Tourism industry visionary David Peacock is the Senior Advisor to the Future Tourism Group and has a track record in growing and strengthening tourism economies, as well as working with Destinations International and DestinationNEXT. Prior to Simpleview, he was a senior executive in television and electronic media, including spearheading the creation of a groundbreaking tourism development incubator (RTO4.ca) in Ontario, Canada.

David’s passionate about creating sustainable destination management networks, developing channels for distributed marketing and storytelling, and strengthening stakeholder competencies.

"Our industry has done a tremendous job at recognizing and aligning around the pressing challenges that these stakeholders face. At the same time, we're just getting started on identifying the opportunities in those challenges and developing actionable solutions," Peacock said. "Future-proofing the tourism industry is the challenge that inspires me everyday."

Our Future of Tourism podcast helps you step back from the day-to-day and focus on the big-picture future of tourism. Hosted by David Peacock, listen in on a series of candid conversations with industry leaders, luminaries and visionaries as they explore the challenges and opportunities facing the travel and tourism industry today.