The Luxury Item with Scott Kerr

S11 E07: Deborah Calmeyer, CEO and Founder of ROAR AFRICA


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Scott Kerr is joined by Deborah Calmeyer, CEO and founder of ultra-luxury African safari company ROAR AFRICA, to discuss how she turned her love for Africa and her desire to share its beauty with the world into a business. Calmeyer talks about her journey from growing up in the Zimbabwean bush to moving to New York City and launching a luxury African travel company, how the company's female-centric approach is a new model for the male-dominated African safari industry, what's fueling the surge in safari tourism, how luxury travelers to Africa have changed, and creating custom itineraries that cater to the upper echelon of global wealth. Plus: Why "being the in the wild is a prescription for the soul"

Featuring: Deborah Calmeyer, CEO and Founder of ROAR AFRICA (roarafrica.com)

Host:
Scott Kerr, Founder & President of Silvertone Consulting

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