Upgrade and Renew Major Donors and Partons with Customized Cultural Travel Programs from Academic Travel Abroad

Using Deluxe Travel Programs as a Development Tool.
In many cases, our tour programs are enjoyed by the general membership of an organization. We understand, however, that there are instances when it is important for an institution to celebrate the people that allow it to flourish - its major donors, high-level patrons, and governing board members. ATA has mastered the delicate art of providing deluxe tour programs for the most dedicated contributors of fine cultural, educational, and public policy organizations.

Why Travel?
A luxury tour experience that highlights what your organization does better than anyone else, can play an instrumental role in cultivating new donors, inspiring current contributors to higher levels of giving, and creating a life long affinity that will reward your organization for years to come. If you'd like to treat your major patrons to travel experience of a lifetime, we can help you do it.

Quality Counts

Exclusive group travel opportunities are important factors in cultivating donors, but only as long as the highest quality can be guaranteed. We know that your development staff is looking for luxury, unique special entree, and a seamless program--without all the challenges of negotiating international travel details themselves.As travel experts with more than half a century of experience pampering guest, we offer you our services, so that you can relieve your own staff of the substantial burden. Unlike programs you might find through a larger tour operator or local travel agent, each tour we create is uniquely customized to the client.

The program is based  in the hotels of your choice, in the destinations of your choice, and include cultural and historical activities and events that best reflect your organization's personality and mission.

With our extensive knowledge of the world, we act as advisors to you on these particular details, as well as all other aspects of the program. We will manage all logistics along the way--but we can also step back and let you take over as much of the design and planning work as you would like. We offer you excellence and professionalism--under your trademark.

Join these prestigious organizations that have used our customized travel programs:

  • New York City Ballet
  • The National Symphony Orchestra
  • Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles
  • The Brookings Institution
  • United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
  • The Urban Land Institute Foundation
  • The Phillips Collection
  • National Museum of the American Indian
  • Mount Vernon Ladies' Association
  • The Shakespeare Theatre, Washington, D.C     

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    Here are just a few examples of tours we have created to suit our clients and their donors and patrons

    Shakespeare Theater Company
    Opening Night in Stratford-upon-Avon

    Offered the theater's donors the largest Shakespeare Festival ever mounted by the Royal Shakespeare Company. The Theater's donors enjoyed a Shakespeare-focused program which included the Opening Night of their own company's performance of Love's Labors Lost, directed by Michael Kahn.

    The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum--From Prague to Poland: The Route of Deportation and Lest We Forget:
    Memories of the Holocaust in Central Europe

    These two somber, yet life-changing programs offered opportunities for major donors to learn about the Holocaust first hand.

    National Symphony Orchestra
    Russia with Maestro Rostropovich

    A rare and privileged glimpse of the former Soviet Union and the most famous conductors of our time.

    Museum Contemporary Art, Los Angels
    Benelux and Paris

    An exclusive look at private galleries and collections of contemporary art in the cradle of European artistic expression.

     New York City Ballet
    Patron Tour to St. Petersburg

    A once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for patrons to see the ballet perform at the White Nights Festival.

    National Museum of the American Indian
    Journey to the 51st Venice Biennale

    A high-level donor trip to the world's most prestigious international festival for contemporary art, where a Native-American artist was one of the participants, included guided tours by Lord John Julius Norwich and special behind-the scenes access to many of Venice's treasures.

    Urban Land Institute's
    Governor's Tour

    Baroque Jewels of Central Europe Budapest and Prague

    High-level donors, in conjunction with one of ULI's conferences, discovered these two Eastern European delights through the eyes of urbanism, development, and preservation.

    Chief Executives Organization
    Post--Conference Tour of Normandy

    A quick, yet grand extension to a conference in France for CEOs and their traveling companions.

    The Phillips Collection
    Paris

    Members of the Phillips Collection attended the gala opening in Paris of the museum's traveling exhibit which included Renoir's great masterpiece Luncheon of the Boating Party.

     
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