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Tauck World Discovery was founded as Tauck Tours in 1925 by Arthur Tauck Sr. His son, Arthur Jr., joined the business part-time as a tour director in 1950 while attending Lehigh University. After graduation and a tour of duty in the Air Force, Arthur Jr. returned to Tauck Tours and became its President in 1958.

Tauck remains a family business today. Arthur Jr is the company’s Chairman of the Board, and his two sons and three daughters share ownership of the company. The members of Tauck’s third generation have made significant contributions to the company’s operations, and today Arthur Jr’s daughter Robin Tauck serves as its President and a son-in-law, Dan Mahar, is CEO.

Tauck World Discovery is a three-time winner of Travel & Leisure magazine's award as the “World's Best Tour Operator and Safari Outfitter,” and by many other standards as well, it is the world leader in upscale escorted travel.

Arthur C. Tauck

Chairman of the Board, Tauck World Discovery
Chairman, Tourism Cares For Tomorrow

Arthur C. Tauck Jr. is a true visionary in the $514 billion-dollar world tourism industry with a 46-year career in travel leadership. In 1958, when Arthur took over the reigns of his family's tour business, the company offered just six itineraries on the East Coast and carried approximately 2,000 travelers per year. Today, Tauck World Discovery has over 100 itineraries and carries many tens-of-thousands of guests to all seven continents each year.

From 1958 through 1997, Arthur was an innovator and pioneer who:

Introduced the first-ever chartered air/motorcoach tour packages.
Linked the National Parks of the American West by using air and motorcoaches, at a time when the rest of the travel industry was still relying entirely on rail.
Pioneered the use of chartered airplanes to reach Hawaii.
Invented Heli-Hiking, which opens pristine alpine environments in the Canadian Rockies to travelers from age 9 to 90, by combining chartered helicopters and luxury mountain lodges.
Launched the “Yellow Roads of Europe” series, named for the less-traveled scenic routes marked in yellow on European road maps. Today, with new cruises and river boat journeys branded in Tauck’s “Yellow Roads of Europe” theme, travel to Europe accounts for nearly 50% of Tauck’s business.

No longer active in the company, Arthur is free indulge to his passions for golf and sailing, enjoy time at his homes in Mexico and Connecticut, and pursue his love of travel and deep commitment to philanthropy.

Arthur is a past president of both the USTOA and the NTA, and has served on the Board of Directors of the TIA. He currently chairs Tourism Cares For Tomorrow, and is also the Chairman of the Tauck Foundation, the family's philanthropic entity.

Arthur C. Tauck Honors & Awards

2002	Atlas Lifetime Achievement Award - Association of Travel Marketing Executives (ATME)
2002	Vespucci Award - Traveling Times
1999	Faces of Achievement Award - Westport, CT YMCA
1997	L-in-Life Award - Lehigh University
1995	Lehigh University, College of Business Admin., Marketing Achievement Award
1990	Hall of Fame - American Society of Travel Agents (ASTA) & Travel Industry Association of America (TIA)

Robin Tauck,

President, Board Officer, Tauck World Discovery

Robin Tauck is the President and a Board Officer of Tauck World Discovery, a third-generation, family-owned and operated escorted travel company. During her 25-year career at Tauck, Robin has held a number of positions within the company. As President, she has led new growth initiatives, including expansions into international and exotic destinations, “Tauck at Sea” ocean cruising, European river cruising, Tauck Bridges family programs, and premier events.

A proponent of one-to-one marketing in the upscale market, Robin has fostered Tauck's customer-focused direction and brand loyalty efforts, including strategic agent partnerships and the development of Tauck’s online “E-Tauck” initiatives. She has also chaired the company’s Executive Group, led its Strategic Planning efforts, and instituted Brand Steering and “World of Giving” Advisory Boards.

In 2000, Robin began Tauck’s “World of Giving” through the Tauck Foundation with philanthropic, volunteerism and heritage grants. Robin has also led Tauck’s support of the U.S. National Parks, and those efforts were recognized in 2006 with the nation’s highest honor for historic preservation, the “Preserve America Presidential Award,” in an Oval Office ceremony with the President and Mrs. Bush. Tauck’s support of the National Parks has also been honored with the U.S. Interior Department’s 2005 “Take Pride In America Award” and TIA’s 2004 “Public & Community Service Odyssey Award.”

Robin has been active in USTOA, ETOA, ASTA, NTA and has served on a number of industry boards including the Board and Executive Committee of the Travel Industry of America (TIA). She has also been named one of the “Most Powerful Women in Travel” by Travel Agent magazine on multiple occasions.

Prior to joining the family business, Robin worked for Westin Hotels and Ocean Voyages, an international yacht company. She graduated from the University of Vermont and Stanford University’s Executive Program. Robin and her family live in Weston, CT. Her daughter Colleen became the first of Tauck’s fourth generation to join the company when she worked as a Student Tauck Director in 2005.

Robin Tauck Honors & Awards

2006	The White House – “Preserve America Presidential Award”
2005	U.S. Interior Department “Take Pride in America Award”
2001	Legacy of Leadership Award – University of Vermont
2000	Ernst & Young Award – Entrepreneur of the Year; Service
2000	Professional Women’s Exchange of New York Leadership Award
1999- 2004	Most Powerful Women in Travel – Travel Agent Magazine

Three generations of Taucks have been pioneers in escorted travel since our first tour through New England in 1925. Today, Tauck family members continue to guide our company and oversee more than 100 legendary Tauck travel experiences on all seven continents.

Arthur C. Tauck

Robin Tauck