049 – TBEX Europe 2023 Kalamata, Greece with Social Media Strategist, Itai Marshall
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Welcome to Travel Matters recorded live on tape at TBEX Europe 2023 in Kalamata, Greece. In this one we have a conversation with one of the speakers, Itai Marshall. He’s a Social Media strategist from Israel who made the leap from YouTube to TikTok, where he has now amassed more than 200,000 followers and 12 million likes with his high-energy and snappy video style. Itai is also a video marketing coach, and his work includes showing tourism professionals how to effectively create short-form video. At TBEX in Greece he did two sessions: “” and “” You can follow Itai on , , and on any...
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048 – TBEX Europe 2023 Kalamata, Greece with Shane Dallas
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Welcome to Travel Matters, and the first of many episodes from TBEX Europe 2023 in Kalamata, Greece. In this one – recorded today, two days before the conference, we talk to conference director Shane Dallas about what to expect from this conference.
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047 – Traveling Cheesehead Dannelle Gay
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Welcome to Travel Matters, and we’re joined by serial entrepreneur and travel-junkie Dannelle Gay, AKA the Traveling Cheesehead. She loves to talk about Travel, Partnerships with Destinations, and teach bloggers how to make money. Her latest book '' just came out and she is more than delighted that TBEX is coming to her home state! LINKS: Blog: Book: ‘’ – or use your own Amazon affiliate link. on .
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046 – TBEX Asia with Ajay Sood of Travelure
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Welcome to Travel Matters, and we’re joined by Pro Travel Photographer, Ajay Sood from . ‘Travelure‘ started on wordpress.com in 2007, and switched to this self-hosted site in May 2015. It began as an aggregation of Ajay Sood’s articles published in travel, photography, and in-flight publications like Condé Nast Traveller, Huffington Post, JetWings, Travel3Sixty°, Smart Photography, Taj Magazine, GoGetter, etc. Travelure simply means building a lure of travel among its readers. Follow Ajay on and on This episode of Travel Matters was recorded at TBEX Asia in Phuket, Thailand, and...
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045 – TBEX Asia with Zeekman,Travel Dave, Sarah Hughes and Nathan Sado
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Welcome to Travel Matters, and we’re joined by four awesome content creators: Nathan Sado, Sarah Hughes, Dave Brett, and Dan Zeek. Sarah and Nathan have several sites, but their main site is . Adventure traveler Dave Brett is better known as . You can follow Dan Zeek on YouTube as and , on Instagram as and , and on TikTok as . This episode of Travel Matters was recorded at TBEX Asia in Phuket, Thailand, and hosted by CEO Rick Calvert and , Palle Bo.
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044 – TBEX Asia with Paul Pruangkarn and Matt Gibson
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Welcome to Travel Matters and the two interesting conversations with three unique content creators. This one was also recorded at TBEX Asia in Phuket, Thailand. In this episode, we’re joined by Paul Pruangkarn and Matt Gibson from (PATA). Founded in 1951, PATA is a not-for-profit membership-based association that acts as a catalyst for the responsible development of travel and tourism to, from and within the Asia Pacific region. By bringing together our private and public sector members, PATA facilitates meaningful partnerships to enhance the value, quality and sustainable growth of travel...
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BREAKING NEWS: We're going to Africa
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042 – TBEX Asia with Jason Rupp, Ric Gazarian and Yosh Dimen
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Welcome to Travel Matters, and the two interesting conversations with three unique content creators. This one was also recorded at TBEX Asia in Phuket, Thailand. First you can meet two American Thailand experts. Jason does a lot of content from Thailand on his YouTube channel, and Ric has his base in Bangkok. We’re also joined by Filipino, travel blogger, Yosh Dimen. Jason’s YouTube channel is called , and everywhere he goes, he visit the local barbershop for a haircut, hair wash, pedicure, facial, foot scrub, massage, or a straight razor hot towel shave. Now that’s a different angle to...
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041 – TBEX Asia with Scott Gurian and Maria Haase
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Welcome to Travel Matters, and the two interesting conversations with two unique content creators. This one was also recorded at TBEX Asia in Phuket, Thailand. Meet Scott Gurian from Far From Home Podcast and Maria Haase from . Scott mentioned his podcast where he met a in Peru and went to an ceremony. This episode of Travel Matters was recorded at TBEX Asia in Phuket, Thailand, and hosted by CEO Rick Calvert and , Palle Bo.
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040 – TBEX Asia with Sharon Gourlay and Megan Singleton
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Welcome to Travel Matters, and another episode recorded at TBEX Asia in Phuket, Thailand. Meet Australian Sharon Gourlay from . Sharon is an SEO expert and runs 15-20 sites, does training, and hosts the weekly podcast “”. Here she teaches you how to turn your blog into a business with sustainable passive income. Our second guest is a Kiwi. Megan Singleton from , has been travel writing full time since 2000 and blogging since 2006. She’s also also the travel correspondent on Newstalk ZB radio on Sundays and also love to host tours for her readers around New Zealand, her...
info_outlineIn this episode, we talk about COVID19’s impact on the travel industry and our daily lives.
We start with how fast the pandemic spread in Italy, and our decision-making process to reschedule TBEX Europe 2020 in Catania Italy. We also talk about new dates for TBEX Europe 2020.
We then have an in-depth discussion with Angelo Carotenuto; Founder and CEO of LivItaly Tours. Angelo is joining us from Rome and his story gives you a glimpse into what a tour operator’s business looks like and how COVID19 changed everything. We discuss how Covid-19 has impacted their business, the travel industry and daily life in Italy.
We also check in with our NEW Co-Conference Director for TBEX North America; Tomiko Harvey and TBEX Europe Conference Director Shane Dallas to hear about life on the ground in Murfreesboro Tennessee and Nairobi Kenya. Tomiko and Shane share some tips and suggestions that content creators work on while the world is standing still.
Palle talks about the current status in Cape Town, South Africa, and Rick shares what life is like Temecula California during the COVID19 Pandemic.
HOSTS:
Rick Calvert, TBEX.
Palle Bo, The Radio Vagabond.
Produced by Radioguru.