established for several years. More importantly, I really
appreciated the sense of community that the Summit fostered and the
fact that so many attendees were talking about issues that are
important to me, such as the importance of giving back to the
community, of being a responsible global citizen, and so forth. At a
time where there is so much bad news in this country, it warms the
heart to be part of a community that is focusing on creating
positive change.”
Dwight Sholes – Co-founder and President, Quotient Marketing
“I learned a lot and thoroughly enjoyed meeting so many interesting
people.”
- Rhona Taylor - Adventure Department Manager, Exotissimo, Hanoi
“Congratulations to you and your team for producing a ‘Summit’ that
was not only impressive and educationally relevant... but... three
days the "Adventure Travel Industry" will look forward to every
year!”
Joe Boldan
Co-Founder
Ex Officio
“Thank you for a great summit. It was clear that much work was put
into this and all went very smoothly and was very informative. I
appreciate all your efforts.”
Matt Holmes
President
Boundless Journeys
“There can be little doubt that it was completely successful. I am
certain you would have a revolt if you did not repeat it annually. I
am pleased and proud of you and this organization.”
Dave Bartholomew
Founder and President
Ascent Advising
“Congratulations on your success with the ATTA meeting […] Your
organizational skills, volunteer base, level of professionalism,
over-delivery of substantive content, balance in programmatic design
and calmness in the face of year one of this event were outstanding
in all respects […] You guys... are a class act!!”
Annie Ellicott
President
Leap Up Marketing
"Thank you and all the presenters for executing such an impressive
first round Summit via ATTA…the overall feedback was excellent.
Those fellow speakers I was able to meet with inspired me and my
continued commitment and involvement with ATTA."
Kathy Moyer Dragon
Activewomen.com and Whole Foods Market®,
Boulder
“I just want you to know how incredibly impressed I was with your
Adventure Travel World Summit.”
Jeffrey Lehmann
PBS's "Weekend Explorer" series
“Great job. Lots of work clearly put into [the Summit]. You've
built a terrific staff and support structure around you, good energy
and enthusiasm… congratulations!”
Jeff Wilson
Director
Quiksilver Travel
“You have a lot to be proud of after the Adventure Travel World
Summit. I appreciate the opportunity to attend.”
John Hogan
Vice President
North America, Qatar Airways
"The Summit was absolutely fascinating, and everyone I talked to was
impressed with what you put together."
Mollie Petersen
Senior Account Executive
Publicis
“[The Summit] was energizing and it seems to have brought cohesion
and direction to the industry—all due to your vision, commitment and
energy.”
Priscilla P. Macy
Founder
Global Sojourns
“It was indeed a pleasure participating in the Adventure Travel
World Summit… you did a terrific job… everything came off
beautifully. I look forward to watching as the event continues to
evolve and grow.”
Matthew Upchurch
CEO
Virtuoso
“My compliments on an outstanding event in Seattle. We came away
very pleased with both the content quality and your organization as
a whole.”
Scott Lawson
National Sales Director
MedjetAssist
“The summit was just what I needed.”
Jonathan Beene
One Moon Travel
“Thank you for the terrific job you did on hosting the first World
Summit of Adventure Travel. It was a resounding success.”
Nancy Pfieffer
Managing Partner
Adventure Travel Media
Source
“The networking and meeting with our current clients, prospective
clients and travel writers were… extremely valuable.”
Nancy Pfieffer
Managing Partner
Adventure Travel Media
Source
“I believe the success of the summit is partly because of Seattle as
a Summit location: world class conference center, Seattle is a major
adventure destination, many adventure companies are headquartered in
Seattle, major national/international destination with lots and lots
of non-stop flights from all over the world, opportunity for a great
variety of adventure activities ... all of which other US cities
will have a hard time to compete with. Congratulations for being
able to gather a most impressive roster of keynote speakers. The
high conference fee is well worth the money.”
Helle Sorensen
Metropolitan State College of Denver
“Congratulations on a job well done. I wanted to thank you so much
for giving me the opportunity to attend and speak at the Conference.
For me it was a great honor to be a small part of it. I was
encouraged to see such widespread enthusiasm for something Green
Team has been promoting for many years.”
Hugh Hough
President
Green Team Advertising
“I have been to many worldwide conferences including National
Business Travel Association, International Pow Wow and countless
trade shows and this was my favorite. Your show, events and seminars
and attendees were first class.”
Karen Curtis
Director of Sales for the MarQueen Hotel & Inn at
Queen Anne
“It was a superb experience to interact with such a diverse,
positive crowd.”
Amber Hayes
CEO and Co-owner
Adventure Engine
“It was an excellent conference… I was very impressed with ATTA's
work in organizing and running the conference, especially with the
prominent media figures that were featured throughout the
conference”
Don Mankin
Co-author of Business without Boundaries
“We got a lot out of the event... thanks for all your hard work
putting it together.”
Chris Baker
Principal
Wanderlust Consulting
“Thank you… for the wonderful ATTA World Summit your team has put
together. I had a wonderful time meeting people and really felt like
I left with having made new friends. Thank you for having given me
the opportunity to participate in this event!”
Pascale LeJeune
EXPERIENCE Active Travel
"You can be proud of your achievement."
Leo LeBon
Co-founder, President and CEO (Ret.)
Mountain Travel
Inc., The Adventure Travel Company
“The content was excellent!”
Norm Rose
President
Travel Technology Consulting
“The networking opportunities were outstanding”
Joe Kowalski
President
Wilderness Tours
“Thanks again for the opportunity to attend the conference. It was a
great introduction to the adventure travel industry. I look forward
to next year!”
Drew Patterson
Director of Business Development
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