Learn Tourism Procurement FAQ

Last Updated: June 2026

This FAQ is designed to help procurement, legal, privacy, IT, finance, and vendor review teams evaluate Learn Tourism.

It summarizes common questions about our services, contracts, privacy practices, data handling, security, insurance, accessibility, support, ownership, pricing, and public-agency requirements.

This FAQ is provided for convenience. The applicable Order Form, Master Customer Terms, Product-Specific Terms, Data Processing Agreement, Privacy Policy, Acceptable Use & Community Standards, and any signed agreement control in the event of a conflict.

1. About Learn Tourism

What does Learn Tourism do?

Learn Tourism is a nonprofit education organization that helps destinations, tourism organizations, associations, communities, and industry partners build and deliver effective learning experiences.

Our services may include:

  • Online learning environments.
  • Custom course development.
  • Professional development programs.
  • Destination training.
  • Frontline and stakeholder education.
  • Travel trade education.
  • Community learning programs.
  • Consulting and instructional design.
  • Speaking engagements and workshops.
  • Sponsored learning and promotional programs.
  • Learning analytics and reporting.

Is Learn Tourism a nonprofit?

Yes. Learn Tourism is a globally recognized 501(c)(3) nonprofit education organization.

What kinds of organizations work with Learn Tourism?

Learn Tourism works with destination organizations, tourism offices, associations, public agencies, nonprofits, tourism businesses, educational partners, sponsors, and other organizations that use learning to support tourism, workforce development, community engagement, visitor experience, and professional growth.

2. Contracting and Legal Documents

What legal documents apply to customers?

Customer relationships are generally governed by:

Which document controls if there is a conflict?

The Order Form or signed agreement usually controls transaction-specific details, such as services, fees, terms, timelines, and deliverables.

For privacy and data processing issues, the Data Processing Agreement controls where applicable.

Can Learn Tourism sign our vendor agreement?

Sometimes. We can review customer-provided vendor terms, public-agency terms, procurement addenda, or data protection addenda.

However, using Learn Tourism’s standard terms usually speeds up review and reduces cost. Any changes to our standard terms may require legal review.

Can public agencies use Learn Tourism’s terms?

Yes. We commonly work with destination and public-sector-adjacent organizations.

If you are a government entity, public agency, public university, or similar organization, we can include public-agency language where needed, including provisions addressing public records, non-appropriation, limits on indemnification, governing law, venue, and statutory requirements.

Do you provide a W-9 form, a certificate of insurance, or vendor registration documents?

Yes, upon request and where applicable.

Please contact your Learn Tourism contact for vendor paperwork.

3. Pricing, Fees, and Budgeting

How is pricing structured?

Pricing depends on the services purchased. Common pricing models may include:

  • Annual subscription fees.
  • One-time setup fees.
  • Custom course development fees.
  • Consulting or instructional design fees.
  • Speaking or workshop fees.
  • Sponsorship fees.
  • Promotion or distribution fees.
  • Translation, localization, or maintenance fees.
  • Integration or custom support fees.

Are fees recurring or one-time?

Both may apply.

Your Order Form should clearly identify which fees are recurring and which are one-time.

Do you charge per learner?

Some services may support broad or unlimited audience access, while others may depend on seat counts, course access, event registrations, platform limitations, or program design.

The applicable Order Form will identify the pricing model.

Are future course updates included?

Only if stated in the Order Form.

Minor maintenance, annual refreshes, major rewrites, new videos, new modules, translation, accessibility remediation, and rebranding may be treated differently. The scope should be clearly stated before work begins.

Can you provide transparency into procurement costs?

Yes. We can provide a breakdown of recurring and one-time costs, including setup, platform, course development, translation, updates, promotion, and support, where applicable.

Internal RFP guidance identifies cost transparency, support, training, promotion, and distribution as important vendor-evaluation criteria for procurement teams.

4. Customer Data and Ownership

Who owns customer data?

The customer owns and retains Customer Data and Customer Content.

Learn Tourism does not claim ownership of Customer Data. Existing customer terms preserve customer ownership and limit Learn Tourism’s use of Customer Data to providing services and other permitted purposes.

What is Customer Data?

Customer Data may include information submitted to or collected through Learn Tourism services on behalf of a customer, such as:

  • Customer-provided content.
  • Learner records.
  • Enrollment information.
  • Course progress.
  • Completion records.
  • Quiz or assessment results.
  • Certificates or badges.
  • Administrator information.
  • Support requests.
  • Project materials.
  • Reports and exports.

What is Customer Content?

Customer Content may include:

  • Logos.
  • Brand guidelines.
  • Images.
  • Text.
  • Videos.
  • Destination information.
  • Course content.
  • Documents.
  • Scripts.
  • Links.
  • Stakeholder information.
  • Other materials provided by the customer.

Does Learn Tourism use Customer Data to contact learners directly?

Learn Tourism uses Customer Data to provide, maintain, support, secure, improve, and administer services.

We do not use Customer Data to contact individuals except as directed by the customer, as needed to provide the services, or as otherwise permitted by the applicable agreement. The current customer terms contain the same limitation.

Does Learn Tourism sell Customer Data or learner data?

No. Learn Tourism does not sell Customer Data or learner data for money.

Can customers export learner or course data?

Where supported by the applicable platform or service, customers may request exports of available learner or course activity data.

Exports may include names, emails, enrollments, progress, completion status, quiz results, certificate records, or related learning information.

Customers should request needed exports before the end of the subscription or project term.

5. Learner Data and Privacy

What learner information does Learn Tourism collect?

Depending on the service, learner information may include:

  • Name.
  • Email address.
  • Organization or role.
  • Course enrollment.
  • Course progress.
  • Completion status.
  • Quiz, assessment, or activity results.
  • Certificate or badge records.
  • Attendance or participation records.
  • Support requests.
  • Account and usage information.

Who can see learner data?

Access depends on the program configuration.

Typically, authorized Learn Tourism personnel and approved customer administrators may access learner data as needed to provide services, support learners, manage the program, and report results.

Can customer administrators see learner progress?

Yes, if reporting or administrative access is included in the service.

Customer administrators may be able to view enrollments, progress, completion records, quiz results, certificates, and related learning activities.

Does Learn Tourism process children’s information?

Learn Tourism services are generally intended for professional, adult, workforce, community, tourism, or stakeholder education.

If a program involves minors, students, youth participants, or school-related data, that must be addressed in the applicable agreement, consent process, and program design before launch.

Does Learn Tourism process Sensitive Information?

Not unless expressly agreed in writing.

Sensitive Information may include Social Security numbers, government IDs, financial account numbers, protected health information, biometric information, precise geolocation, children’s personal information, or special categories of data under applicable law.

6. Privacy and Data Protection

Does Learn Tourism have a Privacy Policy?

Yes. The Privacy Policy explains how Learn Tourism collects, uses, shares, stores, and protects personal information.

Does Learn Tourism offer a Data Processing Agreement?

Yes. A Data Processing Agreement may apply when Learn Tourism processes Personal Data on behalf of a customer.

Is Learn Tourism a controller or a processor?

It depends on the context.

Learn Tourism may act as a processor when processing Personal Data on behalf of a customer to provide services.

Learn Tourism may act as an independent controller for its own business operations, such as website visitors, direct inquiries, billing, legal compliance, security, marketing, and direct communications.

How does Learn Tourism handle privacy requests?

Individuals may contact support@learntourism.org.

If a privacy request relates to Customer-controlled data, Learn Tourism may direct the individual to the customer or assist the customer in responding, depending on the applicable agreement and law.

Does Learn Tourism support GDPR or U.S. state privacy law compliance?

Learn Tourism’s DPA is designed to support applicable privacy and data protection obligations, including the GDPR, UK GDPR, Swiss data protection law, and relevant U.S. state privacy laws, where applicable.

Specific obligations should be reviewed in the DPA and applicable agreement.

Where is data processed?

Learn Tourism is based in the United States. Data may be processed in the United States, Canada, the EU and other countries where Learn Tourism or its service providers operate.

International transfers are addressed in the Privacy Policy and DPA.

7. Security

What security measures does Learn Tourism use?

Learn Tourism uses reasonable administrative, technical, and organizational safeguards designed to protect customer and learner information from unauthorized access, loss, misuse, alteration, disclosure, or destruction.

Security measures may include:

  • Access controls.
  • Limited employee or contractor access.
  • Password-protected systems.
  • Secure third-party hosting.
  • Encryption in transit where reasonably available.
  • Encryption at rest where supported by systems.
  • Confidentiality obligations.
  • Vendor review.
  • Backup or recovery practices.
  • Security monitoring or logging where available.
  • Incident response procedures.

The existing DPA materials commit Learn Tourism to appropriate technical and organizational measures designed to protect data against accidental, unauthorized, or unlawful destruction, loss, alteration, disclosure, or access .

Does Learn Tourism guarantee absolute security?

No. No system can be guaranteed to be completely secure.

Learn Tourism uses reasonable safeguards and works to reduce risk, but cannot guarantee that unauthorized access, security incidents, or data loss will never occur.

How should customers protect their own accounts?

Customers should:

  • Use strong passwords.
  • Limit administrator access.
  • Remove access when staff or contractors leave.
  • Avoid sharing credentials.
  • Store data exports securely.
  • Use learner information only for authorized purposes.
  • Report suspected misuse promptly.

What happens if there is a data breach?

If Learn Tourism becomes aware of a confirmed Personal Data Breach affecting Customer Data or learner information processed on behalf of a customer, we will notify the affected customer without undue delay, as described in the DPA.

How do we report a security issue?

Email support@learntourism.org.

Please include the affected URL, system, course, account, or service; a description of the issue; steps to reproduce if applicable; and your contact information.

8. Subprocessors and Third-Party Tools

Does Learn Tourism use third-party service providers?

Yes. Learn Tourism uses third-party platforms and service providers to help deliver services.

These may support:

  • Learning platform hosting.
  • Website hosting.
  • Email communications.
  • Customer relationship management.
  • Event registration.
  • Video hosting and conferencing.
  • Payment processing.
  • Analytics.
  • Forms and surveys.
  • Cloud storage.
  • Automation and integrations.
  • Security and operational support.

Can we review your subprocessors?

Yes. A subprocessor list may be provided upon request or published separately.

Are third-party tools covered by their own terms?

Yes. Third-party services may be governed by their own terms, privacy policies, security practices, and service levels.

Learn Tourism is responsible for its commitments under the applicable agreement, but does not control every aspect of third-party platforms.

9. Accessibility

Does Learn Tourism support accessible learning?

Learn Tourism aims to support accessible, inclusive learning experiences.

Accessibility services may include:

  • Accessible instructional design practices.
  • Clear course structure.
  • Captions or transcripts where included.
  • Alternative text where included.
  • Readable content formatting.
  • Accessibility review or remediation where included.
  • Support for platform accessibility features where available.

Is accessibility remediation included in every project?

Not always.

Captions, transcripts, audio description, accessibility testing, alternative formats, translation, or remediation should be stated in the Order Form if required.

Can Learn Tourism work with customer accessibility standards?

Yes. Customers should provide any required accessibility standard, policy, or compliance requirement before work begins so it can be scoped appropriately.

10. Integrations, APIs, and Data Sharing

Does Learn Tourism support integrations?

Yes, where included in the Order Form and supported by the relevant systems.

Integrations may include CRM, CMS, reporting, Zapier, automation workflows, data imports, data exports, or API-supported connections.

Who is responsible for customer-owned systems?

Customers are responsible for their own systems, credentials, permissions, third-party licenses, data mapping, and compliance obligations.

Can integrations affect data security?

Yes. Any integration can introduce risk if permissions, credentials, or data flows are not managed carefully.

Learn Tourism may decline or disable an integration if it creates a security, privacy, legal, operational, or reputational risk.

11. Support and Service Review

What support does Learn Tourism provide?

Support depends on the services purchased and may include:

  • Customer onboarding.
  • Administrator support.
  • Learner support.
  • Course access support.
  • Reporting support.
  • Technical troubleshooting.
  • Documentation.
  • Project management.
  • Office hours or training sessions.

Do you offer service level agreements?

Specific response times or service levels must be stated in the Order Form.

If no specific service level is stated, Learn Tourism uses commercially reasonable efforts to respond in a timely manner.

Can you support administrator training?

Yes, if included in the Order Form.

Administrator training may include platform walkthroughs, reporting guidance, enrollment guidance, course-management support, and best practices for learner engagement.

12. Content, Courses, and Intellectual Property

Who owns custom course content?

Ownership depends on the Order Form.

Unless otherwise stated:

  • Customers may use final, paid-for custom deliverables for the purposes described in the agreement.
  • Learn Tourism retains ownership of its pre-existing materials, templates, methodologies, frameworks, processes, tools, and reusable components.
  • Customers retain ownership of their Customer Content.

Can customers modify custom courses later?

This depends on the platform, service model, and Order Form.

Some changes may be handled as maintenance or updates. Major revisions, new modules, translations, new videos, or rebranding may require additional scope and fees.

Can Learn Tourism reuse learning methods or templates?

Yes. Learn Tourism may reuse general methods, templates, structures, learning models, know-how, and non-confidential concepts unless a signed agreement says otherwise.

Can customers use Learn Tourism materials outside the contracted program?

Only as permitted by the applicable agreement.

Learn Tourism materials may not be copied, resold, sublicensed, republished, or distributed outside the agreed use without written permission.

13. Confidentiality

Does Learn Tourism protect confidential information?

Yes. Confidentiality obligations are included in the Master Customer Terms or applicable signed agreement.

Confidential Information may include business plans, customer lists, technical information, financial information, project materials, research, pricing, contract terms, and other non-public information. Existing customer terms define Confidential Information broadly to include non-public business, customer, technical, financial, research, development, and agreement information.

Can Learn Tourism sign an NDA?

Often, yes. If needed, Learn Tourism can review an NDA or provide a mutual confidentiality provision through the customer agreement.

14. Insurance

Does Learn Tourism carry insurance?

Learn Tourism maintains commercially reasonable insurance coverage appropriate to the services it provides.

Can we request a certificate of insurance?

Yes. Certificates of insurance may be provided upon request, subject to availability, insurer requirements, and the nature of the customer relationship.

Can specific insurance requirements be added?

Specific requirements should be included in the Order Form or procurement addendum before services begin.

15. Publicity and Logo Use

Can Learn Tourism list our organization as a customer or partner?

Unless the applicable agreement says otherwise, Learn Tourism may identify customers or partners in standard customer lists, proposals, presentations, website materials, or similar business development materials.

Can we opt out of logo use?

Yes. Either party may opt out of logo use by providing written notice.

Are press releases or case studies automatically allowed?

Yes. Press releases, case studies, testimonials, detailed public announcements, or paid advertising uses may require prior written approval from both parties.

16. Public Agencies and Special Procurement Terms

Can Learn Tourism work with public agencies?

Yes.

If the customer is a public agency or government entity, certain terms may need to be adjusted to comply with applicable law.

Can you accommodate public records laws?

Where applicable, public records requirements should be addressed in the Order Form or public-agency addendum.

Customers should identify public records requirements before signing.

What about indemnification limits for public agencies?

If applicable law limits a public agency’s ability to indemnify vendors, the agreement can reflect that obligations apply only to the extent permitted by law.

Can you include non-appropriation language?

Yes, where appropriate for public-sector customers.

Non-appropriation terms should be included in the applicable Order Form or addendum.

17. Vendor Questionnaires and RFPs

Can Learn Tourism complete a vendor questionnaire?

Yes. We can respond to reasonable vendor questionnaires.

Extensive or custom questionnaires, legal reviews, security assessments, or procurement portals may require additional time or fees if they go beyond ordinary review.

What should RFPs ask vendors?

Useful vendor questions include:

  • How is the program customized?
  • Who owns content and data?
  • What analytics are available?
  • What support is included?
  • What costs are recurring versus one-time?
  • How are future updates handled?
  • What accessibility practices are included?
  • What promotion or distribution support is included?
  • What timeline is realistic?
  • What is the vendor’s relevant experience?

Learn Tourism’s internal RFP guidance notes that procurement teams benefit from direct questions about customization, ownership, analytics, and budget transparency because these questions help compare proposals fairly and accelerate approvals.

18. Getting Started

What documents should procurement review first?

Start with:

  • Order Form, Quote, Proposal, or Scope of Work.
  • Master Customer Terms.
  • Product-Specific Terms.
  • Privacy Policy.
  • Data Processing Agreement.
  • Security & Trust page.
  • Acceptable Use & Community Standards.
  • Certificate of insurance, if needed.
  • W-9, if needed.

Who should we contact with procurement questions?

For legal or procurement questions:

legal@learntourism.org

For privacy questions:

privacy@learntourism.org

For security questions:

security@learntourism.org

For general customer support:

support@learntourism.org

Mailing address:

Learn Tourism, Inc.
8433 Enterprise Circle, Suite 100-338
Lakewood Ranch, FL 34202 USA