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Hi! You are listening to the latest KeepitAlive series by TalkCXOLife. Now, this one should be of special interest to the ones bitten by the travel bug – which should constitute many of us I believe.

We have with Samson Tan, CEO, GTMC Travel & Chairman, Inbound Committee, National Association of Travel Agents Singapore (NATAS).

 

In this conversation with my colleague Manoj Aravindakshan, Samson shares his insights on the travel industry, especially in Singapore.

With regards to his association with NATAS, he also shares his insights on measures being taken to increase the number of tourists to Singapore some regions around that have untapped tourism potential.

 Happy Listening!

Hi! You are listening to the latest KeepitAlive series by TalkCXOLife. Now, this one should be of special interest to the ones bitten by the travel bug – which should constitute many of us I believe.

We have with Samson Tan, CEO, GTMC Travel & Chairman, Inbound Committee, National Association of Travel Agents Singapore (NATAS).

 

In this conversation with my colleague Manoj Aravindakshan, Samson shares his insights on the travel industry, especially in Singapore. How the internet boom changed the dynamics across key aspects within the industry. Tan mentions the emergence of an interesting O-to-O trend wherein increasingly for a product promoted online, the transaction takes place offline, displaying a global rise in offline transactions reflecting an increasing preference towards the service component offered.   

 

Tan also takes us through his love for traveling and discovering new places, his inclination towards adapting to various cultures in Asia.

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Hi! You are listening to the latest episode of TalkCXOLife. So, do you know of anyone who has run the distance of the earth? And is close to doing so twice over? Well, that is Vaishali Kasture for you. The first Indian Woman to complete running all the World Major Marathons. You might imagine her as a mean athletic machine to have been some kind of sports buff all her life to have run an excess of 70,000 km! But this petite lady with an iron will and a tender heart took to running well into her thirties, having spent her time pursuing academic excellence, a challenging career, leading organizations at various capacities in male-dominated domains like finance and technology. A firm believer and crusader of women empowerment and equality, two causes that are close to her heart, Vaishali is also the Co-Founder at Sonder Connect, an exclusive mentoring platform for women, set up with an aim to give women access to the most powerful men and women in India. Happy Listening!

Hi! You are listening to the latest episode of TalkCXOLife. So, do you know of anyone who has run the distance of the earth? And is close to doing so twice over? Well, that is Vaishali Kasture for you. The first Indian Woman to complete running all the World Major Marathons. You might imagine her as a mean athletic machine to have been some kind of sports buff all her life to have run an excess of 70,000 km! But this petite lady with an iron will and a tender heart took to running well into her thirties, having spent her time pursuing academic excellence, a challenging career, leading organizations at various capacities in male-dominated domains like finance and technology.

A firm believer and crusader of women empowerment and equality, two causes that are close to her heart, Vaishali is also the Co-Founder at Sonder Connect, an exclusive mentoring platform for women, set up with an aim to give women access to the most powerful men and women in India.

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So, do you know of anyone who has run the distance of the earth? And is close to doing so twice over? Well, that is Vaishali Kasture for you. The first Indian Woman to complete running all the World Major Marathons. You might imagine her as a mean athletic machine to have been some kind of sports buff all her life to have run an excess of 70,000 km! But this petite lady with an iron will and a tender heart took to running well into her thirties, having spent her time pursuing academic excellence, a challenging career, leading organizations at various capacities in male-dominated domains like finance and technology. She is currently part of the Amazon Web Services Leadership team. 

In this segment, we explore some fun facts about Vaishali Kasture.

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So, do you know of anyone who has run the distance of the earth? And is close to doing so twice over? Well, that is Vaishali Kasture for you. The first Indian Woman to complete running all the World Major Marathons. You might imagine her as a mean athletic machine to have been some kind of sports buff all her life to have run an excess of 70,000 km! But this petite lady with an iron will and a tender heart took to running well into her thirties, having spent her time pursuing academic excellence, a challenging career, leading organizations at various capacities in male-dominated domains like finance and technology. She is currently part of the Amazon Web Services Leadership team. 

In this candid conversation with Sunayana Nair, Vaishali shares her love for running, which she took to like a fish takes to water, even if it was much later in life, nevertheless gifting her the chance to explore her third dimension.

She also touches upon her upbringing in a Maharashtrian household.

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Welcome to our first special edition of Masters in Motion where we are set to feature 10 prominent global CXOs pursuing a passion beyond their work spheres! 

In this first edition we are featuring David Solomon, CEO Goldman Sachs who also moonlights as a DJ! Listen to Sunayana Nair, Editor CXO Life & Host of the #TalkCXOLife podcast series,  present fascinating facts & insights curated about David Solomon regarding his passion, why he loves to DJ, work-life balance,  leadership lessons through media interviews and primarily the JJ Redick Podcast conversation. 

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Duration - 6 min 40 sec.

So, do you know of anyone who has run the distance of the earth? And is close to doing so twice over? Well, that is Vaishali Kasture for you. The first Indian Woman to complete running all the World Major Marathons. You might imagine her as a mean athletic machine to have been some kind of sports buff all her life to have run an excess of 70,000 km! But this petite lady with an iron will and a tender heart took to running well into her thirties, having spent her time pursuing academic excellence, a challenging career, leading organizations at various capacities in male-dominated domains like finance and technology. She is currently part of the Amazon Web Services Leadership team. 

In this candid conversation with Sunayana Nair, Editor, CXO Life, Vaishali shares her love for running, which she took to like a fish takes to water, even if it was much later in life, nevertheless gifting her the chance to explore her third dimension. Running she says provides her with much food for the soul. 

Vaishali delves on the runner's quirks - favorite pairs of shoes, the ritual before the race, how we ought to give a medal its due, how running has helped her professionally and otherwise.

This is the Highlights of the conversation of Dr. Tim Errington, Founder & CEO, Total Health Chiropractic & Total Health Corporate Wellness Solutions with Sunayana Nair, Editor CXO Life. 

Dr. Tim offers one of the most reputed services in Chiropractic in Singapore and has also authored a book – Posture Matters. An erstwhile civil engineer, Dr. Tim began a new phase of his life at 40 years when we went back to school to learn Chiropractic, a science which found him not only at an unusual time but also at a rather unusual place – his old office in England. What began then was a journey which transformed not only his beliefs, mindset but also his entire life where he went from being a rather reckless toughie who used to play rugby and was constantly subjecting his body to blows and falls to adopting a restorative, preserving, healing mindset, amazed at the power and ammunition the body has to heal itself. 

Apart from delving into his formative years & education, earlier years as a civil engineer and his transition to Chiropractic, Tim Errington also delves on his keen interest in Yoga & meditation and how that has helped him in his practice and his passions - Scuba diving, Swimming and Skiing.

This is the FULL conversation of Dr. Tim Errington, Founder & CEO, Total Health Chiropractic & Total Health Corporate Wellness Solutions with Sunayana Nair, Editor CXO Life. 

Dr. Tim offers one of the most reputed services in Chiropractic in Singapore and has also authored a book – Posture Matters. An erstwhile civil engineer, Dr. Tim began a new phase of his life at 40 years when we went back to school to learn Chiropractic, a science which found him not only at an unusual time but also at a rather unusual place – his old office in England. What began then was a journey which transformed not only his beliefs, mindset but also his entire life where he went from being a rather reckless toughie who used to play rugby and was constantly subjecting his body to blows and falls to adopting a restorative, preserving, healing mindset, amazed at the power and ammunition the body has to heal itself. 

Listen to Tim speak of his formative years, how he discovered Chiropractic, the benefits, the myths surrounding it, on his book Posture Matters, how he relies on yoga & meditation and other passions like swimming, skiing, skydiving to keep that zest alive. 

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