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Insider Travel Report: What Are Big Five Tours’ Top Luxury Travel Trends and Destinations?
by James Shillinglaw: November 21, 2024
Recommend: Big Five Tours & Expeditions’ 2025 Luxury Travel Trends and Forecast Top Destinations.
by Recommen Staff – November 21, 2024
Recommend: Big Five Tours & Expeditions Spotlights Sri Lanka’s Tourism Revival
by Web Reported August 16, 2024
Recommend: Big Five Tours & Expeditions Spotlights Sri Lanka’s Tourism Revival
by Web Reported August 16, 2024
Travel Weekly: Big Five Tours Spotlight; Travel is Flourishing, and Virtuoso says it’s at the Top of the Heap
by Jamie Biesiada August 13, 2024
Travel Pulse: Big Five Tours Has New Initiative In Costa Rica:
by Rich Thomaselli: June 23, 2024
Travel Agent Central: Big Five Tours & Expeditions Adds New Initiative in Egypt
by Newsdesk: April 17, 2024
Travel Agent Central: Big Five, Approach Guides Launch Co-Branded Website for Advisors
by Newsdesk: January 22, 2024
Recommend: Big Five Announces Co-Branded Website for Travel Advisors
by Web Reported January 22, 2024
Travel Weekly: Big Five Tours offers Co-Branded site for Advisors
by Jamie Biesiada January 18, 2024
New York Times: Big Five Tours President Ashish Sanghrajka’s insights on The Cheetahs Made a Kill. Then Safari Trucks Swarmed In.
by Maria Cramer and Costas Christ, Jan 4, 2023
Travel Market Portal: Big Five Tours & Expeditions Launches Digital Advisor / Client Portal
by Dori Saltzman, September 13, 2022
Luxury Travel Advisor: Big Five Tours & Expeditions Unveils New Egypt Experiences
by Newsdesk, February 11, 2022
Luxury Travel Advisor: Big Five Tours & Expeditions Unveils New Egypt Experiences
by Newsdesk, February 11, 2022
Insider Travel Report: Big Five Introduces Brand New Tour Programs Across Egypt
by James Shillinglaw, May 05, 2021
BOSS Magazine: BOSS Magazine_Conscious comeback
by Damien Martin, March 1, 2021
Insider Travel Report: Big Five Invites Guests to Participate in Colombian Cleanup Project
Feb 11, 2021
Insider Travel Report: Big Five Unveils New East Africa Mountain Gorilla Program
by James Shillinglaw, Jan 13, 2021
Insider Travel Report: Big Five Now Includes Required Insurance to Enter Costa Rica
by James Shillinglaw, Oct 29, 2020
Insider Travel Report: Big Five Debuts New Alternative Energy Adventures
for a Post-COVID World
by James Shillinglaw, May 20, 2020
Insider Travel Report: Insider Travel Report Big Five “Live with Five” Forum
by James Shillinglaw, May 05, 2020
DCM Travel Tailor: A Dream of Adventure
by Damien Martin, April 28, 2020
Travel Market Report: Travel Market Report_Coronavirus
by David Cogswell, March 09, 2020
Travel Market Report: Travel Market Report_ Coronavirus_ Feb 27 2020
by David Cogswell, Feb 27, 2020
Here Magazine: HERE Magazine The Local’s Guide to Cairo
January 14, 2020
Travel Market Report: Big Five Tours: Empowering Kids to Change the World
By Marilee Crocker,
Recommend: Big Five Tours Launches Kid-Approved Itinerary in India
By Web Reporter, March 7, 2019
Family Getaways: Kid Approved Itinerary
By Kenneth Shapiro, June 2019
Medium: The Ultimate Father’s Day Guide For Every Type of Dad
By Tony Bowles, June 3, 2019
Virtuoso Life: Sustainable Travel Spotlight_Big Five
July/August, 2019
Brides: Brides_Honeymoons Oct 2018
By Kathryn Romeyn, October 1, 2018
Virtuoso Life: Machu Picchu + Peru – Kick the exploration up a notch
August 2018
Virtuoso Life: Virtuoso Life_Colombia
By Ashish Sanghrajka. May 2018
Travel Channel: BigFive_TravelChannel
April, 2018
Insider Travel Report: InsiderTravel Report_Big Five debuts Safaritours.com
March 15, 2018
Travel Pulse: TravelPulse_Big Five launches sustainable website
March 15, 2018
Virtuoso Life: VirtuosoLife_Jan_Feb_18 Destinations for 2018
By Amy Cassell, Jan/Feb, 2018
Chicago Tribune: Chicago Tribune_ Jan 2018
By Phil Marty, January 14, 2018
Travel + Leisure: Tasmania Is the World’s Next Great Under-the-Radar, Unspoiled Travel Destination
by , December 4, 2017
Mic.com: How travel has changed in the age of Trump!
by Adam Erace, November 9, 2017
Bloomberg Pursuits: Forget Machu Picchu: Seven Newly Accessible Wonders of the World
by Nikki Ekstein, November 6, 2017
Travel + Leisure: Travel Leisure_Peru_Five Ways
by Josh McHugh, November , 2017
Canadian Travel Press: Dorgan, VP of sales, shares how Big Five embraces its agency partners
Aug 21, 2017
Bloomberg Pursuits: Eight Spots for When You need to Get Away for a Weekend
by Nikki Ekstein, August 18, 2017. Also in San Antonio Express-News, August 25; Skift, August 19; Atlanta Journal-Constitution, August 30; The Malay Mail, August 20.
Travel + Leisure Online: The Best Travel Agents for Asia
August 10, 2017
Travel + Leisure Online: The Best Travel Agents for Africa and the Middle East
August 10, 2017
Travel + Leisure Online: The Best Travel Agents for Mexico and Central and South America
August 10, 2017
Travel+Leisure: The A-List 2017
August, 2017
Luxury Travel Magazine: 10-New-Luxury-Travel-Trends
July 19, 2015
RewardExpert: Big Five_Life Affirming Sustainable Journeys
June 6, 2017
Virtuoso Traveler: Real Magic Cartagena
by Joel Centano, April/May, 2017
Bloomberg Pursuits: Best Beaches in the World
by Nikki Ekstein, April 21, 2017.
Conde Nast Traveler: Women are becoming more adventurous
by Jordi Lippe-McGraw, March 8, 2017
Travel Weekly: For-clients-seeking-something-different_part-2.pdf
by Richard Turen, February 16, 2017
Virtuoso Life: If You Go to Colombia, You’ll Long to Go Back
by Joel Centano, February 7, 2016
Travel Channel: 10 Must-Take Adventures
February 2017
Travel Pulse: Parents-and-travel-agents-get-real-about-raising-global-citizens
by Janeen Chirstoff, January 10, 2017
TheStreet: Whats-hot-in-family-travel-for-2017
January 8, 2017
Bloomberg Pursuits: Where to Go in 2017
Pure: Pure_Embracing-susatinable-tourism
January 2017
New York Times: how-to-have-a-culturally-rich-vacation
by Shivani Vora, November 5, 2016
TravelDew: can-experiential-travel-help-save-the-world
by Ashish Sanghrajka, Oct 26, 2016
Bloomberg Pursuits: BloombergPursuits_Most-extreme-scuba-dives-in-the-world
Yahoo Finance: Yahoo_Most-extreme-scuba-dives-in-the-world
by Nikki Ekstein, Sept 23, 2016
Travel Pulse: TravelPulse_tour-operators_no-effect
by David Cogswell, Sept 19, 2016
Vacation Agent: Winter Wanderings
by David Cogswell, Sept 2016
Travel Pulse: Travel Pulse_Crazy Times_Tour Operators Talk Travel in 2016
by David Cogswell, Aug 19, 2016
About.com: Sustainability at Virtuoso Travel Week
by Erin Green, Pique Travel Design, August 17, 2016
Travel Pulse: TravelPulse_Tour Operators_After Nice
by David Cogswell, July 15, 2016
Travel Weekly: Travel Weekly_July_2016_Tour Operators_Recovery
by Michelle Baran, July 5, 2016
Travel Pulse: Tour Operator Discounts_A Slippery Slope
by David Cogswell, June 17, 2016
Travel+Leisure: Drought-Stricken Zimbabwe Selling Wild Animals to Raise Money
by Jordi Lippe-McGraw, May 17, 2016
Travel Age West: Is Rio Ready for 2016 Olympics
by Mark ChestnutMay 9, 2016
Zika Virus Update: Zika Virus Fact Sheet
April, 2016
National Geographic Travel: Nat Geo Travel Botswana The Last Sanctuary
by Costas Crist, Feb/Mar 2016
Travel Pulse: Ashish Sanghrajka_Travel Pulse
by David Cogswell, January 13, 2016
Departures: 17 Trips to Book this November
November 9, 2015
Conde Nast Traveler: Return to Luxury in Cairo
October 22, 2105
Vacation Agent: Stand by Me
September 15. 2015
The Wall Street Journal: Online: The Perfect Adventurous (But-Not-Too-Much) Family Vacation
by Cecilie Rohwedder,
Fredericksburg.com: Family Travel: Hikes, camps & more make vacation memories
May 11, 2015
Newsday: 5 thrilling family vacations
May 6, 2015
The Dallas Morning News: Hikes, camps and more make vacation memories
April 25, 2015
Travel Pulse: Big Five Hits Family Travel Market with Precious Journeys
by David Cogswell, March 30, 2015
Haute Living: 10 Amazing Late-Night Hotel Amenities for the Travelers
March 18, 2015
Travel Pulse: Hawkins International Releases Top Travel Trends of 2015
by Ryan Rudnansky, January 08, 2015
Travel+Leisure: 2015 T+L A List
2015
Special Section: Ebola & Africa
Recommend.com: Ebola: Not a Risk for African Safari Travel
by Michelle Marie Arean, Nov 5, 2014
The Daily Beast (Newsweek): Ebola Could Deal a Deathblow to Africa’s Wildlife
by Brandon Presser, Nov 3, 2014
Travel Pulse: Beyond Ebola: A Conversation with Ashish Sanghrajka, president of Big Five Tours
by David Cogswell, Oct 31, 2014
USA Today: ‘Epidemic of ignorance’: Tourists avoid Africa, all of it
by Natalie Di Blasio, Oct 31, 2014
Travel Press & Travel Courier: Leading By Example: Operator Uses Geography To Allay Ebola Fears
Full article: Operator insists the Ebola isn’t threat to most of Africa
by Ian Stacker, Oct 30. 2014
Travel Pulse: Ebola: The Devastation of Irrational Panic
by David Cogswell, Oct 25, 2014
Huffington Post: Americans Are Really Confused About Which African Countries Have Ebola
by Amanda Terkel, Oct 23, 2014
Los Angeles Times: Ebola and Africa: Geographic misunderstandings scaring tourists away
by Mary Forgione, Oct 22, 2014
Travel Pulse: False Ebola Fear Threatens Livelihood of Humans and Animals
Op Ed: Ashish Sanghrajka, Oct 22, 2014
Travel Weekly: Africa fears may deal blow to fight against poaching
by Ashish Sangrahja, President of Big Five, Oct 20, 2104
Big Five Tours & Expeditions Op Ed: The Hidden Impact of Ebola
by Ashish Sangrahja, President of Big Five, September 2014
Travel Weekly: Despite distance, Ebola fears have some safari clients hesitating
by Michelle Baran, Sept 28, 2014
Men’s Journal: How Geographic Ignorance Is Killing Africa’s Tourism Industry
by Jayme Moye
Huffington Post: 7 Experts Spill Their Go-To Travel Hacks For Better Trips
Nov 24, 2014
Travel Agent Central: Ashish Sanghrajka Joins Millennial Travel’s Board of Directors
by Newswire, May 29, 2014
Travel Market Report: Want to Attract Millennials? ‘Talk to Us,’ Advises Tour Op Exec
by Robin Amster, June 19, 2014
Travel Market Report: Sanghrajka Joins Board of Millennials in Travel
May 28, 2014
Travel Weekly: Egypt’s 2020 vision: 25 million visitors
by Michelle Baran, May 20, 2014
Travel Pulse: How Do You Market to Millennials? Authenticity, Experience and Free Wi-Fi
by David Cogswell Apr 23, 2014
Travel Weekly: New India tours tout escape from ordinary
by Johanna Jainchill, Mar 20, 2014
Recommend.com: Big Five Heads to Guatemala & the Galapagos
by Lane Nieset, Jan 16, 2014
The Wall Street Journal: Small Businesses Shake Off Recent Turmoil in Washington
by Angus Loten,
Luxury Travel Magazine: Big Five Presents New Botswana and Zambia Journeys
Nov 5, 2013
Travel Weekly: Kenya says country is safe for tourists
by Michelle Baran, Sept 13, 2013
Travel Weekly: Tour ops and tourism officials see better days ahead for Egypt
by Michelle Baran, Jul 5, 2013
Robb Report: Journeys: Risk and Reward
by Jennifer Ryan, Aug 20, 2011
Big Five receives second Sustainable Tourism Leadership Award
Big Five wins Sustainable Tourism Leadership Award
Big Five Pays Attention to Younger Clients
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