Webinar Calendar
Yellowstone: 25 Years after the Return of the Gray Wolf
Click to Register In 1995, gray wolves were reintroduced to Yellowstone National Park after decades of absence, having been eradicated from the park in 1926. In the years since their return, they’ve grown to flourish in their native habitat, restoring balance to local ecosystems and captivating visitors who come to view them in the wild.…
Mountain Gorillas on the Rise: A Conservation Success Story
Click to Register The world's mountain gorilla population has increased from approximately 250 to more than 1,000 in the last 50 years due to heroic conservation efforts largely funded by tourism. The mountain gorilla, which lives in the forested mountains of East Africa, is the only great ape species with a growing population— a true…
Our Own Stimulus Program for Travel Advisors
Click to Register Join Dan Austin, founder of active travel company Austin Adventures, as he shares a quick overview of Austin Adventures and how they are taking aggressive steps to help you, the Travel Professional, NOW! After seeing how hard agents have been working through the current “situation” Austin Adventures is determined to make a…
Rebuilding and Re-Branding – The Road to Recovery for Group Travel
Click to Register The dust will slowly settle following the COVID-19 pandemic, but the scars will linger for quite some time. The tourism industry will undoubtedly resume, but the metric has changed. What will the face of group tourism look like in 2021? How can we minimize the financial devastation of 2020? What will travelers…
Nature Photography in Tropical Destinations
Click to Register Tropical environments hold extraordinary biodiversity, with a plethora of diverse and spectacular wildlife subjects from towering elephants to agile orangutans to tiny yet highly photogenic insects like monarch butterflies and leaf-cutter ants. To capture this astounding range requires a diversity of shot settings and techniques to maximize your photography capabilities. The diversity…
LIVE with Sven and Ben
Click to Register Please join us for a live chat with Sven Lindblad, founder and CEO of Lindblad Expeditions, and Ben Bressler, founder and president of Natural Habitat Adventures. These two adventure travel pioneers will discuss the companies they have built, the impact of Covid-19 on their operations, their thoughts on the future of exploring…
Take a Food Journey to Greece
Click to Register Celestyal Cruises proudly presents: “Take a Food Journey to Greece” with our special guest speaker, Diane Kochilas. Food and travel go hand in hand, as we know. Experiencing a region’s cuisine is often one of the key reasons why we travel and explore. Greece and the Eastern Mediterranean are no exception to…
Snow Leopards & Wildlife of the Himalayas
Click to Register In the austere heights of the Himalayas and Tibetan Plateau, an elusive feline thrives among the rocks and snowfields. Local people call the snow leopard the “ghost of the mountains,” an apt moniker for this large cat that moves stealthily through the barren terrain, camouflaged by its thick silver coat marked with…
The Grizzlies of Yellowstone: A Conservation Triumph
Click to Register Rocky Mountain naturalist guide Aaron Bott shares the inspiring story of the grizzly bear’s revival in Yellowstone. Exterminated throughout most of the American West in the 19th and early 20th centuries, grizzlies had nearly vanished from their native range. By the mid-1900s, only a couple of small populations remained in Yellowstone and…
Uganda: More Than Just Mountain Gorillas
Click to Register I'm excited to introduce you to Mark, who has guided many safari guests into the rain forest-cloaked mountains of Uganda for face-to-face visits with mountain gorillas. The gorillas are a powerful draw for visitors to Uganda, there's no question that spending an hour with these close cousins of ours can be a…