key Issues in Tourism Consumption

In this episode, we had a conversation with Ms. Mary Beth, an experienced Guest Experience Manager for prominent hotel chains in the USA. We aimed to gain insight into the environmental and social sustainability practices of these tourism establishments.

Ms. Mary Beth shed light on the challenges of integrating sustainability with guest satisfaction and workplace inclusivity in the programs and initiatives led by these hotel chains to promote sustainability.

We also discussed her thoughts on the future of the hospitality industry, touching on topics such as technology versus human touch.

In this episode, I sit down with Ella, a management trainee at L'Oréal China’s travel retail department, to uncover the fascinating world of travel retail.

Ella shares her insights into consumer behaviour differences between everyday spending and travel shopping, how regional trends affect marketing strategies and the growing importance of sustainability in the travel retail sector.

We also discuss the impact of travel retail on local communities, the challenges of managing waste, and what the future holds for this rapidly evolving industry.

Whether you’re interested in retail, tourism, or sustainability, this episode offers a deep dive into the intersection of these worlds.

In this episode, we discuss travel blogging with our guest Tomislav Pušić, a PhD fellow at Aalborg University’s Doctoral School of Social Sciences and Humanities, an explorer at heart, and a blogger. What is Travel Writing? What motivates us to travel and where does the urge to write about our travels come from? What is authenticity? Tune in and hear what our guest has to say about these questions.

The Hidden Gem in The North - Aalborg.

In this episode, Michal Medrala and Patrick Nielsen interview Luigi D' Ambrosio - associate professor at University College of Northern Denmark in Aalborg. The episode focuses on the subject of dark tourism in the case of a Neapolitan suburb of Scampia, which has been severely impacted by the organised crime in the past, and currently is the object of dark tourism following those events.

In this episode, Judita Hedervariova ; Viktoria Karlsdottir, Kristian Ole Pedersen and Malene Schwabach Rahbek discuss with Dr Jonathan Leer food tourism, its history, new trends and also challenges to sustainability.

This podcast is about adventure tourism in the context of Nepal. We invited Raj Bahadur Pudashaini, who has been working as a trekking guide for 14 years in Nepal, to share his experience and perception about this topic. Specifically, we discussed the potential of adventure tourism in Nepal and its socioeconomic effects. We also discussed the different challenges and issues in the tourism sector in Nepal.