A series of candid conversations with industry leaders, luminaries and visionaries about the challenges and opportunities facing the travel and tourism industry today.
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In tourism, alignment is often treated as a milestone. Many organizations feel the work is done once the strategy is approved, stakeholders are briefed, and the plan is published. In reality, that moment marks only the halfway point. Alignment that exists solely in the boardroom is incomplete. For a…
Tourism leaders everywhere talk about alignment with residents, but far fewer build the systems that make it real. On this episode of the Future of Tourism podcast, Łukasz Wysocki, CEO of the Gdańsk Tourism Organization, unpacks how the destination rewired tourism to function less like marketing and…
This conversation was inspired by the "Score is Not the Story" whitepaper that emerged from the VivaCITY program. As destinations worldwide grapple with the political complexity and accelerating demands of sustainable tourism, few cities offer clearer roadmaps than Helsinki and Göteborg —two Nordic…
I recently had the privilege of joining an exceptional group of destination leaders and Certified Tourism Ambassador (CTA) program managers in Scottsdale, Arizona, for the 2025 CTA Summit — a gathering that quietly but powerfully reminded us what the real operating system of tourism looks like…
As Jack Johnson, chief advocacy officer at Destinations Internationals, steps into retirement — he joins the Future of Tourism podcast for a candid, wide-ranging conversation on the ideas that shaped his career and continue to shape the industry. From his roots in public service to his leadership…
If you take a wide view of the past 25 years, it’s hard not to be amazed by tourism’s tenacity. The industry has weathered the September 11 attacks, the SARS and MERS outbreaks, a global financial collapse, the COVID-19 pandemic, and now, a world marked by war, geopolitical tension, and economic…
