Travelcast

In this #Travelcast episode, I receive Mikhail Krymov Founder and CEO of Sleepbox as we discuss the future of hospitality.

In this episode, I had the opportunity to interview Alexandra Pastollnigg,   Founder at Fair Voyage. We spoke on the subject: Is there a more sustainable way to travel?

The World Tourism Organization describes sustainable tourism as' development[which] meets the needs of current visitors and host regions, while at the same time protecting and improving opportunities for the future. It is envisaged that it will contribute to the management of all resources in such a way that economic, social and aesthetic needs can be met while preserving cultural integrity, critical ecological processes, biological diversity, and the life support system.

Sustainable travel is about understanding the climate and looking after our natural resources. Travelers need to be more aware of the levels of pollution caused by travel and how this impacts the climate and local wildlife. We also need to be aware of the impact of tourism on local people, industries and native cultures.

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In this #travelcast series, you'll learn from Sabrina Meyers, an accomplished blogger, how to use video for your hotel, destination and/or your personal brand. How do you start with a video, and how do you plan for your first video? How do you add a clip to your strategy? And why is video so important today, particularly for our industry? Sabrina will share her journey with us, including best practices, tools, and tips.

In this #Travelcast,  I had the opportunity to interview Gordon Ryan (Managing Director of Expology). We spoke on the subject: Creating Digital Experiences & Location Based Content.

He is an exhibition Designer with over 12 years of experience in Design and Production Management of events and exhibitions and Museums. Gordon's earlier years were spent teaching furniture making, and working as a design consultant for contemporary artists in Ireland. He was Designer/Production Manager for Dublin Contemporary 2011 (Irelands' largest ever contemporary art exhibition) as well as Exhibition Designer for TurnerPrize in 2013. 

At Expology, he works on a strategic level with clients to establish a good connection between projected objectives, and exhibition or experience deliverables - establishing robust design briefs, and effective conceptual response by safeguarding good team and client creative cooperation.

In this #Travelcast,  I had the opportunity to interview Barry Clemens. He is a through and through business professional with extensive experience in the Hospitality & Tourism trade.  Recently made major inroads in the tech startup industry in the hospitality industry and consistently met aggressive targets set and has been a speaker at various conferences relating to digitalization and sustainable tourism.  We spoke on the subject: The fear of implementing technology in the hospitality sector.

Moreover, both large and small hotel brands recognize the impact that digital transformation can have on helping to increase guest satisfaction and guest loyalty. In fact, many companies reported that their top tactical tech objective in 2018 was to improve digital customer engagement and guest loyalty.2 Now that hotels are moving into the second phase of their digital transformation efforts, many are expanding their initiatives to further improve the guest experience and create even more opportunities. 

According to Julián Guerrero Orozco, Vice-President of  Tourism, PROCOLOMBIA : “Music is one of the greatest motivations for  tourism. Whether live or recorded, experiencing the music of the world  is celebrating its rich diversity and talent, promoting intercultural  dialogue and encouraging exchange.”

Music is one of the biggest  motivations for tourism. Whether live or recorded, experiencing the  music of the world’s cultures is celebrating their rich diversity and  talent, as well as promoting intercultural dialogue and exchange. Music  has the power to connect the physical journey with the intellectual and  emotional experience of travelers to make their trips meaningful,  memorable and transformative. A music and tourism partnership also holds  investment and innovation opportunities, and potential for decent  employment.

In this #Travelcast,  I had the opportunity to interview Dr Julia Jones, CEO of Found in  Music. We spoke on the subject: Is music the new gastronomy?

UNWTO  is co-author together with Colombia and Sound Diplomacy of a  forthcoming white paper that explores and celebrates the links between  music and tourism. Its purpose is to identify areas for discussion,  raise questions and suggest possible ways for developing musical tourism  products and using music to its full potential to promote destinations,  brands and companies.

In this last #travelcast episode, I had the pleasure of interviewing Rossella Pfundt, a consultant and expert for the Chinese market.

China is the world’s largest outbound travel market when measured by trips and expenditures. As of 2015, Chinese tourists took 4 billion domestic tourism journeys and 117 million outbound trips; outbound trips are expected to reach 160 million by 2020. In 2017, Chinese outbound tourists took approximately 131 million trips.3 More than 70 percent of Chinese tourists travel with family and friends, and they exhibit the highest international spending per trip among global travelers. In addition, Chinese outbound tourism market expenditures are expected to grow by a compound annual growth rate
(CAGR) of 5.4 percent, reaching more than $315 billion a year in 2020

The number of outbound trips from China more than doubled from 2010 to 2015, growing at a CAGR of 15 percent.

The tourism industry still hasn’t discovered that #Itunes, #Spotify, #Soundcloud, TuneIn, Blubrry and Castrex can communicate content. But which content is suitable for audio influencing, and who can produce it?

With all of the attention given to grabbing eyeballs with visuals, however, it’s easy to overlook the different ways of reaching your visitors, guests, or customers through their ears…. with audio.

In my last #travelcast episode, I had the pleasure of interviewing Henry Barchet. In this episode, we spoke:  Audio in  destination marketing: how to reach people through their ears?

 In this episode, I interviewed Kamelia Britton, who is is a full-time travel influencer who has created content for major brands such as Expedia Group, The Fairmont, Intercontinental, Kandima Maldives, Google, Facebook, Coca-Cola, and many more. 

We answered those questions:

• How to create a personal brand and define your niche 
• How to make your bio work for you to attract more followers & potential partnerships 
• How to focus on the right content 
• How to grow a loyal and engaged audience 
• How to set yourself up for success with brands and what NOT to do 
• How to monetize your influence and what to charge

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In this episode, I had the great opportunity to receive Mark Schaefer, who is a prolific marketing author.Not only we talked about his new book “Marketing Rebellion” but also on  What Makes A Great Human Brand Online? 

Mark Schaefer is an internationally-acclaimed keynote speaker, strategy consultant, author, and college educator. Always thinking one step ahead of marketing trends, he works with some of the biggest brands on the planet to present memorable and entertaining keynote programs and workshops.

A brand is more than a marketing tool; it’s the way the world perceives your company. More than just using it to sell things, the most successful brands create a powerful and defined identity for their companies.

The goal is not just to be recognizable, but to be so closely identified with your company’s defining characteristic that you become known for it. More importantly, your objective in crafting an identity is to define what sets you apart from competitors.

In this episode, I had the pleasure of interviewing Joshua Galun, Hospitality & Travel Lead at Excella Consulting. We spoke on: How Hospitality Can Gain Competitive Advantages in Age of #AI? 

In the publication "The Future of Employment: How susceptible are jobs to computerization?", authors Michael Osborne and Carl Benedikt Frey estimate 47% of U.S. jobs are at "high risk" of potential automation. The fact is, any repetitive job is at risk of being replaced by machines. 

Even though this trend is unlikely to impact the hospitality industry in the same way, it is undeniable that replacing human interaction where it does not add any value, and increasing it where it does, is the optimum use of AI.

Hoteliers should let computers analyze trends and patterns in guest behavior, so their staff can focus on the personal interactions, without the need to browse through tons of emails just to remember if Mr. Smith prefers a poolside or a streetside room.

Humans should focus on what they do best and let computers do what they do best. What about having hotel staff help guests to their rooms and checking up on a personal level how the guest is doing and using that to optimize the stay, rather than entering addresses and checking credit cards and scanning passports.

In this episode of #travelcast, I had the pleasure to receive fuchsia claire sims who is Co-Founder Adventure Junky (Certified B Corp) App. We spoke on: #Gamification and #Millenial mindset: Can they save us from #overtourism? 

With over 3 million travelers crossing international borders every day – a number set to double by 2030 – we have to ask whether our environments and cultures are resilient enough to withstand the flood.

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