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Southern Indiana (June 10, 2024) – Tour operators from across the country arrived in Southern Indiana over the weekend to attend the annual TAP Dance Travel Conference taking place June 9-11, 2024, at the Sheraton Louisville Riverside Hotel in Jeffersonville, Ind. Hosted by Travel Alliance

Southern Indiana (July 19, 2023) – Travel Alliance Partners (TAP) has announced Southern Indiana as the host destination for its 2024 TAP Dance Travel Conference taking place June 9-11, 2024. Held annually since 2001, TAP Dance brings together premier North American Tour Operators offering tour

Brilliance doesn’t come easy. For some, ideas are a dime a dozen. They come quickly and seem to be mind blowing as soon as the idea is presented. For others like me, I have to work hard to come up with ideas. It may even take me a few days to work through ideas and their execution to the point that

You cannot be an island in tourism. In only a few instances can a destination exist because of one thing (think Orlando and Disney World). Despite the park’s efforts to keep you inside Disney World – hotels, restaurants, and even a Disney-designed city – visitors want to experience as much of a

Kate Kane, Director of Sales, partnered with the Louisville CVB and Derby Dinner Playhouse to host Lenzner Tour and Travel. Three tour planners with Lenzner spent three days on a site visit of the Kentuckiana area. They learned about the tourism offerings on both sides of the river. Lenzner is

Why Should Tour Operators Choose Our Destination?
By Kate Kane

If you’ve ever been in charge of your family’s vacation plans, you know that picking the right destination with just the right itinerary is a lot of pressure. You want everyone to have fun, and you want them to have great memories of the

By Kate Kane

As far back as the 1800s, the motorcoach has been the most popular form of group travel. Greyhound became a standard for groups with its first route in 1914. From there, an industry was born.

Fast forward to 2016 Southern Indiana. How does the motorcoach industry affect our way of life,

Kate Kane, visited Clarksville, Tenn. in June to meet with Frances Manzitto, who manages the city’s group tours. Kane wanted to know how she has been so successful at marketing her destination since her community has fewer attractions than ours does.

Her city has high bus volumes, and Kane met with

Kate Kane, Director of Sales, recently attended the Travel Alliance Partners annual conference in Duluth, Minnesota. She met with 29 of the country’s top producing tour operators to promote Southern Indiana as a group tour destination. Kane promoted group-friendly attractions, hotels, and

Showcase your restaurant during the Southern Indiana dine around

Postcard sent to Destination Marketing Organizations coming to ABA

Louisville will host nearly 3,500 motorcoach professionals during the 2016 ABA Marketplace, Jan. 9-12. Motorcoach professionals from around the country will take