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🎧 Tourism After The Great Disruption – by Wesgro

Monika Iuel is Chief Destination Marketing Officer at Wesgro, the Official Tourism, Trade, Investment and Film Agency for Cape Town and the Western Cape. In episode 2 of the 10 episode Wesgro Series on Future Cities Africa we discuss: Tourism After The Great Disruption. This episode is brought to you in partnership with Wesgro Listen or watch to understand: How leisure tourism can affect a local economy and thus a city.

🎧 Conferences, Business & Travel in Saudi Arabia

Jana Bader, the General Manager of The Bench in Saudi Arabia talks about the changes in business travel, technologies to invest in, the Metaverse, and what business culture is all about in Saudi Arabia. The Bench is an organization that focuses on creating digital and real-time platforms bringing together global and regional Hospitality, Real Estate, Aviation, and Sustainability investment communities.

🎧 Defining the Future for Sustainable Travel, with James Thornton of Intrepid Travel

In 2019, more than 1 billion international trips were recorded globally, contributing to 8% of the world’s carbon emissions from the travel industry. This record inspires us to reflect and understand the importance of preserving and protecting mother nature through more responsible and sustainable travel.

🎧 Revolutionising the Hotel Industry with the Founder of HotelOnline

In this episode, we will be talking to Håvar Bauck, the founder of Hotel Online. Håvar first got interested in the hotel industry when he decided to launch a business project in Nairobi, called the Nairobi Airport Hotel. This Hotel was an instant success because  it gained a lot of traction online, which beat all their competition.

🎧 You can’t stick that plug there

On this episode of AvTalk, we’re joined once again by journalist John Walton to understand the problems we’re seeing at airports mainly in Europe as passengers are waiting hours to check in and clear security. We also discuss KLM’s newly announced Premium Economy cabin and some baffling design choices by the airline.

🎧 “Custom Training, Maximum Results

Mary D’Argenis-Fernandez is the founder of MDA Hospitality Solutions after spending much of her childhood practically living in hotels. Her love of being immersed in the hotel industry was born from these annual trips, but her career in hospitality started when she was 16 and worked at Magic Kingdom’s Fantasyland making ice cream cones.

🎧 Logitech MX Master 3S and MX Mechanical Keyboard – Episode 287

DescriptionIn the tech world, some products are so ubiquitous that they don’t get updated very often. One of those product lines is the MX line of keyboards and mice from Logitech. Logitech’s MX line of keyboards and mice are some of the best in their respective categories and are sure to please anyone who needs a quality keyboard or mouse.

🎧 TRL 150: How to Find Epic Airbnb Deals as a Digital Nomad with Chris Cerra

Today on the podcast I am very excited to introduce you to Chris Cerra the founder of RemoteBase a newsletter focused on helping digital nomads and remote workers killer Airbnb deals. You can kind of think of RemoteBase like Scott’s Cheap Flights for Airbnbs! During this interview Chris shared how he discovered that if you looked in the right places there were some incredible deals on Airbnb, he shared his top tips for finding and negotiating deals on Airbnb, and we also discussed what the future of the hospitality industry looks like in a remote work powered world.

🎧 #232: Innovation in China with Lagardère Travel Retail (Short Summary Show)

The global Covid crisis challenged many businesses to the brink of survival, especially in the travel industry.  Across airlines, hotels, hospitality and duty free, with global travel volumes almost non-existent, these travel companies were challenged to innovate in ways they may never have imagined before.

🎧 Sara Duffy

Sara Duffy helms the interiors division of Stonehill Taylor and is one of the few women principals who leads a major hospitality design firm.    Sara was a major force in the transformation of the TWA Hotel at JFK airport in 2019, and during the pandemic it was Sara’s leadership that helped to keep her firm on course.

🎧 With new airport, mountains, street food and art in Thailand’s deep south beckon tourists: Letter From The Bureau

Synopsis: The Straits Times’ foreign editor Bhagyashree Garekar chats with ST’s correspondents in the Asia-Pacific, the US and Europe every month. They talk about life as it goes on, amid the screaming headlines and bubbling crises. In this episode, she chats with ST’s Indochina bureau chief Tan Hui Yee.

🎧 With Heidi Dusek: Do You Really Have To Wait To Start Living Your Dream Life Now?

Marni speaks to the founder of Ordinary Sherpa, Heidi Dusek. Heidi is known as a catalyst, healthy disruptor, and unshakable optimist. She is passionate about challenging the status quo, driving change, and designing experiences. Her forthcoming book, Beyond Normal, inspires families to create authentic travel experiences through meaningful UN-tourism.

🎧 Living The Off Beat Life w/ Debbie Arcangeles

What type of lifestyle do you strive to create? Today I am joined by digital nomad, fellow travel podcaster, and founder of The Offbeat Life, Debbie Arcangeles, to discuss how and why she ditched the cubicle to be her own boss. If you have ever wondered what it would be like to mold your own destiny, you do not want to miss this episode.

🎧 46. LinkedIn as a Marketing Tool

My guest today says, “The power of LinkedIn is that you can connect directly with current and potential clients. As a digital sales and marketing tool, LinkedIn is second to none.”  Joining me today is Lucy Bingle.  Lucy Bingle is the Founder and CEO of Australia’s leading LinkedIn Agency – www.

🎧 8 More Tips for Stress Free Travel at Your Events & Getting Back

Here are 8 MORE Trade Show Travel Tips that will reduce your Stress Once you have Arrived at your Event! Don’t miss (Episode 144 – 17 Tips for Stress Free Travel to Your Event) 1. Get organized the first night.

🎧 Crowdfunding for tourism SMMEs with Phakamile Hlazo and Nnenna Fakoya-Smith

Topics: Women in Tourism, Nnenna Fakoya-Smith, Tourism SMMEs in Africa, Tourism funding, Phakamile Hlazo, South Africa, Nigeria Do not miss this conversation on tourism funding and travel trends hosted by South African Tourism Strategist Phakamile Hlazo. Phakamile chats to Nigerian award-winning tourism promoter and visibility coach Nnenna Fakoya-Smith about her newly launched Tourism Crowdfunding platform and Walk For Love campaign.

🎧 Airline industry may reverse back to its pre-pandemic growth in early 2023

World travel is coming back strongly as people have been longing for overseas vacation for the past two years. With such a trend, the airline industry is believed to bounce back to its pre-pandemic growth earlier than it expected. In The Spotlight, Prime Time’s Bharati Jagdish spoke with Pushan Dutt, Professor of Economics at INSEAD to find out more. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

🎧 Baachu Talk FM Episode 7 with Jeremy Campbell Part 2

Jeremy has over 25 years of professional experience FM and Hospitality, working both client side and service provider side across the hospitality, utilities, defence, and energy sectors. He started his FM journey back in the early 1990’s and have held various management roles during that time working with companies like Norweb, North West Water, United Utilities and Vertex.

🎧 Why may Tata Sons have chosen Campbell Wilson to lead Air India?

Over 100 days and a failed attempt later, the Tatas seems to have finally found another expat to steer the loss-making Air India towards a profitable business. The Tata Group has roped in 50-year-old Campbell Wilson, the CEO of Singapore Airlines’ long-haul budget unit Scoot. Singapore Airlines is also Tata’s joint venture partner in Vistara.

🎧 Ep. 172: Airbnb’s Hiroki Asai on Designing Environments for Creative Teams to Thrive

Airbnb’s Global Head of Marketing, Hiroki Asai, grew up riding his BMX through the orchards of Cupertino, CA. But it was the visual language of skateboard culture that ensnared his creative imagination and grew into a passion for graphic design. Always industrious, he took night school art classes as a teenager, went on to earn a BA in Graphic Design, and then got straight to work freelancing.

🎧 Aligning Internal Brand and External Brand | Julia LoVecchio | CMH Heli-Skiing and Summer Adventures

Julia LoVecchio is the Director of Marketing at CMH Heli-Skiing and Summer Adventures.  Julia’s career has followed a somewhat unique and non-linear path, and as a result she’s had the good fortune to gain leadership experience and build management skills across the tourism, hospitality, and communications industries.

🎧 Interview with Fred Finn – The World´s Most Travelled Man (Part 2) – 9 Hours with Dolly Parton

In this episode, Jeannette continues her talk with Fred Finn, the lawyer, entrepreneur, and public speaker that holds the Guinness World Record for being the person who travelled on Concorde the most. Unsurprisingly, he has many stories to tell about the plane and the many celebrities he travelled with on Concorde.

🎧 Episode 187: How Research and PR Go Together, With Scott Bahr, President of Cairn Consulting Group

How does research relate to PR? Find out in this episode as Scott Bahr explains how research and PR go together, and how data can help multiple aspects of an industry. Scott explains the importance of data and research and how it can be used to help the decision-making process, better communication and aid in product development.

🎧 Stevie Archer and Kevin Skobac – SS+K

This podcast episode features an interview with Stevie Archer- ECD and Kevin Skobac-Managing Director, Strategy- SS+K SS+K is part of the M&C Saatchi network and has been around for 30 years.  It has a history of working in the political arena – including working for Obama in 2008. That political experience translates into a philosophy they describe as “thinking politically and acting creatively”.

🎧 EP51 – Southeast Asia Travel in 2022: What are the predictions for the region? Interview with Hannah Pearson

#Travel #Tourism #SouthEastAsia   Hannah Pearson is the director of Pear Anderson, a research and sales representation tourism consultancy specialising in the Southeast Asian and Muslim tourism industry.    Originally from the UK, she has been based in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia for the last 9 years.

🎧 Mind Your Business: Travel Thursday – How fintech companies can help tourism and travel industry recover

If you have gone out of the country recently, you would have recognised that modern travel is not as fuss-free as it used to be. However, new tech has accelerated other creature comforts for travellers, especially when it comes to money matters before, during, or even after travel.  Chee Wai Ho, Head of NEO Financial Services, Instarem shares his views on how fintech companies can help the tourism and travel industry recover in a post Covid-19 world.    See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

🎧 Army Career Skills Program with Scott Wilder

This week Joe is joined by Army Veteran, Scott Wilder. Scott is an emergency assistance administrator with the Army Emergency Relief and shares information about the opportunities available to transitioning Soldiers through the Career Skills Program. Scott discusses his own transition after his retirement and how he uses those lessons learned to help others.

🎧 #26 Simeone Deary Design Group

In this episode of the Hotel Design Podcast, we welcome Lisa Simeone and Gina Deary – two of the principals of Chicago based Simeone Deary Design Group.   Host Glenn Haussman, Lisa and Gina start by discussing the state of hotel design in 2022.  Both guests feel optimistic about the state of design during the past few years and believe the future is open to new design concepts and creativity.

🎧 303: How Shirley Ansley Grew Her Web Design Business From Side Hustle To Full-Time Career

This week in the guest chair we have Shirley Ansley. In 2015, Shirley went on a journey to start a business and tried to DIY her website only to find out that making your own website is kind of hard. She became instantly obsessed with figuring out how to build a website the right way and along the way found herself starting a business as a freelance website designer.

🎧 Ep 84: Becoming a Facebook Executive | Eric Toda (Global Head of Social Marketing & Head of Meta Prosper, Meta)

Eric Toda has built the American Dream. He’s the Global Head of Social Marketing & Head of Meta Prosper at Meta as well as an advisory board member of the Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center. Prior to Meta, Eric was the CMO at Gap Inc, Global Head of Social Marketing and Editorial Content at Airbnb and Global Digital Brand Marketing Director at Nike.

🎧 RE #213: Bo Aughtry – Deep Dive into Hotel Development and Lessons Learned Through Many Cycles

Bo Aughtry, Chairman & CEO of Windsor Aughtry Commercial, entered the real estate business out of college and in 1975 helped found Small and Aughtry, a real estate development and brokerage firm. In 1980, Bo established The Aughtry Company, a commercial real estate development and brokerage firm, and Aughtry Securities Corporation, an NASD Broker/Dealer, serving as president of both.

🎧 Lessons From Legendary Companies In The Hospitality Industry: Alec Dalton – S9E4

This week on the Voices of CX Podcast, we talked to Alec Dalton, Co-founder & Partner of the Hospitality Leadership Academy about service concepts he’s perfected over his decade in hotel operations and global quality management with brands like Marriott, The Ritz-Carlton, and Disney. We discuss why approaching exceptional service with an industrial mindset that leaves room for personal agency and empathy is the best of both worlds.

🎧 Dom Clonen: Tech Talent War, Hybrid vs. Remote & Selecting Recruiters

Dom Clonen is the Founder and CEO of TechBridge Market, a tech-enabled recruitment services company Headquartered in Singapore. Their mission to reinvent traditional recruitment services. Instead of charging large commissions for a role, they have developed a highly optimised talent acquisition process that guarantees predictable hiring outcomes at a fraction of the usual cost.

🎧 219 – 5 Social Media Tips For Hotels + 3 Things to Always Avoid

As a hotel, the thought of establishing a social media presence from the ground up can be daunting. Even for seasoned social media professionals, concocting creative and engaging social content can seem exhausting. Well, fret no more. Our team of hotel marketing experts collaborated with some of our top hotel social media clients to compile a complete list of social media post ideas for hotels. SHOW NOTES AND MORE!

🎧 Traveling with World as a Surf Photographer with Jimmy Wilson

Kristin’s brother, Jimmy, shares how he created a flexible, untraditional lifestyle that allows him to work from home, co-parent his daughter, and travel the world as a surf photographer. In this podcast, Kristin and Jimmy discuss financial pros and cons of going to college and racking up student debt versus joining the workforce.

🎧 Lessons From a Guest Experience Evangelist

In today’s episode, we are joined by Josh Liebman, the Guest Experience Evangelist for ROLLER Software. Josh has worked for some of the top tourism destinations in the world, from Walt Disney World and Universal Studios to Ritz Carlton, The Four Seasons, and Coca-Cola. With nearly 17 years of designing experiences in this industry, Josh specializes in service standards, complaint resolution, and guest feedback.

🎧 Angela Val, Visit Philadelphia

Angela Val, President & CEO of VISIT PHILADELPHIA®, shared the story behind her title with us on May 22, 2022. Angela is charged with spearheading the economic engine for the region’s robust tourism industry, which supports local businesses, creates jobs, generates taxes, and ultimately enhances residents’ quality of life.

🎧 A positive outlook on sustainable tourism from the birthplace of safari, with Honorable Najib Balala, Cabinet Secretary for Tourism and Wildlife, Gove

Our LUXURY VOICE today is Minister Najib Balala, EGH. Minister Balala was re-appointed as Cabinet Secretary for Tourism & Wildlife by the President of the Republic of Kenya in 2017, having served as a Cabinet Secretary for various Ministries. Minister Balala is also the Chairman of the United Nations World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) Commission for Africa, a position he served earlier in 2011.

🎧 Friday Fundamental_173_Selling in the Hospitality Industry_Part 2

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🎧 52_Optimizing Relationships with Outside Contractors: How to Create a Win-Win for Both Organizations with Shannon Heard and Kevin Graves

Many organizations depend on outside contractors for key components of their operations. Yet when outsourcing parts of your work, it can be a struggle to bring both teams together to create a seamless experience for everyone. Also, at times there can be a tendency to treat outside contractors like a commodity.

🎧 Miraval Berkshires Review, The First Ever Andaz Fails Us & Returning To Childhood Travel

Episode Description In this episode of the Miles to Memories podcast we discuss Shawn’s trip around Europe and how Hyatt failed him in London. We also get a review of Berkshire Miraval from Joe’s recent stay. Lastly, we discuss Mark’s throwback travel over the holiday and how we all caught the travel bug.

🎧 ‘It is a very unique market’: July co-founder Athan Didaskalou on expanding an Australian luggage brand to the U.S.

The last few years have been a rollercoaster for travel companies. But Australian luggage brand July says business is now beginning to boom. “Things have changed, lockdowns have come to an end now — 2021 was a progressive lift on that. And this year, in 2022, things are flying again,” said co-founder and chief strategy officer Athan Didaskalou.

🎧 Up-selling and Hospitality: Helping Customers Make Good Decisions

How do we get customers to buy coffees they will like? This is more or less the question I was asked by a client recently in regards to bean purchases and I feel it also speaks to other decisions the coffee shop customer will make in beverage, food, etc.  Today on Shift Break I will give you the answer I gave my client on how to help customers find beans they will like.

🎧 Aviation Weather

How aviation weather intelligence affects airlines and airports, the FAA wants radio altimeters replaced, Easyjet has a solution to fly with less crew, Spirit Airlines says no to JetBlue, an electric airplane first, jail time for some unruly passengers, and Virgin Atlantic flight training requirements.

🎧 How Print and Digital Are Working Together in Publishing – Bobby Power – Ep #89

How has the print industry adapted to the digital transformation movement? In this episode, guest Bobby Power joins host Simon Hodgkins. Bobby is the creator and publisher of Go Wild Magazines. Seven Tourism & Food magazines throughout different and individual tourism regions in Ireland. Go Wild Tourism Wild Atlantic Way, Go Wild Northern Ireland, Go Wild Dublin, Go Ancient East, Go Wild Food Experience, Go Wild on the Lakes, and the latest title Go Wild Staycation.

🎧 74: It’s ok to change your mind and keep evolving ft Jen Salerno

“Evolve into the complete person you were intended to be.” Oprah Winfrey My next featured guest on the Events: demystified Podcast is someone that has been in the event industry for a minute or two, an amazing person you feel drawn to the moment you meet, my dear friend, #eventprof, and fellow event industry podcaster, Jen Salerno, CMP, DES.

🎧 Boarding Pass 130: Alliances

What was the first airline alliance  – was it STAR, NW/KL, oneworld, Wings? We discuss international alliances that help improve revenues and ease passenger connectivity across carriers.  Also, we believe we may be entering a new Golden Age of Aviation with supersonic airliners running on sustainable fuel, electric sea gliders, and airlines competing on improved passenger experience.

🎧 Biden Demands Gun Reform, Tropical Storm Warning & Spelling a Victory – Friday, June 3rd, 2022

The news to know for Friday, June 3rd, 2022! We’re talking about President Biden’s emotional plea for new gun laws and the response from lawmakers on Capitol Hill. Also, a storm could put a damper on a lot of summer vacations. It’s headed right toward some tourist hotspots today. Plus, a revolutionary transplant was done with the help of 3D printing, a new fleet of driverless taxis is hitting the road, and Elvis impersonators might have to get out of the wedding business.

🎧 Ben Pryor on Innovation in Hospitality

Ben Pryor, of SpotOn joins Jeff Standridge to discuss the democratization of technology in the hospitality industry. They discuss: • How SpotOn helps small & mid-sized companies grow. • Innovating the employee & customer experience. • The future of innovation in hospitality. Connect with Ben on LinkedIn Follow Us on Facebook, Instagram, or Twitter Get in touch InnovationJunkie.com 

🎧 Chip Conley: How To Become a Modern Elder, Create A Second Wave & Regenerate Your Soul

What if we reimagined aging not as something to fear—but rather as something aspirational? Rich’s guest for this exploration is ‘Modern Elder” Chip Conley. A hotelier and hospitality maverick, Chip is the founder of America’s second-largest boutique hotel company and former Strategic Advisor and Global Head of Hospitality for Airbnb, where he was instrumental in guiding the founders of this fast-growing start-up into the global hospitality brand it is today.