Strategic Partners
Strategic partnerships and forming relationships with partners of all shapes and sizes is a philosophy NTA utilizes to help connect members with those who can bring a whole new outlook to your company. At NTA, we call this co-opetition!
When establishing agreements with other organizations, NTA looks for a partner that will:
- Bring new and different business to NTA members
- Offer an opportunity for product development expansion
- Bring more buyers to the NTA events
Here is a look at just some of the strategic partnerships NTA holds with industry organizations:
Tourism Cares | United Motorcoach Association | World Religious Travel Association | Destination Marketing International | National Association of Career Travel Agents | Sustainable Travel International | Africa Travel Association | International Gay and Lesbian Travel Association | Sister Cities International | Travel Professionals of Color | Indian Association of Tour Operators
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| NTA is partnering with the United Motorcoach Association to bring their motorcoach professionals together with our packaged travel experts. NTA tour operators are encouraged to check out UMA's Web site, BusRates.com, for research and quote requests. The site also encourages consumers to use NTA tour operators when planning their next trip. |
| In 2008, NTA powered the World Religious Travel Association Expo and in 2009, the two conferences will be co-located in Reno to bring hundreds of new buyers and providers of religious travel product to you... all in one place. |
| NTA is working with Destination Marketing Association International to educate their members on the leisure travel market and increase DMO interest in our segment of the market opening doors to new partnerships and an added investment in packaged travel. |
| NTA recently entered into a new partnership with the National Association of Career Travel Agents. The 2009 NTA Spring Meet was co-located with the NACTA Western Regional Meeting June 4-6, in Monterey California. |
| NTA and Sustainable Travel International also have an exclusive agreement. NTA is proud to endorse STI's Sustainable Tourism Eco-certification Program, is the world's first comprehensive, global sustainable tourism eco-certification program. It is designed to aid tourism businesses of all sizes to ensure the preservation of destinations and cultures. Through this strategic agreement, NTA is furthering its core values and goals to embrace sustainable travel and educate its members on best practices. |
| NTA and the Africa Travel Association recently signed a collobrative agreement to work together on educational and networking opportunities. ATA's mission is to promote tourism to and within Africa and to strengthen intra-Africa partnerships. Through the partnership, ATA and NTA members can join either organization with a 50 percent discount on the established respective dues rate for the category of membership to which the member qualifies/is eligible for. |
| International Gay and Lesbian Travel Association and NTA are working together on a variety of marketing, education and research opportunities. "We are very excited to partner with an association like NTA that has a great reputation among the tour operator industry," said IGLTA President and CEO John Tanzella. "Tour operators are IGLTA's second largest membership category and we want to support their business. Partnering with NTA gives us an opportunity to reach out to this very important segment of the travel industry." |
| NTA and Sister Cities International are working together on advocacy efforts, as well as other projects that will allow NTA members to reach the cultural travel market of SCI. SCI works to strengthens partnerships between U.S. and international communities, promoting cultural understanding and stimulating economic development. |
| NTA and the Travel Professionals of Color also have entered into a strategic partnership to connect both memberships for more business opportunities and product development. |
| During the 25th Annual IATO Convention in Bengaluru, Karnataka, NTA and the Indian Association of Tour Operators signed a Memorandum of Understanding beginning a partnership that will help to facilitate business between the associations' members. Both IATO and NTA members service inbound and outbound travel, making this partnership broadly advantageous. IATO was established in 1982 and is India's national body of the tourism industry. It has more than 1,100 members covering all segments of the travel and tourism industry. |
Each of these relationships will help to position NTA members as the preferred travel partners for these growing niches.
NTA is constantly working to connect its members to new partners, expanded educational opportunities and added business partnerships through uniting the packaged travel industry in a spirit of collaboration.
Working together for mutual benefit — that's the NTA philosophy.