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Conference

The Utah Tour Guide Association invites you to join tour guides from across the country in Salt Lake City, January 13-15, 2027, for the next National Federation of Tourist Guide Associations conference. This conference will help you hone your skills as a tour guide, give you the chance to network and socialize with your peers, and connect you to Utah’s natural wonders and curious history. Engaging sessions, interactive workshops, and interesting panels will feature speakers from all backgrounds and many areas of expertise from museum officials and historian authors to tour guide partners and passionate advocates. Sessions topics include vetting sources our information comes from, sharing forgotten stories, using genealogy to enhance your tours, working with online travel agencies (OTAs), issues facing guide associations, and more. You won’t want to miss a single one.

Honoring the Past — Looking to the Future

As tour guide we strive to honor the past while looking to the future everyday in our work. We share history, stories, and information to help our guests connect with the places we take them, and we honor the past by ensuring our commentary is accurate, inclusive, and up-to-date. As guides we are ambassadors of wherever we lead tours, and we are the front line for our visitors to those destinations. We look to the future by being prepared for anything, updated on everything, and by entertainingly steering our guests toward a more hopeful and peaceful future by helping them expand their outlook of the world.

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NFTGA's National Conference

Conference Schedule

Sunday-Tuesday (Jan. 10-12, 2027)

  • Optional: Pre-Conference Tour(s)

Wednesday (Jan. 13, 2027)

  • Morning Board and Delegates Meeting and Conference Registration
  • Afternoon City Tour and Local Experience
  • Afternoon Keynote Speaker and other Speakers
  • Evening Opening Reception and Banquet

Thursday (Jan. 14, 2027)

  • Morning Speakers and Panels
  • Lunch
  • Afternoon Panels and Workshops
  • Evening Free Time for Dinner
  • Optional: Tabernacle Choir Rehearsal, City Tours, Star Gazing

Friday (Jan. 15, 2027)

  • Morning Speakers and Temple Square
  • Lunch
  • Afternoon Utah State Capitol Building, Speaker, and Museum of Utah (opened 2026)
  • Evening Closing Dinner and Entertainment

Saturday-Monday (Jan. 16-18, 2027)

  • Optional: Post-Conference Tour(s)

Conference registration will open later this year. Follow the NFTGA 2027 Facebook group for updates on speakers, conference details, and tips for visiting Utah: https://www.facebook.com/groups/2054944885062669.

Your local association’s communication channels will also provide more details for what to look forward to and when to register. We look forward to hosting you for a fabulous conference in Salt Lake City!