WeTravel, the all-in-one journey administration platform, has unveiled an enhanced WeTravel Academy, designed to enhance usability and assist the profession growth of multi-day journey professionals. The rebranded Academy incorporates a complete suite of assets and instruments tailor-made to the wants of assorted journey companies, from journey businesses to tour operators and vacation spot administration corporations (DMCs).
Since its preliminary launch in December 2021, the Academy options a wide range of webinars, workshops, programs, blogs, and downloadable guides in collaboration with business specialists, offering the most recent business data and instruments freed from cost. Over the previous three years, the WeTravel Academy has grown to embrace over 500 items of multi-day, group travel-specific content material throughout 12 subjects and reporting hundreds of journey professional downloads every month. In 2022, the Academy expanded with the launch of the Women+ in Travel vertical, a digital area devoted to selling equality within the journey business with content material items written and printed by ladies+. This yr, WeTravel added inside the Academy a vertical supporting product managers, vacation spot managers and product entrepreneurs via every stage of the product growth course of with the addition of the Multi-Day Travel Product Development vertical.
“The multi-day, group travel industry is constantly evolving, and it’s crucial for professionals to stay informed about the latest trends and innovations to better create travel products, market their products to consumers and manage and grow their profession,” mentioned Kasi McGurk, WeTravel’s Communications and Marketing Manager. “The enhanced WeTravel Academy underscores our commitment to providing top-tier resources to ensure travel professionals have access to the most relevant and up-to-date content, reinforcing WeTravel’s dedication to their continuous growth and success.”
The new group of verticals being launched with this launch will present specialised content material and instruments crucial for creating and advertising profitable journey experiences of their respective niches. These verticals function curated assets together with:
- Sustainable Travel: Gain concrete information and instruments to assist protect well-liked journey locations with the “Introduction to Sustainable Tourism” course in partnership with Tourism Cares
- Adventure Travel: Join insurance coverage specialists from Travelex and Pattern to learn the way to put together journey travellers for insuring each a part of their journey with the “Adventures Insured: Travel Insurance Tips for Adventure Tour Operators” webinar
- Wellness Travel: Discover the do’s and don’ts of planning a retreat by watching the “Retreat Planning 101: How to Create Successful Retreats” webinar with insights from Fit Bodies
- Travel Agencies: Explore how to select the mix of tech that promise to streamline journey enterprise operations with experience from Fieldbook within the “Tech Solutions for Travel Businesses: Choosing Software to Maximize Profitability” webinar
- Student Groups: In collaboration with Contiki, customers can enroll within the “How to Target Gen Y and Z Travellers”course to study extra about attracting youthful travellers.
“WeTravel Academy’s new design is a direct response to the growing needs of travel professionals who are looking for targeted, high-quality resources. We know the industry is constantly changing–from the top consumer booking trends to the latest technology to the adaptation of products to the importance of developing tours that intentionally support economic development, social impact and environmental sustainability–and our Academy resources will change, too, so every multi-day, group travel professional can use the resources to professionally grow and, in turn, grow the industry,” mentioned McG