Podcasts
Podcast: Magical Maldives at Mercure Kooddoo
As my flight soared upwards, high over the glimmering Gold Coast beaches of Australia, I contemplated the possibility that I may have made a big mistake by booking a trip to the Maldives. Why, when we have such beautiful, pristine, white sand beaches, with crystal clear water did I need to travel over 9000km for a beach holiday?
Podcast: Rest, Rejuvenate & Repeat at Crystal Creek Rainforest Retreat
Hidden on the Far North Coast of New South Wales, Australia in the Tweed region is Crystal Creek Rainforest Retreat. A scenic hour drive from the Gold Coast and you are on the doorstep of this lush valley, surrounded on three sides by the world heritage-listed Numinbah Nature Reserve and Springbrook National Park.
Podcast – Queensland Air Museum, Sunshine Coast – Queensland
Featuring: Tiana Templeman Queensland Air Museum at Caloundra is home to an amazing collection of aircraft and aviation artefacts, and exciting tales of courage, adventure and lucky escapes.
Podcast: Can Sea Islands Provide a Blueprint for the Future of Tourism?
This week’s island hop through South East Asia also takes in the latest travel developments across the region. Gary Bowerman and Hannah Pearson also discuss how idyllic island getaways such as Maldives and Seychelles plan to reboot tourism.
Podcast – Overview: Cairo, Egypt
Featuring: Belinda Jackson Cairo, Egypt’s sprawling capital, is set on the Nile River. At its heart is Tahrir Square and the vast Egyptian Museum, a trove of antiquities including royal mummies and gilded King Tutankhamun artifacts.
7 Months in a COVID Travel Bubble [PODCAST]
With few signs of movement on border re-openings in South East Asia, Gary Bowerman and Hannah Pearson reflects on 7 lost months in travel and tourism.
Podcast – Cape Range National Park, Exmouth – Western Australia – Australia
North West Cape is a peninsula which juts out into the Indian Ocean just north of the town of Carnarvon.
Podcast – Penang Re-Born, Penang – Malaysia
Facing the Straits of Malacca, Penang was one of the great trading ports in South East Asia. Once part of the Sultanate of Kedah, it was ceded to the British East India Company on the strength of a lie in 1786.
Talk Travel Asia podcast – Season 3 Launches!
June 1 2020 saw the launch of Season 3 of Talk Travel Asia podcast. With more than 100 episodes available for travel enthusiasts to explore Asia, hosts, National Geographic Cambodia Guidebook writer Trevor Ranges, and specialized travel company co-founder Scott Coates, have a fantastic lineup of guests ready, with new episodes every two weeks.
Podcast – Overview: Coral Coast, Western Australia
long stretch of coastline measuring about 1,100kms north of Perth, the Coral Coast extends from the town of Cervantes as far north as Exmouth and slightly inland.
Podcast – Overview: Western Australia
if you wish to drive from Eucla in the south east corner of Western Australia around the coast to Kununurra in the north east, in the Kimberley region, you would have to drive a distance of 5456 kilometres.
Podcast: Papua New Guinea Undiscovered
It is hard not to be mystified by Papua New Guinea. It is a land that is untamed and wild in beauty, while diverse in unique culture.
Podcast: Jay Jhingran Crises Leadership in Hotels, Covid 19 & beyond of Java with Jay, Hotel stories
Jay Jhingran discusses Crises Leadership in Hotels, Covid 19 & beyond of Java with Jay, Hotel stories
TD Podcast: SiteMinder’s VP in Asia “There’s a huge unpenetrated market out there”
Today marks the first TD podcast of 2020 and for the opening edition, I spoke to Brad Haines, the regional
“If you are another nondescript branded hotel they will not even remember your name”: The Hotels Network CEO
For this week's podcast, I spoke to Juanjo Rodriguez, the CEO of The Hotels Network, a company delivering a hotel tech ecosystem that increases direct channel conversions.
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