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Hazel Mejia is the Program Manager for SYTA and the SYTA Youth Foundation. She’s been with SYTA for five years and has worked with SYF the entire time. Mejia started with SYTA as the Association Administrator, moved into a Membership and Development Coordinator position after two years, and has been Program Manager for one year. […]

SYTA Member tour operators selected 10 locations as the Top International Travel Destinations favored by students and teachers. NO. 1 ITALY “You may have the universe if I may have Italy,” wrote Giuseppe Verdi in his opera Attila. Italy has been at the center of history, art and culture since antiquity—and its artistic and cultural heritage […]

For months, students submitted their stories and lessons from their favorite trips for a chance to be awarded a valuable SYTA Youth Foundation scholarship. After reading through a large amount of incredible experiences, the Ripley Hunter “World is a Classroom” Essay Contest winner has been chosen! I Changed. “厕所在哪里? Cè suǒ zài nǎ lǐ?” I […]

SYTA member tour operators selected 10 cities as the Top North America Travel Destinations favored by students and teachers. NO. 1 TORONTO, ONTARIO, CANADA One of the most multicultural cities in the world, Toronto is a center for arts, culture and history. Toronto’s story spans from indigenous life and British rule to the Canadian Confederation […]

Member tour operators belonging to the Student & Youth Travel Association, SYTA, selected these five cities as the Top Emerging Destinations for student travel. CLEVELAND, OHIO The Rock ‘n’ Roll Capital of the World was once a manufacturing hub. Today, Cleveland is a center for arts and culture. You’ll find a shrine to the legends of rock […]