Latest Tasmania Podcast Episodes

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Talking Tourism Episode 145 - Positive impact through food with Mindy Woods

Talking Tourism - December 17, 2023 13:00 - 26 minutes
Former physiotherapist, 2012 Masterchef Australia finalist, and most recently CEO of Sydney's Lotus Dining Group, Mindy Woods is currently studying sustainable horticulture and bush food with the goal of protecting native foods, the environment and re-igniting Indigenous culture. You must taste...

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Talking Tourism Episode 144 - Tourism Strategy...without the BS with Tom Wootton & Anne Greentree

Talking Tourism - December 03, 2023 13:00 - 27 minutes
Talking Tourism Episode 144 – Tourism strategy…without the BS with Tom Wootton & Anne Greentree. Both Tom and Anne have had (and continue to have) an incredible influence on tourism in Tasmania. Among many things, Tom was the inaugural CEO of the regional tourism organisation, West by North Wes...

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Talking Tourism Episode 143 - How to market your inclusive tourism experience with Hailey Brown

Talking Tourism - November 20, 2023 04:00 - 27 minutes
Recognised as one of Australia’s nine most influential female entrepreneurs, Hailey Brown has become a catalyst for change within the tourism industry. Upon recognising that blind and low-vision tourists were precluded from travelling as tourism marketing is visual, she created the world’s first...

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Talking Tourism Episode 142 - Design effectively on Canva with Taihlaura Denman-Francis

Talking Tourism - November 06, 2023 04:00 - 22 minutes
Taihlaura Denman-Francis is a Managing Marketing Consultant at Kingthing. In this role, Taihlaura enjoys the thrill of dreaming up big ideas for her clients. She has an undeniable passion for all things in the digital space, and her favourite things are strategic planning, marketing tactics, soc...

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Talking Tourism Episode 141 - Regenerative tourism with Nic Cooper

Talking Tourism - October 23, 2023 06:00 - 26 minutes
Nic Cooper is a Regenerative Tourism Specialist at The Tourism Collective but is also a small business owner on the Mornington Peninsula. He has extensive experience spanning destination marketing, product development, and customer engagement with a particular passion and expertise for sustainab...

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Talking Tourism Episode 140 - A story of Tassie entrepreneurialism with Tim Polmear

Talking Tourism - October 09, 2023 01:00 - 23 minutes
Tim Polmear is Co-Founder of Waubs Harbour Distillery on the beautiful east coast of Tasmania. Before venturing into the world of whisky, Tim and his wife Bec founded Flat Tummy Tea Co – a herbal tea remedy to help ease indigestion. After falling into the world of influencer marketing, the bra...

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Talking Tourism Episode 139 - Tassie Tourism Ambassador Program with Larni Davies

Talking Tourism - September 24, 2023 14:00 - 23 minutes
Today’s episode is with Larni Davies – TICT’s very own Tassie Tourism Ambassador Program Coordinator. A passionate Tasmanian, Larni Davies has 31 years of experience in the tourism industry. After living interstate and even overseas for six years, Larni returned to Tasmania where she worked as ...

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Talking Tourism Episode 138 - Your AI queries answered with Bart Sobies

Talking Tourism - September 10, 2023 14:00 - 30 minutes
Today’s episode is with Bart Sobies – an industry professional whose career has spanned more than two decades. He began his entrepreneurial journey at the age of 15 with the launch of his first online business evolving into a prosperous tech company.  Since then, Bart has founded and led severa...

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Talking Tourism Episode 137 - TICT Emissions Reduction Initiative with Lauren Cameron

Talking Tourism - August 24, 2023 14:00 - 22 minutes
Lauren Cameron is TICT's newly appointed Carbon Action Advisor. Lauren is a sustainability and communications specialist, whose career spans fifteen years working across sustainability, international development, tourism and media. Having started out as a journalist with The Advocate in Tasmania...

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Talking Tourism Episode 136 - Comparing fitness and tourism with Fanus Ghebrezgabhier

Talking Tourism - July 30, 2023 14:00 - 30 minutes
Fanus Ghebrezgabhier is a Senior Trainer at F45 Moonah. F45 has taken Australia and the world by storm to become the fastest growing gym brand on the planet. Originating in Sydney, Australia, the ‘F’ stands for functional training, a mix of circuit and high intensity interval training (HIIT) wor...

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Talking Tourism Episode 135 - Tasmanian Aboriginal tourism with Nunami Sculthorpe-Green

Talking Tourism - July 16, 2023 14:00 - 46 minutes
Nunami Sculthorpe-Green is a proud palawa and warlpiri woman, and founder of Blak Led Tours Tasmania, an Aboriginal tourism business that is passionate about truth-telling and the representation of Tasmanian Aboriginal stories.  Recognised for her profound impact on the Tasmanian tourism indust...

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Talking Tourism Episode 134 - Tourism Awards Success with Matt and Vanessa Dunbabin

Talking Tourism - July 02, 2023 14:00 - 34 minutes
Matt and Vanessa are the Owners and Managers of Bangor Vineyard Shed – a multi award-winning, 4-hectare vineyard and a beautiful 6,000-hectare farming property located at Dunalley in Tasmania’s southeast.  Recently, Bangor won Gold at the 2022 Tasmanian Tourism Awards and at the Qantas Australi...

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Talking Tourism Episode 133 - Farewell Luke Martin

Talking Tourism - June 19, 2023 03:00 - 1 hour
Since 2011, Luke Martin has been at the helm of the TICT as its CEO. Throughout the past 12 years, he has seen tourism in Tasmania evolve into what it is today - an industry that makes a greater contribution to its state's economy than any other in Australia. Finally, the time has come for the ...

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Talking Tourism Episode 132 - Building Tasmanian Sporting Success with Christine Finnegan

Talking Tourism - June 11, 2023 14:00 - 21 minutes
Christine Finnegan is the Co-CEO of the Tasmania JackJumpers – the tenth and latest team to join the National Basketball League (NBL). Christine has had a truly remarkable career spanning more than 25 years (and counting!) as a leading sports administrator in Australia. She was one of the first ...

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Talking Tourism Episode 131 - Designing tourism in Tasmania with Peter Walker

Talking Tourism - May 28, 2023 14:00 - 48 minutes
Peter is a Director and Principal Architect at Cumulus Studio in Hobart, an architecture firm whose work spans from renovations to large-scale urban projects.  Awarded nationally and internationally for his high-profile tourism project portfolio, Peter’s work includes transforming sensitive her...

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Talking Tourism Episode 130 - ATE and International Ready with Jenn Bett

Talking Tourism - May 14, 2023 14:00 - 27 minutes
Jenn Bett is a passionate member and advocate for Tasmania’s tourism industry. She first arrived as an international student more than 20 years ago and has since had a range of experience within the tourism industry. She spent nine years with Tourism Tasmania working directly with trade and medi...

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Talking Tourism Episode 129 - Tassie Off Season with Lindene Cleary

Talking Tourism - May 01, 2023 14:00 - 39 minutes
Lindene Cleary is the newly appointed Chief Marketing Officer at Tourism Tasmania. Prior to fulfilling this position, Lindene spent the last five years as Head of Brand Marketing overseeing the delivery of the agency’s ‘Come Down for Air’ brand platform and ‘Off Season’ campaign.  In this episo...

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Talking Tourism Episode 128 - Positive Impact In Action with Emily Briffa

Talking Tourism - April 30, 2023 14:00 - 31 minutes
Emily Briffa is CEO and co-founder at Hamlet Inc., a catering and hospitality business in South Hobart. Arriving in Hobart in 2016, Emily was confronted by the scale of entrenched unemployment in the Tasmanian community. Leaving her own career as a chef, Emily established Hamlet, a thriving not-...

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Talking Tourism Episode 127 - From Survive To Thrive with Rachael Downie

Talking Tourism - April 16, 2023 14:00 - 27 minutes
Rachael Downie is business success mentor who works with a variety of individuals, businesses and CEOs both locally and internationally. For the past decade, she has worked with government, corporate teams and individuals, helping them to educate and set goals to make lasting changes, creating t...

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Talking Tourism Episode 126 - Maybe You're (Not) Born With It with Linda Manaena

Talking Tourism - April 02, 2023 14:00 - 29 minutes
As Co-CEO at LeaderLab, Linda Manaena is on a mission to amplify humanity in leadership. With more than 20 years of leadership experience, Linda works with leaders to help them create an inclusive environment to get the best out of their teams. She works with leaders and teams spanning 10 countr...

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Talking Tourism Episode 125 - Defining Your Hospitality Brand with Jennifer Vandekreeke

Talking Tourism - March 19, 2023 13:00 - 30 minutes
Jennifer Vandekreeke is Executive General Manager – Customer at NRMA Expeditions. Originally from the US, Jennifer moved her young family to Australia in 2011 to launch the Carnival Cruise Line brand down under. In 2021, she left the cruise industry to pursue her true passion – wilderness travel...

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Talking Tourism Episode 124 - The Love of Tourism with Kristin Dunne

Talking Tourism - March 05, 2023 13:00 - 30 minutes
Kristin Dunne is Director of Destination Strategy at Miles Partnership, and a global authority on regenerative tourism. Kristin pioneered the application of regenerative tourism principles in destination planning. As CEO of Tapoi Te Moananui a Toi/Tourism Bay of Plenty Regional Tourism in New Ze...

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Talking Tourism Episode 123 - Reimagining Sustainability with Dan Robertson-Jones

Talking Tourism - February 19, 2023 13:00 - 24 minutes
Dan Robertson-Jones is Partner and Culture, Forecasting and Futures lead for the APAC region at Kantar Consulting. He has over 20 years’ expertise in the fields of insight, strategy, design, cultural change, trend analysis and forecasting, having worked with and for businesses across the America...

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Talking Tourism Episode 122 - Doing Good Through Regenerative Tourism with Emma Pethybridge

Talking Tourism - February 05, 2023 13:00 - 25 minutes
Emma Pethybridge is the Founder and CEO at Ethical Republic, a for-purpose company that supports the development of nature-based enterprises in and around protected areas. Emma grew up on the north-west coast of Tassie, and has worked throughout Australia, North America, the Asia-Pacific and the...

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Talking Tourism Episode 121 - Moving On (On Your Terms) with Rob Cameron

Talking Tourism - January 22, 2023 13:00 - 27 minutes
Rob Cameron is an Adviser at Collins SBA, where he provides business advisory services on performance improvement, turnaround of underperforming businesses, and succession planning. An experienced business manager, strategist and coach, Rob has worked with many business owners to help them craft...

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Talking Tourism Episode 120 - Being A Good Corporate Citizen with Kym Goodes

Talking Tourism - January 08, 2023 14:00 - 32 minutes
Kym Goodes is the principal of 3P, and is recognised as one of the foremost public voices in Tasmania. She has over two decades of experience working in government and the not-for-profit sector in social and economic public policy fields as diverse as education, employment, transport, energy, di...

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Talking Tourism Episode 119 - We're All Digital Marketing Landlords with Despina Karatzias

Talking Tourism - December 25, 2022 13:00 - 32 minutes
Despina Karatzias is the Chief Navigator at Navii Digital and Tourism Tribe, where she supports Australian tourism operators to learn how to run, market and get the best out of their small tourism businesses and convert them to even more effective and efficient tourism businesses. She is a digit...

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Talking Tourism Episode 118 - Money Matters with Chris Davis

Talking Tourism - December 11, 2022 14:00 - 32 minutes
Chris Davis is General Manager at The Van Diemen Project, a Launceston-based organisation that helps people, businesses and communities to start, scale and sustain businesses, through training, events, education, mentoring and business advice. In today's episode, TICT's Luke Martin steps into ...

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Talking Tourism Episode 117 - Treating Human Resources Like Human Humans with Dr. Polly McGee

Talking Tourism - November 27, 2022 13:00 - 30 minutes
Dr Polly McGee is a leadership coach, author, speaker and strategist with over a decade working in business strategy, leadership program design and delivery to transform cultures. One of only 400 people globally selected to be trained and certified by Dr Brene Brown to deliver her Dare to Lead p...

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Talking Tourism Episode 116 - The Voice Of Young People with Kate Rickwood

Talking Tourism - November 13, 2022 13:00 - 24 minutes
Kate Rickwood is the Secretary at Young Tourism Network and the Coordinator of Insights and Communications at Victoria Tourism Industry Council (or VTIC). She is an experienced Communications Coordinator with a demonstrated history of working in local government and regional tourism organisation...