tauck
{{Short description|Guided travel company}}
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{{ infobox company
| name = Tauck
| logo = TauckLogoWiki.png
| logo_alt = Tauck logo
| logo_caption =
| type = Private
| founded = {{start date and age|1925}}
| founder = Arthur Tauck
| key_people = Arthur Tauck, Jr. (Chairman)
| hq_location_city = Wilton, Connecticut
| hq_location_country = United States
| industry = Tourism
| homepage = {{URL|https://www.tauck.com/}}
}}
Tauck ({{IPAc-en|t|aʊ|k}}{{cite web|url=https://www.tauck.co.uk/tauck-difference|title=The Tauck Difference|accessdate=29 April 2021}}) is an operator of guided tours and cruises and is based in Wilton, Connecticut. Founded in 1925, the company offers guided land journeys, small-ship ocean cruises, European river cruises, safaris, and family travel experiences. These tours take place in 70 countries and on all seven continents.{{cite web|url=http://www.americasvacationcenter.com/Tours/Tauck-Tours.html|title=Tauck Tours|work=americasvacationcenter.com}}{{cite web|url=https://www.dnb.com/business-directory/company-profiles.tauck_inc.f04b32e7b0c956be9e79cf810350cedc.html |title=Tauck, Inc.|publisher=Dun & Bradstreet|access-date=11 January 2022}}{{cite news |url=http://www.thespectator.com.au/pdfs/130524/240513_13.pdf |title=The Tauck Story |newspaper=The Spectator |last=Pond |first=John |date=May 24, 2013 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20131202225111/http://www.thespectator.com.au/pdfs/130524/240513_13.pdf |archivedate=December 2, 2013}}{{cite web|url=http://www.rivervoyages.com/blog/history-tauck/|title=A History of Tauck - River Cruise History - River Voyages|work=River Cruising Blog and News from RiverVoyages.com|date=October 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131006172331/http://www.rivervoyages.com/blog/history-tauck/|archive-date=2013-10-06|url-status=dead}}
History
Today
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Today, Tauck offers over 150 guided journeys to over 70 countries and on all seven continents. Travel categories offered by Tauck include land journeys, European river cruises, small ship ocean cruises, and individual family travel adventures and special events.{{Cite web |title=Escorted Tours, Small Ship and River Cruises and Family Travel {{!}} Tauck |url=https://www.tauck.com/# |access-date=2024-01-26 |website=www.tauck.com}}
Tauck is a member of the United States Tour Operators Association,{{cite web|url=http://www.ustoa.com|title=USTOA - Integrity in Tourism|author=United States Tour Operators Association|work=ustoa.com}} and the National Tour Association.{{cite web|url=http://www.nta.travel/|title=National Travel Associates L.L.C.|work=nta.travel|access-date=2010-12-14|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060402201226/http://nta.travel/|archive-date=2006-04-02|url-status=dead}}
= Ken Burns Partnership =
In September 2010, Tauck announced a partnership with the documentary filmmaker Ken Burns and his longtime collaborator Dayton Duncan to tailor land journeys and special events to topics covered in Burns’ films, including the Civil War, America's national parks, jazz, and baseball.{{cite web|url=http://www.travelagewest.com/Travel/Tours/Info/Filmmaker-Ken-Burns-Partners-With-Tauck/#.Uo_JPo25fIA|title=Filmmaker Ken Burns Partners With Tauck|work=travelagewest.com|date=12 November 2010 }}
The partnership had several components:
- Tours designed by Tauck, Burns and Duncan, including itineraries exploring New England, New York's Hudson Valley, Yosemite National Park, Yellowstone National Park in wintertime, and the parks of the U.S. Southwest.{{cite web|url=http://www.tauck.com/ken-burns.aspx|title=Ken Burns Journeys - Tauck Events|work=TAUCK}}
- Themed events in which Burn himself delivered a keynote address. Subjects included the history of New York City, the cultural roots of Chicago,{{cite web |url=http://www.travelpulse.com/news/tour-operators/ken-burns-joins-tauck-travelers-for-chicago-exploration.html |title=Ken Burns Joins Tauck Travelers for Chicago Exploration|work=TravelPulse}} jazz in New Orleans,{{cite web|url=http://www.offbeat.com/articles/ken-burns-brings-jazz-documentary-new-orleans/|title=Ken Burns Brings Jazz Documentary to New Orleans|work=OffBeat Magazine|date=26 February 2015 }} and baseball in Cooperstown, NY.{{cite web|url=http://www.johnnyjet.com/2014/08/tauck-baseball-hall-fame-event-featuring-ken-burns-phil-niekro/|title=The Tauck Baseball Hall of Fame Event Featuring Ken Burns and Phil Niekro|work=johnnyjet.com|date=2014-08-06}}
- Original short films produced by Burns and Duncan that provide their perspectives on people and places featured in their documentaries, while travelers are visiting the areas under discussion.{{cite web|url=http://selecttraveler.com/articles/tauck-partners-with-documentary-filmmaker-ken-burns/|title=Tauck partners with documentary filmmaker Ken Burns|work=selecttraveler.com|date=19 January 2011 }} Ken Burns created a film specifically on the history of Tauck, called Tauck: An American Story.{{Citation |title=Tauck: An American Story - Narrated by Ken Burns |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=owvLiyNDlIw |access-date=2024-01-26 |language=en}}
Awards
- 2021:
- Travel + Leisure magazine: World’s Best Tour Operators,{{cite web | url=https://www.travelandleisure.com/worlds-best/tour-operators | title=The Top 15 Tour Operators }} and the World’s Best River Cruise Lines.{{cite web | url=https://www.travelandleisure.com/worlds-best/river-cruise-lines | title=The Top 10 River Cruise Lines }}
- Conde Nast Traveler magazine: Readers’ Choice Awards lists of the world’s best tour operators{{cite web | url=https://www.cntraveller.com/gallery/best-tour-operators-world | title=The best tour operators in the world 2021: The Readers' Choice Awards | date=16 November 2020 }} and river cruise lines.{{cite web | url=https://www.cntraveller.com/gallery/best-cruise-lines-in-the-world-2021 | title=The best cruise lines in the world 2021 | date=15 October 2020 }}
- 2020:
- Travel Weekly magazine Readers Choice Awards:
- Best Tour Operator: Domestic Escorted
- Best Tour Operator: International{{cite web | url=https://www.travelweekly.com/Readers-Choice/2020/The-2020-Readers-Choice-Awards-winners | title=The winners of the 2020 Readers Choice Awards: Travel Weekly }}
- Travel Pulse silver-level award in the Best Escorted Tour Operator, Family category.{{cite web | url=https://www.travelpulse.com/gallery/features/complete-list-of-2020-travvy-awards-winners.html?image=14 | title=Complete List of 2020 Travvy Awards Winners }}
- 2019:
- [https://www.luxurytraveladvisor.com/ Luxury Travel Advisor] magazine: Best Luxury Escorted Tour Operator{{cite news | url=https://www.luxurytraveladvisor.com/people/luxury-travel-advisor-honors-awards-excellence-winners-at-2019-ultra-summit | title=Luxury Travel Advisor Honors Awards of Excellence Winners at 2019 ULTRA Summit | newspaper=Luxury Travel Advisor | date=23 May 2019 }}
- [https://www.afar.com/ AFAR] magazine Travelers’ Choice Awards:{{cite web | url=https://www.afar.com/magazine/travelers-choice-awards-2020-trips-destinations | title=The World's Best Trips and Destinations: Travelers' Choice Awards 2019 | AFAR | date=21 November 2019 }} Cultural Trips category
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