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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.
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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 Akinmade Åkerström was named one of 2023's Most Influential Women in Travel by Travel Pulse and has been recognized with multiple prestigious awards for her work including Condé Nast Traveler's 2024 Women Who Travel Power List. connect with LolaTruth Behind Travel...
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 year. For those of you celebrating the festivities ahead of us, this is a time that calls for celebration and reflection, time that we want to spend with our families and friends.But even if you are not celebrating the festivities right around the corner, i...
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 Accessible Travel as the sphere in which travellers with limited mobility or disabilities can access travel options in a fully inclusive way. In this episode we explore the truth behind booking accessible travel holidays for travel agents and tourism oper...
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 episode Dubravka shares: The challenges faced growing and developing tourism industryThe best practices that everyone embracedThe shift in the type of tourists coming to the destinationWho does Slovenia look up to?and much more! Learn more about Slovenia her...
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 tourism industry and shares the solutions provided by the platform. Path Net Zero provides Carbon Impact Correction solutions for travel, tourism and commercial organisations focused on CSR & ESG. This episode focuses on how the whole impact of of the travel experience can be measured and mitigated with the tools provided by the platform...
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 Pravin Tamang speak to host Dolores Semeraro about:The truth behind carbon offsettingCommunity tourism frameworksHow does greenwashing looks like so travellers can learn how to spot it For them, sustainability and community tourism are not just buzzwords–...
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 destinations and tourism companies around the world on the LGBTQ+ travel segment.Oriol Pamies speaks to host Dolores Semeraro about how to actively promote your tourism and travel business across the LGBTQ+ segmentdevelop and implement responsible policies towards the LGTBQ+ people throug...
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 speaks to podcast host Dolores Semeraro about the research work done through the Wellness Tourism Initiative and the key findings that are showcasing aligning factors across destinations around the world on what does it take to actually be able to call themselves a ...
Special Episode in Italian Language: Il Metaverso e l' Industria del Turismo. This is a twin episode of Truth Behind Travel Episode No. 60. Dolores Semeraro is a sought-after international tourism keynote speaker and sustainable tourism marketing professional. Dolores actively works in the tourism and travel conference space as a keynote speaker and moderator, gracing the stages of international tourism summits and trade shows. As a professional keynote speaker, Dolores’ spea...
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 unfold and how we ensure Accessibility for the Metaverse so that our clients can find us. Beyond the proxies are real opportunities for the tourism and travel operators. What are those? Let’s discovery them together with this how-to, step-by-step Truth...
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 inclusive travel experience for all. Across the tourism industry today we often speak about embracing a more inclusive and diverse approach and mindset. But what does it exactly mean? How do we practically develop a more ‘inclusive’ company culture a...
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 PhaseThe ASSURANCE PhaseThe VALIDATION PhaseSeason 3 Episode 59SUBSCRIBE TO THE SHOWRate and Review Truth Behind Travel Podcast on Apple PodcastAbout Dolores SemeraroDolores Semeraro is a Tourism & Hospitality Marketing Specialist and International Tourism Keynote Speaker focusing ...
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 social enterprise travel company that combines charitable giving with great value, choice and quality holidays, flights, hotels and cruises to worldwide destinations. #TravelforgoodAs a not-for-private-profit social enterprise, they sacrifice part of their commission to allow their clients to support th...
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 tourism after 2 and half long years, and to welcome back what they call ‘guests’ instead of tourists – they rebranded the destination, a rebranding with a dual purpose, of which we are going to explain more during our conversation and also how they redesigned unique experiences highlighting the values o...
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:- Sustainability Overwhelm- Powering up Sustainability choices of our desired customers- Who spends more on Sustainable Holidays- How Personality-based strategies are the key to a successful marriage between sustainable travellers and the tourism industry today. La...
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 winning the sustainability race.Her journey in the travel and tourism sector started 9 years ago when she came to Brussels to work for the European Travel Commission (ETC), which is an organisation representing National Tourism Organisations of Europea...
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 customer in this industry– whether they travel or not – that is the world of travel writing. Yes, because whether they are actually traveling or not, reading about destinations, hotels, experiences truly affect the way they feel, plan, decide to travel again. So tod...
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 shares: - False Perception of the Destination- Safety and Availability of Supplies on the Island- What you can expect as tourist if you travel to Sri Lanka todayIn particular, host Dolores Semeraro and Hiran Coray discuss the vision of the country moving forwar...
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 Podcast's host Dolores Semeraro talks to Portland-based Troy O'Bryan from Expedia about what so we need to invest in when it comes to creating a memorable experience for guests and clients alike, where should $$ budget be allocated and what are the trends we must keep an e...
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. Our conferences focus on showcasing investment opportunities and facilitating direct connec...
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