Travel Matters
67 episodes - English - Latest episode: 10 months ago - ★★★★★ - 3 ratingsThe official podcast from TBEX – The Future of Travel Media.
In this podcast we will be sharing all the latest news, trends and tips for you, and interviewing the movers and shakers in the travel creative ecosystem.
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Episodes
013 – TBEX Europe 2022 Dates and Host Destination Announcement
June 15, 2021 07:00 - 2 minutes - 2.64 MBGet the scoop on where and when the next TBEX Europe will take place. Listen now, and get the news before anyone else.
012 – Important TBEX 2121 / 2122 Updates
June 03, 2021 22:55 - 26 minutes - 24.5 MBWe have missed you! Listen to this episode of Travel Matters, and read the newsletter from Rick below: We hope you have been safe and healthy throughout the last year and are looking forward to traveling again soon. We are very optimistic about the future of travel and TBEX events. This is going to be a long one but there is good news so please stay with me. The last several months the vaccine distribution here in the US has been going very well. At our peak, we were vaccinating as m...
012 – Important TBEX 2021 / 2022 Updates
June 03, 2021 22:55 - 26 minutes - 24.5 MBWe have missed you! Listen to this episode of Travel Matters, and read the newsletter from Rick below: We hope you have been safe and healthy throughout the last year and are looking forward to traveling again soon. We are very optimistic about the future of travel and TBEX events. This is going to be a long one but there is good news so please stay with me. The last several months the vaccine distribution here in the US has been going very well. At our peak, we were vaccinating as m...
002 - Meet Kerwin, Lauren, Angie, and Rachel
October 12, 2020 16:28 - 40 minutes - 37.1 MBWelcome to the second episode of Travel Matters. Rick Calvert and Palle Bo talk about TBEX North America 2019 in Billings, Montana. How did it go, and how was it different than previous events? Rick reveals that there were more older people than usual. TIPS FOR FIRST TIMERS There were many new faces again this year, and we talk to Kerwin McKenzie who did a pre-session for TBEX first-timers. Kerwin is an Amazon.com #1 best selling author, speaker, and ex-airline employee who t...
Travel Matters 002 - Meet Kerwin, Lauren, Angie, and Rachel
October 12, 2020 16:28 - 40 minutes - 37.1 MBWelcome to the second episode of Travel Matters. Rick Calvert and Palle Bo talk about TBEX North America 2019 in Billings, Montana. How did it go, and how was it different than previous events? Rick reveals that there were more older people than usual. TIPS FOR FIRST TIMERS There were many new faces again this year, and we talk to Kerwin McKenzie who did a pre-session for TBEX first-timers. Kerwin is an Amazon.com #1 best selling author, speaker, and ex-airline employee who t...
011 - Breaking News About TBEX Events
July 17, 2020 08:58 - 8 minutes - 7.59 MBThis is a quick bonus episode, where TBEX CEO, Rick Calbert shares some breaking news about upcoming TBEX events. See more on TBEXcon.com Travel Matters is hosted by The Radio Vagabond, Palle Bo and TBEX CEO, Rick Calbert, and produced by RadioGuru.
010 - Martinique Lewis about Black Travel Alliance
July 15, 2020 22:00 - 30 minutes - 28.4 MBToday our guest is Martinique Lewis one of the founders of Black Travel Alliance. Martinique is a digital disrupter in love with all things travel. She is a TBEX Speaker Alum and has been in the travel industry for three years now as a creator, a diversity in travel consultant, and as an influencer and creator manager. Martinique tells us how Black Travel Alliance was formed and the mission of the group. The Black Travel Alliance was launched by 17 creators.
009 - Tim Leffel on The Future Of Press Trips
July 08, 2020 16:45 - 38 minutes - 35.1 MBOur guest for this episode is TBEX North America Conference Director Tim Leffel. Tim started backpacking around the world and writing for travel magazines as a freelancer in the mid-1990s. He has published several books and now runs five different websites. Tim joins us today to talk about the results from a recent survey he conducted asking 160 travel writers and DMOs what they about The Future Of Press Trips in a post-COVID-19 world. at 6:38 we talk about the difference between solo ...
008 - How to Get Through the Covid-19 Crisis
May 20, 2020 08:48 - 1 hour - 60.4 MBIn this special episode, Leslie Walker founder of Tourism Worx shares 15 things DMO’s travel brands and content creators can do right now to help seem them through the Covid19 crisis. She shares the example of how the National Cowboy and Western Heritage Museum used transparency and being human to gain tens of thousands of new followers when they put a security guard in charge of social media when the museum temporarily closed due to Covid19 restrictions. Rick rants about how importan...
007 - TBEX Survivors Part 2
April 21, 2020 19:40 - 1 hour - 66.6 MBIn this episode, we talk continue talking with several TBEX Europe attendees who still went to Catania Italy after TBEX Europe 2020 had been postponed. We will hear about their impressions of Sicily and Catania; what it was like to be traveling when the COVID-19 pandemic shut down the entire country of Italy on March 10th; How they got home and how things are on the ground where they are now. Their stories give great context to how fast the Covid-19 Pandemic broke out of Wuhan China an...
006 - TBEX Survivors Part 1
April 09, 2020 19:11 - 1 hour - 88.7 MBIn this episode, we talk to several TBEX Europe attendees who still went to Catania after the event was postponed. They share their impressions of Sicily and Catania. They share what it was like to be traveling when the COVID-19 pandemic shut down the entire country of Italy. Little did anyone know this was just the second step in the CoronaVirus’ march across the world. They also share how they got home and what it is like in their home countries or next destination. We start this episo...
005: COVID19 Impact on Daily Life And Travel
March 30, 2020 16:38 - 1 hour - 73.6 MBIn 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...
004 - Retire Early And Travel
October 31, 2019 16:00 - 31 minutes - 28.7 MBIn this episode we speak with Keith and Tina Paul from Retire Early And Travel. As they write on their about page, they are lovers of travel and wine. Fueled by their passion for learning, experiencing other cultures, and meeting people, they want to see the world. They consider themselves forever students. Keith and Tina have been together since they were 18. They believe in collecting memories and experiences, not things. On TBEX North America in Billings, Keith and Tina Paul spoke ...
Travel Matters 003 – Michael Collins, TravelMedia.ie
October 19, 2019 17:22 - 45 minutes - 41.7 MBIn this episode of Travel Matters, Rick Calvert talks to Michael Collins from TravelMedia.ie. TravelMedia.ie is a full service public relations, marketing, events, communications and travel trade representation company, founded in 2006, and managed by Michael Collins. The company is one of Europe’s leading travel media companies – specialising in PR, events, media buying, strategic advice, industry consultancy, digital communications and social media within the travel industry for both t...
003 – Michael Collins, TravelMedia.ie
October 19, 2019 17:22 - 45 minutes - 41.7 MBIn this episode of Travel Matters, Rick Calvert talks to Michael Collins from TravelMedia.ie. TravelMedia.ie is a full service public relations, marketing, events, communications and travel trade representation company, founded in 2006, and managed by Michael Collins. The company is one of Europe’s leading travel media companies – specialising in PR, events, media buying, strategic advice, industry consultancy, digital communications and social media within the travel industry for both t...
003 - Michael Collins, TravelMedia.ie
October 19, 2019 17:22 - 45 minutes - 41.7 MBIn this episode of Travel Matters, Rick Calvert talks to Michael Collins from TravelMedia.ie. TravelMedia.ie is a full service public relations, marketing, events, communications and travel trade representation company, founded in 2006, and managed by Michael Collins. The company is one of Europe’s leading travel media companies – specialising in PR, events, media buying, strategic advice, industry consultancy, digital communications and social media within the travel industry for both t...
001 Introducing Travel Matters
September 09, 2019 15:48 - 37 minutes - 34.1 MBThis is the first episode of Travel Matters, the official podcast from TBEX. Here we introduce the two hosts, Rick Calvert, CEO of TBEX and Palle Bo, The Radio Vagabond. We also speak to Travel Camel, Shane Dallas, conference director of TBEX Europe about what is coming up on the conference in Catania, Sicily, Italy in March 2020. And of course a bit about the upcoming event, TBEX North America in Billings Montana this week. Travel Matters is produced by RadioGuru.