If
you have any questions about the conference or the location please do not
hesitate to contact: Norma Nickerson,
norma.nickerson@umontana.edu, 406-243-2328
8:00-10:00 pm Hot
springs soak and round-pool discussion!
Friday April 16
8:30-9:00 am Breakfast
9:00-9:15 am
Introductions
9:15 -10:15am Keynote speaker:
Bill Bryan:
“The Role of Adventure Travel in the World of Responsible Travel .
Can it Take the Lead?”
Bill Bryan is co-founder and Chairman of the Board of
Off the Beaten Path,
LLC, a $6.5 million travel planning and consulting service specializing in
helping clients plan highly personalized trips to the Rocky Mountain West,
Desert Southwest, Alaska, and Patagonia. He is Executive Director and Board
Member of the Rural Landscape Institute whose mission is to increase the
economic viability of farms and ranches, thereby enhancing the health of the
land, open space and rural communities. Bill Bryan received his B.A in
Zoology from the University of New Hampshire, is M.S. in Conservation at the
University of Michigan, and his Ph.D. in Resource Planning and Conservation
at the University of Michigan. His areas of expertise include public policy,
particularly as it relates to natural resources, responsible travel,
ecotourism, Native American economic development and economic viability of
family scale production agriculture.
10:15-10:45 "What is Adventure Travel: A Content Analysis of Definitions"
Kenneth Bartkus, Utah State University.
10:45-11 am
Break
11am - Noon
"Program
Choice in Learning Vacations: A Study of Yellowstone Association Institute
Participants"
Jenny Golding will provide an overview of the Yellowstone
Association Institute and present findings from her graduate research on
Institute participants.
Jenny Golding, M.S. has worked in the adult environmental
and outdoor education field for 15+ years, for organizations such as the
Appalachian Trail conference, Student Conservation Association, and Virginia
Tech.Jenny is currently
program manager for the Yellowstone Association, and is a certified Leave No
Trace master educator, certified interpretive trainer through the National
Association for Interpretation, and wilderness first responder.
Noon-1:00 pm Lunch
1:15-3:15 pm
"How to Research & Promote your Tourism Product through Social Media"
This well known seminar has been given to audiences in Canada, US and Italy
and is valuable for any business endeavor. The two hour (with break) seminar brings
together the latest knowledge on the use of Social Media and explains it in
a manner we can all understand. Whether a social
media beginner, intermediate or advanced, this seminar will leave you with a
thorough understanding of the role that social media plays in marketing and its
value to research. This seminar is normally over $2,000 but is being given
under a special arrangement with GWTTRA contained within the price of the conference.
(This seminar is not available on the "Video Only" package.
John Hope-Johnstone is Chief Strategist forHPR Social Media
and has won major awards for his work in marketing and social media. John
was Vice President of Marketing for three major International Hotel
Companies and CEO of a DMO.
3:15-3:30 pm
Break
3:30 - 4:00 pm
Statewide Vacationers to Montana: Are They Geotravelers?
Dylan Boyle
The University of Montana
4:00 - 4:30pm
Charting a Sustainable Development Path:
Prospects for Socially and Environmentally Beneficial Tourism in Caleta
Tortel, Chile.
Laura Becerra
The University of Montana
4:30 - 5pm
Comparison of Adventure and Non-Adventure Ecotourism Experiences
Claudia Jurowski, PhD
Meagan Nolan
Sabrina Herndon
6:00-8:00 pm Dinner
8:00-10:00 pm Continuation of hot springs soak and round-pool discussion
10:00-midnight Dancing
to live music in the saloon
Saturday April 17
Adventure into Yellowstone
National Park (if interests are high, GWTTRA will go as a group into Yellowstone
to visit Old Faithful, Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone, and/or wildlife watching
activities).
Wildlife Watching on the
Northern Range
Start: 6 or 8 a.m. at Gardiner or Mammoth, 6:30 or 8 a.m. at Roosevelt or
Lamar Discover the diverse and abundant wildlife of
Yellowstone’s Northern Range. Learn how to search for wildlife and how to
use binoculars and spotting scopes effectively
Geysers, Mudpots, and Hot
Springs: Old Faithful Area Start: 8 a.m. at
Gardiner, Mammoth, or Norris; 9:30 a.m. at Madison or Old Faithful
From the center of the world’s
greatest concentration of hydrothermal features, take an in-depth look at
how they form and why they do the things they do. You’ll travel on
boardwalks and easy trails, observing geologic features that reveal the
wonders of Yellowstone’s volcano
Approx tour cost $35 depending on number of people
interested
Chico Hot Springs Resort and Day Spa is the perfect location
for GWTTRA. This historic resort is located in the heart of Paradise Valley,
just north of Yellowstone National Park - and nestled in the foothills of the
breathtaking Absaroka Mountain Range. Chico offers an extraordinary variety of accommodations, exceptional dining,
outdoor adventures, live entertainment, ultimate relaxation, all with a warm
smile and welcoming spirit from their friendly staff.
Chico Hot Springs
has a diverse selection of lodging, from quaint and cozy guest rooms in the turn
of the century Main Lodge to the luxurious North 40 Cabins, with a wide variety
of modern accommodations in between. Prices range from $49 for a bedroom/no bath
to $125 for a room with 2 queens/with bath to $170-$345 for a cabin or house.
To make reservations, call 1-800-468-9232 outside Montana
or 406-333-4933 from Montana. Ask for the group
block – GWTTRA.
Your
Adventure Travel experience begins at home! Fly into Bozeman, MT. It
is 60 miles to the Paradise Valley and Chico Hot Springs. We will be
arranging group transportation. Please email flight details to
johnhopejohnstone@gmail.com
If you need to be invoiced and pay by check rather than
pay by credit card above, please email the number of attendees and pricing
particulars to johnhopejohnstone@gmail.com. You
will receive an invoice by return email. Thank you
Cancellation policy: Full refund for the symposium will be issued if cancellation is received by
5pm, March.19 2010. Half the symposium registration fee will be refunded if cancellation
is received by 5pm April 2, 2010, no refund will be granted after 5pm April 2nd. Hotel cancellation must be done directly with the hotel and is subject to
their policy.
Emerald Group Publishing is pleased to announce that
Tourism Review will be
sponsoring a best paper award
at the forthcoming Great Western Travel and Tourism Research Association
Symposium 2010.
The winner will receive a framed certificate, a one year free online
subscription to the journal and the opportunity to submit the paper for
publication in the journal, subject to the process of peer review.
Tourism Review
aims to contribute to a deeper understanding of tourism as an
interdisciplinary phenomenon and to provide insights into developments,
issues and methods in tourism research. As the official journal of AIEST,
the International Association of Scientific Experts in Tourism, it promotes
an exchange of scientific concepts and research findings across different
cultures and language barriers as well as serving as a platform of results,
in particular, for young researchers.
“The Role of Adventure Travel in the World of Responsible Travel .
Can it Take the Lead?”
Wildlife Watching on the
Northern Range 
