The Purposeful Travel Summit will launch a new era in travel that integrates sustainability, education and a passion to promote travel that contributes to a better world. People want to travel, and destinations want to host but we all just want to do it a bit better! Purposeful Travel encourages visitors and host destinations to be intentional in the experiences they seek and provide, based on principles that represent an exciting vision for travel’s next chapter.
PDF Schedule
Maria Hansen
shift-culture.eu | Learn More | Presentation
Joanna Haugen
Improving Travel Related Storytelling: The Toolkit | Learn More
Climatech Program
Climate Education | Learn More
Alex Bainbridge
Who or what will be guiding visitors in the next 10 years? | Presentation
Casey Hanisko
Bird or Binder? | Presentation
Tim Patterson
Not your Average Indigenous Tour Operator | Presentation
Martha Honey
Origin, Challenges and Future of Purposeful Travel | Presentation
Geerte Udo
Purposeful marketing and choosing destination guests | Presentation
For more information or to get involved, connect with us at:
Summits@banffcentre.ca
Sponsored By
Banff & Lake Louise Tourism
“Travel is about much more than the destination. Travel is about seeking transformative experiences.
Joe Pavelka, Purposeful Travel Summit Programmer
"The aim of travel should be to create better global citizens and a global citizen does their best work at home"
Rick Steves
Joe Pavelka PhD, Professor of Ecotourism and Outdoor Leadership
Mount Royal University, Calgary, Alberta, Canada jpavelka@mtroyal.ca
For more information, contact us at summits@banffcentre.ca
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