Truth Behind Travel
Welcome to this Tourism Podcast hosted by tourism keynote speaker Dolores Semeraro.
Truth Behind Travel Podcast is a comprehensive series of bespoke interviews with tourism industry leaders to support the travel and tourism industry as they build a more innovative and resilient future of travel.
The show has a distinct focus on the future of travel and highlights industry insiders’ knowledge, as well as hidden gems of travel wisdom from all around the world.
Bringing 20 years of travel and hospitality experience to the show, host Dolores Semeraro fuels a much-needed conversation on the future of travel and how we can encourage the travel industry players to become better operators. fond of ways to contribute rather than to exploit.
Episodes
70 episodes
Tourism & Travel: How to nail The Art of Gift Giving your business partners
Podcast host Dolores Semeraro interviews Josh Filer, Managing Director of D&S Travel Supplies based in the UK on how to nail the art of gift giving in the tourism and travel corporate world. This is a very special time of the y...
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Season 4
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Episode 69
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26:07
From Accessible Travel to Inclusive Travel Today
Dolores Semeraro on the truth behind Accessible Travel today with guest speakers Ali Parker from Travel Counsellors and Mike and Silvia Hill from Endeavour Safaris in Botswana. We most commonly in tourism and travel, refer to Acces...
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Season 4
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Episode 68
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46:59
Slovenia Sustainability Success Story
Dolores Semeraro speaks to the Director General of Slovenia Ministry of Tourism Dubravka Kalin about the success story of destination Slovenia and how it became the sustainability most-copies and observed case study in Europe.On this ep...
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Season 4
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Episode 67
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36:26
The Carbon Footprint of the Tourism Industry
Truth Behind Travel Podcast Host Dolores Semeraro talks to Mark Duckmanton, co-founder and CEO of Path Net Zero on the carbon footprint of...
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Season 4
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Episode 66
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54:07
The Power of The Global Collective for Travel
The GLOBAL COLLECTIVE FOR TRAVEL is a group of Destination Management Companies dedicated to true connections between the travellers and the destination. The Founders of The Global Collective for Travel Tuan Pham, Çağlar Gökgün and...
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Season 3
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Episode 65
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42:28
Queer Destinations and the potentials of the LGBTQ+ Travel Segment
Founder Oriol Pamies shares the mission and the strategies behind the global success of Queer Destinations, leading LGBTQ+ tourism company that provides consulting and marketing strategies to destina...
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Season 3
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Episode 64
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44:21
What does it take to be an authentic Wellness Tourism Destination?
Vice Chair of Wellness Tourism Initiative on Wellness Tourism Destination at The Global Wellness Institute Lindsay Madden-Nadeau shares how a Tourism Destination can truly embraces its wellness potentials. On this episode, Lindsay speak...
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Season 3
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Episode 63
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37:34
Special Episode [ITALIAN] - Il Metaverso e l' Industria del Turismo
Special Episode in Italian Language: Il Metaverso e l' Industria del Turismo. This is a twin episode of Truth Behind Travel Episode No. 60.
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Season 3
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Episode 62
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20:02
The Metaverse and The Tourism Industry
The Metaverse for the tourism industry. During this episode we are going to learn how does The Experience of the Metaverse look like, What is the The Technology we need to access the Metaverse, how Communication in the Metaverse will unfo...
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Season 3
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Episode 61
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17:02
LGBTQ+ Travel Today: challenges and opportunities
IGLTA International Gay and Lesbian Travel Association Chairman Of The Board Of Directors Felipe Cardenas speaks about the challenges and opportunities for the tourism industry when tapping into the LGBTQ+ clientele to build a safe and in...
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Season 3
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Episode 60
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53:22
The 3 Key Travel Phases you cannot ignore today
Podcast host Dolores Semeraro explores 3 additional areas across the more commonly known '4 travel decision phases', which are having an incredible impact on the outcome of that travel decision. The SEARCH Phase
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Season 3
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Episode 59
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14:59
Charitable Travel: The successful formula of 'Giving instead of Gaining'
Podcast host Dolores Semeraro interviews Charitable Travel Founder Melissa Tilling on the secret formula behind the success of her innovative business model. Charitable Travel is an innovative so...
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Season 3
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Episode 58
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50:00
The Bhutan Effect: Destination Rebranding & Repositioning
Dolores Semeraro, host of Truth Behind Travel Podcast, interviews Carissa Nimah, Chief Marketing Officer at the Tourism Council of Bhutan. Bhutan has recently reopened borders to international t...
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Season 3
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Episode 57
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35:31
Costs and impact of sustainable travel choices today
Host Dolores Semeraro discusses what are the costs and impact of sustainable travel choices today for both travellers and tourism industry operators today. Welcome to Episode 56 of Truth Behind Travel Podcast! On this episode:- Sust...
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Season 3
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Episode 56
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19:08
Destination Europe: Key Markets & Travel Sentiment 2022
Dolores Semeraro speaks to European Travel Commission ETC Iulia Niculica, Head of Administration, as shares what are the new drivers for choosing Europe today, where are travellers coming from and what type of locations do they favor and who is...
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Season 3
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Episode 55
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37:03
Where is Travel Writing Heading?
Travel writer and blogger Chloe Dickenson opens up about being a travel writer these days, the content formats and where is travel writing heading in the future. Particularly for one aspect, which affects all of our c...
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Season 3
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Episode 54
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32:09
The Truth Behind Travel To Sri Lanka Today
Chairman of Jetwing Hotels & Resorts Sri Lanka, Mr Hiran Coray, opens up about what tourism on the island looks like after the recent SriLankan Civil Protests led to a major government change in leadership and administration. Hiran ...
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Season 3
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Episode 53
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29:34
What Makes a Trip 'The Greatest of All' with Expedia's insights
VP – Global Partner Marketing at Expedia Troy O'Bryan shares what makes a trip ‘the greatest of all’ before, during, and after the travel experience with research-based insights. In today's episode, Truth Behind Travel Podca...
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Season 2
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Episode 52
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39:17
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...
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Season 2
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Episode 51
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27:48
DATA & Travel: What do we need to know?
Bilal Kabbani, Head of Industry at Google discusses the current travel scenario: what are the main changes in travelers' digital behavior, what technologies have been widely implemented to optimize the use of data, and who jumpstarted the proce...
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Season 2
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Episode 50
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39:37
How to Communicate Effectively during Tragedies and Crisis
How can you communicate effectively and maintain a positive and trustworthy tone of voice in the tourism industry when times are tough and tragedy and crisis are dominating the headlines? This episode is a reflection on how tourism and ...
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Season 2
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Episode 49
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12:58
Is Aerophobia Preventing Travel Recovery from being Successful?
Aerophobia - or Fear of Flying - prevents tens of thousands of people from getting on a plane every day. Not only that, it stops people from pursuing their dream vacation, visiting their bucket-list destination, or flying to a meeting that coul...
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Season 2
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Episode 48
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41:27
How to Build A Profitable Wellness Hospitality Model
How do we take care of people, what does a profitable wellness model look like and how can destinations tap into their wellness potentials to diversify their positioning? In this episode, Lindsay Madden-Nadeau - founder of Me...
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Season 2
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Episode 47
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45:40
Hospitality Design VS Operations: Solutions and Misconceptions
What's the gap between hospitality operations and hospitality design. How does one help the other? If you are a hotelier or a hotel owner planning a renovation, or if you have in the middle of one, stay with me on today’s episode be...
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Season 2
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Episode 46
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44:29
Successful Hotel Content Marketing Strategies during the Pandemic
Hotel Content Marketing never sleeps! And those in charge of this key communication tool are the ones who constantly feed inspiration, information, motivation to travellers.During this episode we discuss how Hotel Content Marketing do...
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Season 2
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Episode 45
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27:43