 |  | March 23, 2008 OUTSIDE MAGAZINE: TRIP OF THE YEAR
Another award for our El Salvador: Surfing, Mountain Biking & Wakeboarding trip! This month Outside Magazine names this trip the "2008 Trip of the Year" for Central America, Mexico and Caribbean. The article isn't online yet, but it is in the newsstand so go grab yourself a copy. Read all about our 7-day El Salvador multisport trip right here. |
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 | | January 20, 2008 MEXICO SURF TRIP IN NEW YORK TIMES
Our Mexico Surf & Yoga trip is featured in the Sunday Travel section's Adventure Guide to Mexico. Check it out online at the NY Times, and then read all the trip details here. This article was reprinted in the International Herald Tribune on January 21, and the Seattle Times on March 23.
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 | | November 1, 2007 NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC AWARD
We're thrilled to announce that our El Salvador: Surfing, Wakeboarding & Mountain Biking adventure has been named by National Geographic Adventure as one of the Best New Trips of 2008. Check out the feature online at National Geographic Adventure, and then check out our trip right here.
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 | | November 12, 2006 FEATURE IN STANFORD BUSINESS MAG
Access Trips' co-founder, Alain Chuard, is featured in the New Ventures section of the Stanford Business Magazine. The feature provides an overview of Access Trips' trip offerings. For more information please read the online feature. |
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 | | November 8, 2006 BBC PARTNERS WITH ACCESS TRIPS
Access Trips is proud to announce their partnership with the BBC. The partnership gives BBC Club members the opportunity to experience Access Trips’ full range of instructional adventure vacations where they can learn new skills while exploring exciting and exotic destinations throughout the world. The BBC Club is an independent, not for profit members club exclusively for employees of the BBC and its partners. The Club is self funded and has an 84 year history of providing social and recreational facilities, discounts and benefits to their 14,000 members. |
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 | | October 1, 2006 CAREER BOOK FEATURES ACCESS TRIPS
Your Career Is an Extreme Sport: Focus, Drive, Excel is a brand new book that shows how to apply the principles of extreme sports such as drive, stamina, flexibility, and guts-to achieve extreme career success. Filled with advice from careerists who have reached professional nirvana, this contrarian guide shows readers how to get beyond the ho-hum career comfort zone to reach their professional peak. Among the people featured in this book is Alain Chuard, Access Trips co-founder and director. The book writes about his snowboard career, his experience as Wall Street banker and his entrepreneurial venture of starting Access Trips. The book can be purchased on Amazon starting October 1, 2006. |
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 | | September 20, 2006 ACCESS TRIPS ON TRENDWATCHING.COM
TrendWatching.com features Access Trips in their STATUS SKILLS Trend Briefing for September 2006. TrendWatching says that Access Trips' instructional vacations are yet part of another potential shift in what constitutes status to millions of consumers around the world. TrendWatching.com is an independent and opinionated trend firm, scanning the globe for the most promising consumer trends, insights and related hands-on business ideas. For the latest and greatest, TrendWatching.com relies on their network of 8,000+ spotters in more than 70 countries worldwide. |
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 | | September 19, 2006 ACCESS FEATURED ON TRAVEL BLOG
TravelPost.com, one of the most popular Adventure Travel Blogs, features Access Trips. The article features our Norway Hike & Ride Boat Cruise, one of our mountain bike, surfing and rock climbing trips. TravelPost.com is the premier source for unbiased hotel reviews and personal travel blogs. The site develops and markets online applications that collect and organize user-generated travel information in order to fundamentally improve the way people research and shop for travel. |
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 | | August 25, 2006 FROMMER'S RECOMMENDS ACCESS TRIPS
We are please to announce that Frommer's Guide Books recognized our Morocco Surf Trip as one of the best things to do in Morocco. You can read more about the article on the frommers website at http://www.frommers.com/articles/3841.html. Frommer's is one of the largest travel guide book publisher. Since the 1957 publication of Arthur Frommer's revolutionary guide book, the Frommer's collection of travel products has expanded to include over 300 guidebooks, reaffirming Frommer's as the most trusted name in travel today. |
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 | | July 30, 2006 THE PROVINCE FEATURES ACCESS TRIPS
The Vancouver newspaper The Province features Access Trips in its Sunday travel section. The article focuses on instructional vacations and writes that educational vacations offer intriguing adventures. |
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 | | July 12, 2006 DESIGN BOOK FEATURES ACCESS TRIPS
Access Trips is featured in a website design book. The book uses detailed screen images of numerous selected sites covering themes including lifestyle, food, travel, sports, art and music, offering the curious reader an entertaining overview of this fascinating and fast-paced medium. For anyone who enjoys surfing the Net or those looking for creative suggestions, this book is just the right thing! You can order this book online on the publisher's website. |
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 | | May 6, 2006 ACCESS TRIPS PARTNERS WITH MICROSOFT
Access Trips is proud to announce their partnership with The Microsoft® Alumni Network (MSA), an exclusive organization keeping Microsoft alumni around the world connected. The partnership gives The Microsoft® Alumni Network’s members the opportunity to experience one of Access Trips’ full range of instructional adventure vacations where they can learn new skills all while exploring exciting and exotic destinations throughout the world.
For more information about The Microsoft® Alumni Network, go to www.msanet.org. |
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 | | May 1, 2006 NY TIMES FEATURES ACCESS TRIPS
Access Trips has been featured in the May 1, 2006 Edition of The New York Times. The article on page 4 of the Small Business section talks about the rising trend of instructional adventure vacations and uses Access Trips as prime example.
For more information please visit the Small Business section of The New York Times. |
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 | | April 5, 2006 ACCESS TRIPS ON WORLD TALK RADIO
Access Trips was featured in a 40-minute segment on Travel Hub Radio. The broadcast aired Thursday April 4, 2006. Access Trips CEO Victoria Ransom talked with host Jeff Rochelle about the exciting tours the Company offers. Hear the show at: http://www.worldtalkradio.com/archive.asp?aid=6548 |
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 | | April 1, 2006 OUTSIDE MAG PROFILES NZ TRIP
Access Trips was featured in the Summer Travel edition of Outside Magazine. An article on Southern Hemisphere skiing recommended Access's New Zealand Freestyle Session ski camp. The summer travel magazine isn't online yet, but check out the rest of Outside Magazine at http://www.outsidemag.com |
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 | | February 10, 2006 CONFERENCE HIGHLIGHTS ACCESS TRIPS
Access Trips will be featured in John Ivanko's "Enrichment Travel" workshop at the 2006 Wisconsin's Governor's Conference on Tourism. The conference will be hosted at the Ho-Chunk Casino, Hotel, & Convention Center in the Wisconsin Dells from Sunday, March 12 through Tuesday, March 14. For more information, please check out http://www.wigcot.org/. |
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 | | January 10, 2006 2006 WEBSITE LAUNCHED
We are thrilled to announce the launch of our new Access Trips website. We took all the feedback we got from various people and translated it into this new site. Special credits go out to Remy Burger, Graem Lourens, Olivier Chuard and Stefan Schärmeli who did an amazing job at implementing the technical side of the website. We hope you like the new site! If you have any suggestions, please feel free to send your feedback to info@accesstrips.com. |
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 | | January 5, 2006 INSTRUCTIONAL TRIPS AMONG HOT TRENDS
This month`s issue of Entrepreneur Magazine confirms what we at Access Trips have always known - the demand for instruction-based vacations is huge and growing! Among it`s list of `The Hottest Trends and Best Business Ideas for 2006`, Entrepreneur Magazine lists `travel with a purpose` and states that `adults who want to learn a new skill` provide one of the travel industry`s `sizzling markets`. |
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 | | January 1, 2006 NOMINATED FOR BRAND NEW AWARDS
We are proud to announce that Access Trips has been nominated for the ISPO Brand New Awards at the International Trade Show for Sports Equipment and Fashion in Munich, Germany. The Brand New Awards recognize the best and most innovative young products and brands in the outdoor sports industry. We are thrilled to have been nominated. |
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 | | November 10, 2005 ACCESS CO-FOUNDER TO FEATURE IN BOOK
New York based Adams Media, will publish a new book called `Your Career Is An Extreme Sport` in summer 2006. The book focuses on extreme sports and their impact on people`s careers. Access Travel co-founder, Alain Chuard, will be one of the people featured in this book. Alain`s athletic background as a former professional snowboarder coupled with his business experience as a Wall Street banker and as a tourism entrepreneur make him a prime example for this book. |
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 | | November 1, 2005 HER SPORTS MAG FEATURES ACCESS TRIPS
Her Sports magazine features Access Trips in the November 2005 issue. Check out the article about Advenures in Learning in the Trip & Tips section on page 68 of the magazine. The article talks about how Victoria Ransom, Access Trips co-founder, started the Company. The article also talks about the Company`s instructional sports trips that are particularly tailored to women.
Her Sports is the magazine for strong, independent women who regard active sports as an important part of their life and self-image. For more information please have a look at the magazine`s website www.HerSports.com |
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 | | October 1, 2005 MEN`S JOURNAL FEATURES ACCESS TRIPS
Access Trips has been featured in the October 2005 Issue of Men`s Journal. Men`s Journal selected Alain Chuard, co-founder of Access Trips, to feature in their lead article "The 50 Best Jobs". The article features men who have made their passions into their careers. To see a photo and feature box about Alain please check out page 76 of the October Issue of Men`s Journal. Access Trips also features in a long paragraph on page 80. For more information please check out www.MensJournal.com. |
