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Babylon Tours: Scaling a Lean Walking Tour Company

Babylon Tours: Scaling a Lean Walking Tour Company

FromTourpreneur Tour Business Podcast


Babylon Tours: Scaling a Lean Walking Tour Company

FromTourpreneur Tour Business Podcast

ratings:
Length:
41 minutes
Released:
Nov 22, 2022
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

In this episode, Mitch converses with Arnaud Azoulay, CEO of Babylon Tours, a walking tour company specializing in museum tours across Europe.Arnaud is a maverick and an outlier. He’s one of the rare walking tour companies that has scaled its brand into nearly a dozen cities. And he’s done it on a lean team and budget, by focusing on the basics: a quality tour and quality guides. He’s not distracted by all the tech talk, and he sells primarily through OTAs.In this episode, we’ll discuss: Arnaud’s success story from a 30-something Paris guide to scaling a tour business to 10 cities. His organic and gradual approach to growth The importance of combo products, and how he sells them Why he still offers a personal human touch despite using automations Why he firmly believes in using OTAs as his main sales channel, and his experience with Viator Accelerate His focus on the quality of experience What’s been working for his OTA listings How he gets repeat customers as a day tour operator What he’s learned from In N Out Burger in California As always, much more exclusive members-only content available on tourpreneur.com/plus
Released:
Nov 22, 2022
Format:
Podcast episode

Titles in the series (100)

Travel industry veteran Shane Whaley talks with tour/activities business owners and managers. He uncovers their personal stories on how they got started, dealt with challenges and achieved success. Tourpreneurs open up and share their tips, insights, morning routines, resources, inspiration and success stories with you. We even talk about nightmare situations and how they were overcome. If you operate a tour business or plan on starting one, this podcast is for you.