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Video: Glasgow Travel Massive talks about the future of Tours and Activities

Travel Massive Glasgow got together in February at the CitizenM to discuss the future of tours and activities with Alex Bainbridge and Peter Syme.

Chris Torres is co-lead of Travel Massive Glasgow, moderated the discussions. Chris is a Brand and Digital Tourism expert with over 26 years’ industry knowledge, currently running his own business – the Tourism Marketing Agency.

The Current State Of Tours & Activities

The two guest speakers – Peter Syme and Alex Bainbridge, participated in the first panel talk, moderated by Chris.

Peter Syme focused the discussion on Scotland, making sure to offer plenty of insight and value for anyone running a tourism business in Scotland.

He discussed the current state of Scotland’s tours and activities industry, and explained how it will change over the next few years. We can expect huge influxes of visitors from the ever-growing middle-class in China, and we need to make sure that Scotland is ready.

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Autonomous Vehicles & The Future Of Sightseeing

Next, Alex Bainbridge shared more insights on the future of sightseeing. Alex is a huge name in the tours and activities industry; he founded TourCMS, a trailblazing piece of software designed to connect tour companies with travel agencies.

TourCMS has been incredibly successful over the last few years; in fact, it was the first reservation system used by some of the industry giants, such as Expedia, GetYourBeds, and HotelBeds.

Recently, Alex sold TourCMS in order to dedicate his time and expertise to his next exciting venture: Autoura.

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Special thanks

Special thanks go to our three event sponsors. The Tourism Marketing Agency, who are a tourism focused marketing agency led by Glasgow chapter leader Chris Torres, Add Jam, a technology company, and The Digital Tourism Show, a tourism advice series and podcast.

Travel Massive founder Ian Cumming joined us, which was a great surprise and honour. Ian gave brief talk on Travel Massive and the plans for the community in 2019.

This was a sold-out event and feedback from members was fantastic. There was so much buzz in the room and clear signs that the future of the Glasgow Travel Massive is bright.


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