The Transformational Travel Council

Craving more out of your work in travel and tourism, is something missing, are you looking to recalibrate in 2025? Well, sign up for our Andean Immersive, an Experience Development Training that will shake things up for you personally and professionally. Join Co-founder Jake Haupert, Maria José Andrade, and Jorge Pérez of Tierra del Volcan in deeply connecting with like-minded travel and hospitality professionals and share, learn, and innovate in a way that improves your life, your business, and the lives you touch! Designed to help you and your travelers ... - Live the best life and do the best work - Be more confident, courageous, wise, and healthy - Align with values and sense of purpose - Identify who and what matters - Find clarity, inspiration, and abundance - Harness a growth mindset - Be more compassionate and conscious - Cultivate greater wellbeing - Navigate change and challenges - Discover more meaning and purpose in work and relationship #yoga #coaching #performancecoaching #personaldevelopment #transformation #selfdevelopment #climatechange #environment #wellness #retreat #healing #holisticmedicine #cotopaxi #travel #southamerica #centralamerica #ecotours #ecology #indigenous #ecuador #psychology #spa?#GalápagosIslands #Galápagos #meditation #hiking #breathwork #grounding #personalgrowth #selfdiscovery #horses #cotopaxi #gratitude #pachamama #festival #ptsd #travelagent #servicedesign #experiencedesign #purpose #resort #destinations #DMO

“The truth most of us don’t realize: You’re not actually looking for community. What you’re really longing for is to commune.” Between our virtual gatherings and in-person experiences and retreats, that’s what we’re wholly dedicated to with our Ally Program. Our dear friend, Ajay D., continues in his blog, “You Are Not Looking for Community,” real community, the kind where you commune, isn’t about comfort. It’s about presence. It’s about showing up — not just physically, but emotionally and spiritually.” Join our global community of purpose here: https://lnkd.in/emfVSmNt Join an Experience Development Training, virtually or in person here: https://lnkd.in/gCFPj3nQ #transformationaltravel #newtourism #connection #communing #community #tourism #purpose #personalgrowth #professionaldevelopment #networking #partnership #impact #hotels #traveladvisors #destinations #retreats #guides https://lnkd.in/gpEU7cY5

Throughout this Holiday season shop at DoneGood and use our special promo code, TTC15 for a 15% off on EVERYTHING on the website, including our very own Transformational Travel Journal. DoneGood is a marketplace with more than 120 ethical brands, where every purchase benefits people and the planet. They vet every brand to make sure their business practices are values-driven, so your community can feel good knowing the money they’re spending is helping build a better world https://lnkd.in/gd8siGc5

Along with our members from around the world and all of the TTC Accredited Transformers, we're feeling super energized about the latest trend report from Booking.com. Our 'Transformers' have been specifically trained to meet this emerging demand with strategies, techniques, and tactics designed to cultivate more meaning, mindfulness, personal growth, and well-being. ?? The trends set to shape the travel industry in 2025 "With popular norms left firmly in 2024, there will be a growing focus on personal growth and meaningful experiences. From baby boomers taking on thrill-seeking adventures to men prioritizing mental wellbeing on men-only retreats, travel is becoming more about self-discovery and deep connections. Booking.com’s research highlights how people want meaning from their travel and a greater sense of purpose at the heart of each trip they take. As the saying goes, “It’s not the destination – it’s the journey.” Here’s a closer look at the top trends shaping the future of travel." When you're ready to level up your experience strategy, we've got a 6-week virtual training coming in January and a live, in-person 5-day Andean Immersive from 24-28 Feb with Tierra del Volcan . Both are facilitated by our Founder, Jake Haupert! #transformationaltravel #transformationeconomy #newtourism #purpose #meaning #tourism #travel #trends #impact #personalgrowth #professionaldevelopment https://lnkd.in/gVkRhq7t

Super proud of our latest TTC Accredited Transformer! Here’s to leveling experience design, creating more value, and positive change in self and society! Go, Go, GO! A New Tourism is emerging!

We hope you and your family are enjoying the festive season and that you’re finding time for connection, renewal, and play.? ? As one of the most important field builders in the transformative and regenerative tourism sector, we’ve rallied a global movement and community, delivering education, experiences, and consulting that are foundational for ‘A New Tourism’ to emerge. And in this moment of global transformation, we’re seeking your support in our critical fundraising efforts.? ? In 2022 we launched the Transformational Travel Institute to help us conduct research, receive and provide grants and scholarships that increase access to our programs and education.? ? A more conscious travel and tourism can be a powerful catalyst for personal development. It can positively impact family and relationships to well-being, even influencing consumer and travel choices, social purpose and philanthropic commitments, ecological footprint, lifestyle and time management choices, and mindful, contemplative practices. ? We’ve raised $100,000 so far and we are seeking an additional $250,000 USD to help with the following projects and initiatives: ?? Scholarships and grants?for those who represent need and/or an underrepresented segment or rural community. ??? Equip organizations and rural communities?with the knowledge and capacity to train others, create jobs, and leverage private capital. ?? Engage subject matter experts?to deepen knowledge,?build on our theory of change, and amplify impact. ?? Increase awareness?of our programs and our capacity for them to be replicated globally. ?? Seed the?World’s first Center of Transformative Tourism?and Regenerative Community Development for wellbeing, peace, and eco-consciousness. If this resonates with you, we invite you to make a tax-deductible?one-time or monthly donation?through the Transformational Travel Institute. If this calls to you, please make your kind donation here: https://lnkd.in/gdR2Wi7G For those interested in making a large donation and/or learning more about our?Partner in Change Program,?please arrange a time to meet with Jake. Simply reply to this email or confirm a time on his?Calendly.? ? Your gift matters and we’re deeply appreciative, ? Jake Haupert and Kurt Kutay The Transformational Travel Council and Institute? The TTI is a 501(c)(3) Tax ID 26-4490451 Big gratitude to our existing Partners in Change! Jonathan Coleman, Jared M. Meyers, Chip Conley, Aniseh Dalju, Gretchen Jones, Lisa Bontje Learn more here https://lnkd.in/gwnasjuv Glowing photo is from the Wisdom Retreat for Better Tourism, October '24, Modern Elder Academy, New Mexico, USA, featuring our friends, Dr. Suzy (Susan) Ross Elizabeth Harrington, Dr. Anu Taranath, and Gay Browne.

Transformative tourism isn't another segment of travel; it is so much more than that, it is an approach to travel that elevates all segments, including the Meetings and Events space. Big thank you to Teresa Bergen, for highlighting some perspectives from The Transformational Travel Council in this recent article in NW Meetings and Events Magazine by Greenspring Media. A great read all the way through! Here are a few of our contributions ... "In our research, the power of awe, wonder, and wild and remote places inherently shifts our minds, opens our hearts, and even makes us feel alive. Digging a little deeper, when human beings feel a sense of awe and wonder, they release the love hormone oxytocin. In the context of travel and events, through transformative experience design, we can help people connect with self, with each other, nature and systems, and even shift behaviors, why you ask, because they will care more, we take care of what we love, making our events and our industry an amazing lever of change in our lives and our world." "Conferences, meetings, and gatherings are inherently about purpose, innovation, and human connection, all of which can be stoked by creating the fertile conditions necessary to drive such powerful results. There is so much data out there supporting that holding meetings and gatherings outside expands the minds, but if inside, letting natural light in, bringing the outside in, and providing a soul-stirring view can do wonders simply by tapping into our whole body intelligence." "That being said, a panoramic?city view can do wonders as well, the key is that we tap into the sense of being small, which has a way of reducing stress, increasing clarity and calm, and working from potential rather than focusing on problems." https://lnkd.in/guKGDFhn #meetings #northwest #montana #tourism #events #transformationeconomy #transformativetourism #impact #purpose #awe #wonder #feelingalive #regeneration

Big thank you to Regional Tourism New Zealand and Kiri Goulter for inviting us to lead a workshop for your ultimate Te ūnga Mai Programme - a 2+ year program to train regional tourism organizations across the country on destination stewardship practices in all shapes and sizes. Our destination stewardship team member Jillian Dickens ?? delivered a workshop on The How and Why of Transformative Travel, with buckets of data, examples, case studies and one exercise (never enough time!) We are looking ahead to see how Aotearoa’s regional tourism orgs adopt and adapt to the opportunities the transformation economy has for the tourism sector! #NorthlandInc #TātakiAucklandUnlimited #DestinationHaurakiCoromandel #TourismBayofPlenty #HamiltonandWaikatoTourism #RotoruaNZ #TairāwhitiGisborne #DestinationGreatLakeTaupō #VisitRuapaheu #VentureTaranaki #Hawke’sBayTourism #Whanganui&Partners #CentralEconomicDevelopmentAgency #DestinationWairarapa #WellingtonNZ #DestinationMarlborough #NelsonTasman #VisitHurunui #DestinationKaikōura #DevelopmentWestCoast #ChristchurchNZ #MackenzieTourism #VentureTimaru #TourismWaitaki #DestinationQueenstown #LakeWānakaTourism #TourismCentralOtago #EnterpriseDunedin #GreatSouth #destinationstewardship #transformationeconomy

Join Our Free Monthly Info Session on November 26th! Are you interested in our Experience Development Training and the pathways to becoming a TTC Accredited Transformer? In this information session, you will have the opportunity to: - Learn all about our Experience Development Training and the Curriculum - Hear inspiring testimonials from our Alumni - Engage with like-minded travel professionals who share a passion and appreciation for transformative tourism’s potential for a positive impact on people, places, and the planet. What's on the Horizon? ?? Dec 2-12 | 5-Day Experience Development Training, facilitated by Jake Haupert and Jillian Dickens ?? (virtual) ?? Feb 24-28 | 5-Day Andean Immersion at Tierra del Volcan, facilitated by Jake Haupert, Maria José Andrade and Jorge Pérez (in-person) Guide, Hotel, Travel Advisor, and Destination-specific training coming in 2025! We look forward to connecting, sharing, and learning with you! The info session is on Tuesday, November 26th at 8 am Pacific time. Register here: https://lnkd.in/gEMgVcwX

Craving more out of your work in travel and tourism, is something missing, are you looking to recalibrate in 2025? Well, sign up for our Andean Immersive, an Experience Development Training that will shake things up for you personally and professionally. Join Co-founder Jake Haupert, Maria José Andrade, and Jorge Pérez of Tierra del Volcan in deeply connecting with like-minded travel and hospitality professionals and share, learn, and innovate in a way that improves your life, your business, and the lives you touch! Designed to help you and your travelers ... - Live the best life and do the best work - Be more confident, courageous, wise, and healthy - Align with values and sense of purpose - Identify who and what matters - Find clarity, inspiration, and abundance - Harness a growth mindset - Be more compassionate and conscious - Cultivate greater wellbeing - Navigate change and challenges - Discover more meaning and purpose in work and relationship #yoga #coaching #performancecoaching #personaldevelopment #transformation #selfdevelopment #climatechange #environment #wellness #retreat #healing #holisticmedicine #cotopaxi #travel #southamerica #centralamerica #ecotours #ecology #indigenous #ecuador #psychology #spa?#GalápagosIslands #Galápagos #meditation #hiking #breathwork #grounding #personalgrowth #selfdiscovery #horses #cotopaxi #gratitude #pachamama #festival #ptsd #travelagent #servicedesign #experiencedesign #purpose #resort #destinations #DMO