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Adventure & Exotic Travel is a division of Nodland Travel Enterprises. NTE reflects more than two decades of experience in promoting some of the world's most creative travel opportunities. The principal, Helen Nodland, is herself an accomplished 7-Continent traveler with comprehensive knowledge of all aspects of this unique market niche. Helen's travel industry experience ranges from travel agent, expedition leader, tour director, and sales director positions.
This background led Helen to found, in 1990, Nodland Travel Enterprises, a marketing and educational presentation company dedicated to introducing exotic, adventure, active and eco-friendly travel products into the travel agency and special interest group market areas. Long both an advocate and participant in adventure travel, she brings her sales and marketing expertise, along with speaking, teaching, and theatrical skills to the travel marketplace. The stated mission of Nodland Travel Enterprises is: to be a doorway to extraordinary, life changing experiences.
- Adventure & Exotic Travel Educational Seminars
A series of one-day presentations to introduce and update travel agents to the exciting sales and marketing opportunities available in the adventurous travel arena. This popular seminar series, attended by over 5,000 travel agents across the country in the past six years, will kick off its seventh season in Fall 2001. The seminars are part of the Institute of Certified Travel Agents' (ICTA) continuing education curriculum.
- Travel Specialists' Retreats
Helen's newest forum for specialized learning. This series of weekend programs are designed as experiential and classroom learning workshops, focused around a single, specialized subject area. Walking adventures, Spa getaways, biking and ecolodges/responsible tourism are first on the agenda. More to come. The retreats include educational instruction, tour operator and activity specific daily excursions led by selected tour operators, guest lectures and participatory activities on work/life balance, goal setting and action plans, creative exercises designed to stretch your imagination and potential, mind/body/spirit enrichment and more. Also part of ICTA's continuing education curriculum.
- Private travel agency training sessions
Helen conducts private training sessions with agencies around the country. Education on how to effectively sell adventure travel, develop strong alliances with preferred tour operators and market adventure travel to existing and new clients are all part of this private presentation.
- Presentations for preferred clientele and general travel consumer events
Agencies have the opportunity to host dynamic, fun travel events for their clients and prospective travelers, with Helen as the featured speaker.
- Travel industry keynote speaker, panelist, expert
Helen has spoken at numerous travel industry meetings, symposiums and annual events. Schedule Helen as a keynote speaker for your next travel industry organization's annual meeting and other organization events.
- The Adventure & Exotic Travel Newsletter
A travel consultants' source for the latest news in the adventure and exotic travel arena. Distributed complimentary to all past and current participants of the Adventure & Exotic Travel Educational Seminars and Retreats.
- The Adventure & Exotic Travel Newsletter Reprint Program
Agencies can customize, reprint and distribute issues of the A&ET newsletter to their client base. Complete ordering and distribution instructions provided.
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