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1.1K to 3.9K🎙 Daily cadence·17 episodes·Last published today - Monthly Reach
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3.5K to 13K🇳🇿77%🇭🇺23% - Active Followers
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1.9K to 7.2K
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Hannah Pearson: Travel, Startups and Building a Business Through Crisis and Consistency
May 13, 2026
51m 39s
Carmen Bold: From Bungy Jumping to Supporting Entrepreneurs, my Tourism Career, Built One Opportunity at a Time
May 7, 2026
1h 04m 53s
Tabetha Beggs: Building a Tourism Career Through Curiosity, Risk and Storytelling
Apr 29, 2026
1h 09m 19s
Birgitta March: Languages, Academia & Why Tour Guides Are More Important Than Ever
Apr 21, 2026
1h 01m 26s
Brad Rowe: The Art + Science Behind Memorable Tourism Experiences
Apr 15, 2026
52m 12s
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| Date | Episode | Description | Length | ||||||
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| 5/13/26 |  Hannah Pearson: Travel, Startups and Building a Business Through Crisis and Consistency | In this episode of Tourism Matters, I’m joined by Hannah Pearson, founder of Pear Anderson and co-host of the Southeast Asia Travel Show. Hannah’s career has taken her from studying languages at Oxford to teaching in France and China, corporate London, Kuala Lumpur, travel startups, market representation and founding Pear Anderson, a tourism sales, marketing and market intelligence business focused on Southeast Asia. We talk about winding tourism careers, unexpected opportunities, building a ... | 51m 39s | ||||||
| 5/7/26 |  Carmen Bold: From Bungy Jumping to Supporting Entrepreneurs, my Tourism Career, Built One Opportunity at a Time | Episode Description This one flips the script. For the first time on Tourism Matters, Carmen moves from host to guest, with Sarah Jane Tilbury taking the reins. What unfolds is not a polished career narrative. It’s a real one. From retail floors to reservations desks, bungy platforms to Rugby World Cup operations, entrepreneurship to industry capability work - Carmen’s 25-year career is built on instinct, movement, and saying yes to opportunity. There’s no linear path here. But there is a pat... | 1h 04m 53s | ||||||
| 4/29/26 |  Tabetha Beggs: Building a Tourism Career Through Curiosity, Risk and Storytelling | Tabetha Beggs hasn’t followed a straight path - no, no. In this episode of Tourism Matters, Carmen sits down with Tabetha Beggs, Tourism Experiences Lead at Destination Perth, to explore a career shaped by curiosity, risk-taking, and a willingness to step into opportunities before feeling fully ready. From early ambitions in the arts to roles across tourism, local government, and destination development, Tabetha shares how each experience - expected or not - has contributed to where she is ... | 1h 09m 19s | ||||||
| 4/21/26 |  Birgitta March: Languages, Academia & Why Tour Guides Are More Important Than Ever | Episode Description In this episode of Tourism Matters, Carmen sits down with Birgitta March, a tourism lecturer, PhD researcher, and former international tour guide. Exploring a career that spans continents, sectors, and decades. From guiding high-end clients in the US to interpreting across Australia and now shaping future professionals in higher education, Birgitta shares a grounded and insightful perspective on the tourism industry. The conversation dives into the evolving role of tour gu... | 1h 01m 26s | ||||||
| 4/15/26 |  Brad Rowe: The Art + Science Behind Memorable Tourism Experiences | In this episode, Carmen is joined by Brad Rowe, a tourism consultant with deep experience across product development, infrastructure, and destination management. We explore his journey from growing up in New Zealand to working on major tourism projects in Queenstown and internationally, including large-scale gondola and chairlift developments. Brad shares practical insights on experience design, what actually drives return on investment in tourism, and how operators can create moments that gu... | 52m 12s | ||||||
| 4/9/26 |  Beáta Szablics: From Hungary to Antarctica, and a New Way of Thinking About Tourism | Episode Description In this episode of Tourism Matters, Carmen Bold sits down with Beáta Szablics, whose career has taken her from a small town in Hungary to cruise ships, global product development, launching a luxury expedition brand, and ultimately Antarctica. Beáta shares how a non-linear career — starting in animal husbandry and moving through tourism operations and wellbeing — has shaped the way she now approaches experience design. This conversation explores how personal experiences, s... | 1h 02m 37s | ||||||
| 3/31/26 |  Thomas Worry: From Seasonal Work to a Sustainable Tourism Career | Episode Description In this episode of Tourism Matters, Carmen Bold speaks with Thomas Worry, a Canadian tourism professional whose career has been built across seasonal roles, international experience, and corporate tourism operations. Thomas shares how he navigated working across Canada’s Yukon — from guest services and RV rentals to guiding Northern Lights tours — and what it really takes to build a career in an industry defined by seasonality. The conversation explores the realities of to... | 1h 09m 49s | ||||||
| 3/24/26 |  Linda Tillman: Why Regional Events Are Struggling (And What Needs to Change) | Episode Description In this episode of Tourism Matters, Carmen Bold speaks with Linda Tillman - Managing Director of Tilma Group and co-founder of the Australian Centre for Regional Events - about the realities of building tourism and events capability in regional Australia. Linda shares how a university assignment on rural tourism resulted in a 20-year career working alongside regional communities, and how she built a business focused on helping destinations grow through tourism and events. ... | 52m 51s | ||||||
| 3/10/26 |  Professor Anne Hardy: Why Tourism Research Matters - Behaviour, Data and Antarctica | In this episode of Tourism Matters, Carmen Bold speaks with Professor Anne Hardy — tourism researcher, consultant, academic, and Chair of Destination Southern Tasmania — about how research can shape tourism decisions. Anne shares the story of her career in tourism academia, from studying tourism’s impacts on communities to leading innovative projects like Tourism Tracer, which used smartphone technology to track how visitors move through destinations. She also discusses her research in Antarc... | 1h 12m 44s | ||||||
| 3/4/26 |  Matt Scott: Tour Guiding, Product Development and Building a Global Tourism Career | In this episode of Tourism Matters, join Carmen Bold as she chats with Matt Scott about his journey through international tourism, tour guiding and product development. Matt shares how early travel experiences and cultural exposure led him into the tourism industry, including years guiding tours across Europe and developing high-end travel experiences. The conversation explores the importance of training, customer service and adaptability in tourism, along with insights into product developme... | 1h 18m 03s | ||||||
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| 2/25/26 |  Emma Rhoades: Tourism Careers, Networking and Navigating Workforce Challenges | In this episode of Tourism Matters, join Carmen Bold as she chats with Emma Rhoades about her career journey and her current work supporting tourism businesses through workforce development at the Queensland Tourism Industry Council (QTIC). Emma reflects on returning to university later in life, re-entering the workforce after raising children, and finding her place in the tourism industry. The conversation explores workforce challenges across tourism, the importance of networking and buildin... | 41m 50s | ||||||
| 2/17/26 |  Sarah-Jane Tilbury, Leadership, Commercial Accumen and do penguins have knees? | In this episode of Tourism Matters, join Carmen Bold as she chats with Sarah-Jane Tilbury about building a career in tourism that spans international travel, operational leadership and general management. Sarah-Jane shares her journey from growing up in the UK and entering the tourism industry through travel and car rental, to moving to Australia and stepping into senior leadership roles. The conversation explores leadership, team dynamics, commercial thinking and the challenges of managing t... | 1h 16m 43s | ||||||
| 2/10/26 |  Kate Gibson: Hike Collective, Human Connection and Purpose-Driven Tourism | In the first episode of Tourism Matters for 2026, join Carmen Bold as she chats with Kate Gibson about her journey from horse riding and personal training to founding Hike Collective, a tourism business focused on meaningful outdoor experiences. Kate shares how Hike Collective began as a mental health initiative built around hiking and connection with nature, and how it evolved into a successful adventure tourism business. The conversation explores the power of human connection in tourism, th... | 1h 05m 55s | ||||||
| 12/4/25 |  Penny Brand: From SeaWorld Mascot & 60+ Skydives to Destination Marketing Leader | In this episode of Tourism Matters, join Carmen Bold as she chats with Penny Brand about building a career in tourism that spans adventure tourism, international tour guiding and destination marketing. Penny shares how her early roles—from performing as a SeaWorld mascot to managing skydiving operations and guiding tours across Europe—helped build the skills that later led her into destination marketing and tourism development at Gate 7. The conversation explores the importance of networking,... | 53m 22s | ||||||
| 11/26/25 |  Nic Cooper: From Tour Guide to Eco-Tourism Founder and the Future of Responsible Tourism | In this episode of Tourism Matters, join Carmen Bold as she chats with Nic Cooper about his journey from working in tourism from a young age to founding Wild Adventures Melbourne, an eco-tourism company focused on sustainable travel experiences. Nic reflects on the many stages of his tourism career, from tour guiding and destination marketing to launching his own tourism business during the challenges of COVID-19. The conversation explores sustainability, climate responsibility in tourism, an... | 1h 02m 07s | ||||||
| 11/20/25 |  Ged Brown: Low Season Travel, Overtourism and Rethinking When We Travel | In this episode of Tourism Matters, join Carmen Bold as she chats with Ged Brown about his journey through the global travel industry and the idea that led him to found Low Season Traveler. Ged shares insights from a career that spans tour operators, aviation, route development and industry events. The conversation explores how the concept of low season travel could help address overtourism, support destinations year-round and reshape how the tourism industry thinks about seasonality. What yo... | 1h 17m 26s | ||||||
| 11/11/25 |  Giselle Whitaker: Saying Yes, Global Tourism Careers and Unexpected Opportunities | In this episode of Tourism Matters, join Carmen Bold as she chats with Giselle Whitaker about building a career across multiple countries, industries and unexpected opportunities in the tourism sector. Giselle shares stories from a career that has taken her from tourism and marketing roles in Tasmania to working internationally in Japan and Dubai, including leadership roles in hospitality and tourism. The conversation explores adaptability, career pivots, and why saying yes to opportunities c... | 1h 33m 43s | ||||||
| 11/4/25 |  Zac Watson: Tourism Careers, Digital Leadership and Building High-Performing Teams | In this episode of Tourism Matters, join Carmen Bold as she chats with Zac Watson about building a career in tourism, from studying tourism management at Lincoln University to working across tourism attractions, regional tourism development and digital marketing. Zac shares insights from roles with organisations including Merlin Entertainments, Haka Tourism Group, Auckland Unlimited and Maverick Digital. The conversation explores networking, leadership, mentorship and the growing role of digi... | 1h 30m 14s | ||||||
| 10/29/25 |  Claire Baxter: Turtles, Gorillas in Her Inbox and a Career Across Tourism and Travel Tech | In this episode of Tourism Matters, join Carmen Bold as she chats with Claire Baxter about building a career across archaeology, tourism, government and travel technology. Claire’s career journey has taken her through some fascinating spaces – from working in tourism product development with Intrepid Travel, to tourism policy roles in government, and now into travel technology as Senior Data Operations Manager at Rome2Rio. In this conversation Claire reflects on how curiosity, serendipity and... | 55m 10s | ||||||
| 10/21/25 |  Edward Kwek: Business Events, Tourism Education and Getting Your Foot in the Door | In this episode of Tourism Matters, join Carmen Bold as she chats with Edward Kwek about careers in the business events and tourism industry, and what it really takes to get your foot in the door. Ed has spent more than two decades working across tourism, business events, and tourism education in Southeast Asia and Australia. In this conversation he shares insights from across his career, including how the business events sector has evolved, what happens behind the scenes of major conferences... | 53m 03s | ||||||
| 10/12/25 |  Cecil Potatau: Leading the All Blacks Experience and a 30-Year Tourism Career | Episode Summary In this episode of Tourism Matters, Carmen Bold speaks with Cecil Potatau about what a 30-year career in the New Zealand tourism industry actually looks like. Cecil shares how he moved from working as a chef into tourism, the experiences that shaped his career, and what he’s learned along the way about building relationships, staying curious, and finding opportunities in the industry. We also talk about his current role leading the All Blacks Experience in Auckland, one of New... | 43m 50s | ||||||
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Chart Positions
2 placements across 2 markets.
Chart Positions
2 placements across 2 markets.