Xola Consulting Services - News and Events

Open Volunteer Opportunities: Amazon Rainforest & Peru Coastal Communities
Join Earth Sessions, WAVES for Development, & Xola Consultant Dave Aabo in Conservation Efforts

June, 2008
Xola Consulting Collaborates with Prom Peru on Adventure Tourism Development & Marketing Initiative
Xola completes project to develop a strategy for developing and promoting Peru’s most valuable adventure tourism assets to international tourism professionals and travelers.

De Veer, Stringer, and Jahn Join Xola Consulting Team
Xola Adds Three Associates to Support Research, Marketing, Public Relations Efforts

Xola to Share Adventure Tourism Perspective at Sustainable Development Forum in Yunnan, China
Christina Heyniger and ten other American will join Chinese representatives at the U.S.-China Arts Exchange Sustainable Development Forum in Yunnan, China from Jun 21 – July 4.

Xola President Christina Heyniger to Headline Philippines Adventure Tourism Seminar
Conference supports Philippines Department of Tourism campaign to position country as emerging Asian adventure destination.

Adventure Tourism Offers Hope for Fragile Ecosystems and Globalizing Cultures. Click here to read press release.

Lisa Alley Joins Xola Consulting as Program Director. Click here to read press release.

Xola Releases its 2007 Adventure Industry Research Roundup. Click here
to read the press release or see our Research page to dowload the free Executive Summary.

Christina Heyniger hosts Free Adventure Travel Good Practices Training Sessions for Tour Operators Begins August 21st through Adventure Travel Trade Association. For ATTA press release and more information click here.

Xola Research Director Paige Schneider to present "Market Trends and Demographics in Ecotourism" at the TIES Ecotourism Conference September 26-28 in Madison, WI

Adventure Companies Blending Adventure Tourism and Volunteering Cite Corruption, Sustainability Among Chief Challenges

Xola Consulting, in collaboration with George Washington University’s International Institute of Tourism Studies (IITS), has completed a study of best practices in adventure and volunteer tourism. Read the full press release.

Christina Heyniger and Kristin Lamoureaux, Director of George Washington University's International Institute for Tourism Studies, present case study research on Social Entrepreneurship and Rural Adventure Tourism at the Innovations for Sustainable Tourism Conference sponsored by BEST Education Network.

Christina Heyniger discusses voluntourism in Green Team's philanthropy newsletter issue 015

Xola releases its "2006 Adventure Travel Industry Research Roundup Report", a compendium of current data on adventure travel: global industry and regional growth, traveler profiles and other information useful to operators, media and other travel professionals

Xola participates with industry experts in advising National Geographic's Center for Sustainable Destinations in 2006 World Heritage Sites Ranking, published in December 2006 issue of National Geographic Traveler.

Learn more about the Educational Travel Conference February 20-23, 2007 http://www.travelearning.com/