Truth Behind Travel Podcast
Dolores Semeraro hosts Truth Behind Travel Podcast.
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 tourism, sustainability and resilience and how we can encourage the travel industry players to become better operators.
Episodes
88 episodes
Selling Experiences in the Age of Tech with Aaron Fessler CEO & Founder of TripWorks
Podcast host Dolores Semeraro sits down with TripWorks CEO Aaron Fessler to deep dive in what happens at the intersection between Tourism & Travel Experiences and Technology: As discussed in the podcast: How doe...
Rethinking Inclusion in the Global Tourism Industry with Alessandra LoTufo Alonso
Dolores Semeraro interviews Alessandra LoTufo Alonso, founder of Women in Travel CIC and an award-winning thought leader in tourism and trave...
Women Leading The Way: the Global Travel & Tourism Roundtable
Dolores Semeraro moderates the virtual gathering of speakers from Season 4 of Truth Behind Travel Podcast in "Women Leading The Way: the Global Travel & Tourism Roundtable" in collaboration with th...
10 New Travel & Tourism Words That Define 2026 Travel Trends
In today’s episode, as we all brace for what will be a busy year in travel and tourism, I took a little ‘fun’ time to observe the travel trends we will be witnessing in 2026. Some were new, some others not so much, but it was...
Redefining Travel Conferences: The Future of Content, Connection, and Tech with Brooke Gilbertson
Welcome back to Truth Behind Travel Podcast! Dolores Semeraro interviews the person leading the conference programme across the the World Travel Market Portfolio, in L...
Madagascar Now: A Reality Check for Travelers After the Political Shift
Flash episode: Dolores Semeraro interviews eco tourism expert on the field Sonja Gottlebe following the political unrest in Madagascar this week - mid October 2025. Sonja joins Truth Behind Travel Podcast for the second time after h...
The Screen-to-Scream Effect: The Influence of Travel Media Today with Carmen Roberts
Dolores Semeraro interviews Carmen Roberts, BBC travel journalist, international speaker and travel expert on the evolution of travel media and the impact of user-generated co...
Challenges and Opportunities for Women and Non-Binary Tourism Entrepreneurs through wmnsWORK
Dolores Semeraro interviews Iris Serbanescu - the founder of wmnsWORK - her journey from risk management to tourism, highlighting her 12-...
The Truth Behind Traveling to Madagascar with Sonja Gottlebe
Dolores Semeraro interviews Sonja Gottlebe Sustainable Tourism Advocate | Eco-Lodge Pioneer of Madagascar. sonja is a champion of Sustainable Tourism in Madagascar, ...
Regenerative Tourism - beyond the buzzword in conversation with Tina O'Dwyer
Dolores Semeraro interviews Tina O'Dwyer - Founder & Chief Facilitator at The Tourism Space® on Regenerative Tourism: where does a destination start the journey? About Tina O'Dwye...
How to sell sustainable tourism without selling sustainable tourism with Anne De Jong
Dolores Semeraro interviews Anne De Jong - sustainable tourism consultant and co-founder of the Good Tourism Institute on how effectively change the tourism marketing narrative to enhance the message within sustainable practices adopted within ...
Measuring Success through Impact and Change in conversation with Sarah Payne from UnTours Fundation
Dolores Semeraro interviews Sarah Payne , Director of Impact at Untours Fundation
Greether: award-winning women-led travel platform with founder Vanessa Karel
Dolores Semeraro interviews Vanessa Karel, founder of the award-winning women-led travel guides Greether. Vanessa Karel, a second-time fo...
Experiential Hospitality at its best with Catarina Varão
Dolores Semeraro interviews founder of UniqueStays Catarina Varão on true experiential hospitality ultimately leads to social growth. Portugal-based Catarina is passionate traveler by profession, hotel curator by vocation...
Heart-led Leadership in Travel and The Power of Community with Women Travel Leaders
Dolores Semeraro intervierws the founders of Women Travel Leaders Jennine Cohen and Catherine Gallagher how community over competition comes from abundance mindset, heart-centered leadership is the key to community and true growth...
How To Build the Mindset of a Changemaker in Tourism with Aradhana Khowala
Dolores Semeraro interviews Global Tourism Expert and Thought Leader Aradhana Khowala on where do we really stand today in gender representation and opportunities, how to build the mindset of a change maker and where is regenerative tourism hea...
The paradigm shift we need to define the future of tourism with Anna Pollock
Dolores Semeraro interviews tourism expert and internationally acclaimed keynote speaker and thought leader Anna Pollock on her journey in travel and tourism, the evolution of tourism from a network to an industry, and the shift towards ...
How to Find your Voice in Travel, Evolve and Connect with others - in conversation with Lola Akinmade Åkerström
Dolores Semeraro interviews Lola Akinmade Åkerström, international bestselling author, keynote speaker, and award-winning travel photographer for National Geographic, BBC, CNN, The Guardian, Travel + Leisure and more. Lola Akinm...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...