Overview
We created two fantastic webinars to help you learn more about the culinary tourism industry. Just match the webinar choices to your needs. Click on the Choose Topics tab to see our offerings.
Webinars are delivered online and on-demand. Webinar access is granted for 30 calendar days
after which time your link expires Therefore, you can view the webinar more than once, and replay the parts you find most useful.
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WEBINAR #1: CULINARY TOURISM: THE HIDDEN HARVEST
Duration: 40 minutes. Includes downloadable PDF workbook.
Updated September 2011
This webinar is designed for the person that has a little bit of an idea of what culinary tourism is all about, and who yearns for more information. This webinar teaches the essentials of the culinary tourism industry: its history, definitions, examples, demographics and psychographics of culinary travelers, economic impact assessments, etc. By the end of this module, you will understand the difference between culinary tourism and agritourism, how gourmet tourism is different from culinary tourism, who culinary travelers are, and the benefits of culinary tourism to your business model.
WEBINAR #2: STARTING A CULINARY TOUR BUSINESS
Duration: 40 minutes. Includes downloadable PDF workbook and access to audio interviews.
Updated September 2011
Have you ever wondered what it would be like to run a culinary tour company? Many of us have. Depending on whether you take the proper steps, your new company could be a dream job or a real nightmare. This webinar gathers best practices from successful culinary tour operators around the globe. We walk you through all of the factors required to start and run a culinary tour company, including, but not limited to legal, insurance, licensing, itinerary building, vendor/partner selection, banking and foreign exchange, pricing, target markets, sales, marketing and service.
Benefits
Our webinars give you the benefit of our industry expertise and knowledge that only the Association can provide. Additional benefits include:
- Short time commitment. Webinars last only 40 minutes.
- Low cost. Webinars are fairly priced at only US$49.
- Support materials. Webinars come with a downloadable PDF workbook and one webinar includes audio interviews.
- Instant access. Access the webinars as soon as your payment is complete.