Join a lively conversation with me (Phil Sheldon), owner at Hanns Ebensten Travel/Alyson Adventures and member, China Inbound Task Force at NTA and graduate of ITMI. In this interview I share my insights on how the tourism industry has changed and how a tour director can provide ‘ecology of place’ for tour guests. While experiential […]
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Donation for the Hill Country Ride For Aids
Each year HE Travel gives back to the community in ways that not only help people, but embody the spirit of the tours we offer. Along with making monetary contributions and volunteering our time, we offer several of our unique tours each year to non-profit organizations to enhance their fund-raising. One of our donations this year was a spot […]
Resilience
As I look back on the 10 years since I bought Hanns Ebensten Travel, the theme I would give to this decade is resiliency. On September 10, 2001, my client and good friend Dr. Don Butterfield said that I had had things pretty easy – I wouldn’t know what I was made of until I […]



