Robin Weber Pollak, President of Journeys International, tackles important topics in adventure tourism, such as authentic transformations, unscripted experiences, and cross cultural differences in gender norms.

Martin Heng, Accessible Tourism Manager at Lonely Planet, discusses accessible tourism, the fastest growing sector of the industry. Developing products with principles of universal design in mind creates opportunities to serve young families and the ageing demographics.

Sarah Rhodes, Founder of Plastic Free Southeast Asia, shares thoughtful views on consumer trends in plastic wastes and challenges in sustainable tourism practices.

Dr. Chris Bottrill discusses the current challenges and future potential of tourism in the Pacific Asia region as well as the importance of building an international network. He also gives hosts Shaun McGrath and Jennifer Vaughan insights into the key factors that determine whether community based tourism development initiatives fail or succeed.

We speak with Business Development Manager Chris Regel of Winnow Solutions about the global issue of food waste. The hospitality industry has been called out as a big offender in this category. Listen in as this episode’s hosts Shaun McGrath and Stefanie Carlson discuss plans to fight food waste with technology and industry partnerships.

Successful and inspiring social entrepreneur Bruce Poon Tip, Founder of G Adventures and Planeterra and best-selling author of Looptail discusses responsible tourism and economic development, giving back to host communities and his company's future with hosts Shaun McGrath and Jennifer Vaughan. He also elaborates on G Adventures unique recruitment strategies and the importance of preserving a positive organizational culture.

JC Wong, a former Pacific Asia Travel Association intern and Chairperson of PATA Malaysia Taylor’s University Student Chapter offers her insights as a current YTP Ambassador from PATA HQ in Bangkok, Thailand!

Shaun McGrath and Jennifer Vaughan ask JC about responsible tourism, what its like to move to another country as a young person and how to make the most of your career opportunities as a student.

Paul Rogers, Co-Founder and Director of Planet Happiness invites us to move beyond measuring tourism in terms of GDP and to envision a world of sustainable tourism through GNH: Gross National Happiness. This tool and metric measures how the host communities of heritage sites view their well-being and helps identify ways towards responsible destination management.

Hosts Shaun McGrath and Carma Chan ask him how GNH can promote sustainable tourism development. Find out what it means to move beyond GDP!

Nicolas Dubrocard has been working to create international standards for elephants that work in tourism. He discusses the relationship between the people of Southeast Asia and domesticated elephants. How has this history transformed over time? Are all elephant camps bad? What are the opportunities for people who want to get involved with helping elephants?

Hosts Jennifer Vaughan and Carma Chan ask all the important questions about this emotionally charged topic!

Sally Fung is an art director and designer who has worked remotely while living in a different country each month of the year through a company called Remote Year. She recently developed a mobile app with members of her Remote Year community called Yarn, which puts like-minded travellers together while exploring a new city. Sally speaks about her rise from intern to art director within three years and what it’s like to be a digital nomad.

Hosts Shaun McGrath and Carma Chan ask all the important questions—including where the future is headed for remote workers!