
Frances Manzitto
Frances is a veteran sales director with over 30 years in the tourism industry, 20 of which have been with
We engage the most engaging educators, intuitive instructors, and passionate public speakers so your next meeting is memorable, inspirational and motivational. The Tourism Academy is your source for tourism and hospitality keynote speakers.
We Bring Passion, Knowledge and Delivery.
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The Tourism Academy’s incredibly talented instructors, leaders and keynote speakers travel the world, giving talks. Most importantly, we conduct interactive workshops and deliver powerful educational tracks. We have the keynote speaker your audience demands for tourism, motivation, empowerment and business growth. If you can organize it, we will be there to empower, inspire, and educate.
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The number one objective is to provide value for each person in attendance at your event. The Tourism Academy’s amazing keynote speakers, conference education and tourism workshops bring high-value content, charisma and engagement so that your audience gets more than their money’s worth. As a result, you create memorable, transformative, and engaging experiences.
An inventory of great tourism workshops. Proven in person and online training sessions. We have the education programs your audience demands.
The Tourism Academy has more than 200 incredible courses available now, on-demand. Our reach extends to 32K+ travel related businesses and 145K+ tourism professionals. That is to say, our engaging instructors bring transformative training and a passionate global audience.
We tailor each keynote address, talk, tourism workshop, and multi-day full learning track to the specific needs of the your conference, meeting or event. In other words, the question we answer is not “How do I teach this?” but “How will they learn it?”
Whenever storytelling, teaching or delivering a keynote address, we get to know the audience. Our shared passion for lifelong learning (and travel) produces unforgettable and value-packed meetings.
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Frances is a veteran sales director with over 30 years in the tourism industry, 20 of which have been with
CEO, The Travel Foundation
Jeremy is a globally recognized leader and alliance builder, advocating for systems change that improves the impact of the travel and tourism sector on communities and the environment.
Rohan Murphy is a nationally recognized youth speaker that has spoken in over 40 states.
Melinda Alcosser is a Verified Travel Advisor (VTA) through American Society of Travel Advisors (ASTA). She works as a custom travel planner with All-Travel.
Tim McGuinness has spent the last 25 years as a senior level executive serving both the for profit and non-profit
Keith Douglas, Founder and CEO of KD&CO Advisors, is a marketing, branding, and operations executive with 25+ years of experience in the travel, tourism, hospitality, and commercial real estate with globally
recognized iconic brands and assets.
Educator, mother, wife, traveler, yoga lover, humanist, feminist, LGBTQ ally, environmentalist, outdoors lover, camper, crafty, handywoman, risk-taker, animal lover and can’t stay away from dark chocolate.
I help professionals seeking more freedom and flexibility to ditch their desk and discover their destiny through full time travel. I teach the mindset, money and mastery you need to make this lifestyle possible.
CEO Applied Strategies and Principles: Panel Moderator
Neville is the founder and CEO of Applied Strategies and Principles, a firm that specializes on the
strategic planning, research and marketing needs of growing and changing organizations.
Chief Learning Officer and member of the Association for Talent Development, Sheena has a deep desire to create a network
An avid traveler and lifelong learner, Isaac has been working in the education and training industry since 2008. Isaac’s keen
Attorney Ment’s career in the travel industry began 40 years ago as a travel agent. He has been a tour
An Ambassador For: Sustainable Tourism – Travel – Community Engagement – Art – Culture – History – Heritage – Brand
Samantha Keene is a coach and certified educator and school administrator with over 15 years of experience in diverse educational
Advisory Panel Chair and Chief Strategist at The Tourism Academy | TourismAcademy.org is Stephen Ekstrom. Ekstrom began his career in
With his extensive knowledge of tax codes combined with strong accounting skills, CEO William J. Caldwell is able to help
Founder and CEO of Seva Global
Growing Business Through Cultural Competency
Seema Jain has years of experience with helping companies become more culturally competent…
CAROLYN J. FEIMSTER, CRX, CMD
CJF Marketing International
FOUNDER AND PRESIDENT OF CJF MARKETING INTERNATIONAL
Carolyn J. Feimster, CRX, CMD.
One of the most engaging and content-rich Customer Transformations and Leadership Keynoters and consultants in the world today.
Consistently recognized by her peers as one of the top movers and shakers of the travel industry. Anna Karnowski was
An experienced, multilingual security leader, with a track record of building high performing teams across geographies and leading.
Vincent Agaba is the Managing Director of Avarts Housing Ltd. He is a Director of the Rwenzori Tourism Academy. He
Accomplished COO with a 10+ year track record of driving continuous improvement and enabling organization-wide mission and objectives. Dedicated to
Lisa spent 20 years in the tourism industry as VP of Operations with Brightspark Travel/Tui Travel before moving onto a
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We bring The Tourism Academy to your audience, anywhere in the world in person or online. Just get your people there.
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