Innoguide

First professional tourist guides graduated in Sharjah last week. Interesting to see how the curriculum corresponds to those within EU

Follow a virtual guide in real time (!) through Antwerp's new landmark museum #MAS: http://livetour.mas.be/uk/

Job market for professional US tour guides continues to be optimistic. http://bit.ly/fIyfV4 Unfortunately not a global trend.

List of the world’s best tour guides http://bit.ly/gPicXL

Project members will attend Plymouth 2nd International Research Forum on Guided Tours next week. http://bit.ly/fKmG2N

Industry fears Google hegemony. Travel agencies have given Google weapons to turn on themselves. The Guardian reports: http://bit.ly/btAYNV

Do review sites need to monitor comments more closely? Hoteliers and Tripadvisor face-to-face: http://bit.ly/cYPpHE

East Africa on the brink of regulating tourist guides http://allafrica.com/stories/201011110004.html

Meeting of experts on the European Heritage Label - Europe: a shared history! Why transnational projects? http://bit.ly/a775eX #EuTrioBe

The Innoguide project has officially started on the 1st of October. Check out the website for more info: http://www.innoguidetourism.eu