The Future of Tourism

Hear how one young entrepreneur works for change in the restorative tourism space and uses 30 percent of his company’s profits for legacy improvements in Uganda. In this week’s Future of Tourism, David Peacock interviews Keneth Hafasha.

Hear how Panama is flipping the sustainability script in its new master tourism plan. In this week’s Future of Tourism, David Peacock interviews Woodrow Oldford, chief marketing officer for Promtur Panama.

What do we need to know about cannabis tourism? Find out in this crash-course interview as David Peacocks speaks with Brian Applegarth, founder of Cultivar Brands, a destination solutions provider for the cannabis-related travel trend, and The Cannabis Trail, a nonprofit dedicated to preserving and celebrating the cannabis heritage of northern California. He also founded the Cannabis Travel Association, an international nonprofit organization focused on advocacy, education and networking.

This week’s Future of Tourism features David Noack Pérez, director of the Madrid Convention Bureau. Tune in and hear how Noack Pérez and his team are creating legacy value projects as one of the world’s leading meetings & conference destinations. Hosted by David Peacock, Senior Advisor, Future Tourism Group.

Is there anyone who still thinks that global warming and climate change are a hoax? Well, then, assuredly, this episode of the Future of Tourism podcast is not for you. But for the rest of us … This episode features Guy Bigwood, managing director at Global Destination Sustainability Movement, a platform to promote and develop the regenerative thinking and practices that will support destinations of the future. Tune in and explore the questions at hand: why is the DMO the right organization to tackle sustainability at the local level, and how can it do so?

This week’s Future of Tourism features Matthew Price, executive director of the Huntingdon County Visitors Bureau. Tune in and learn how Price brought together stakeholders to develop sustainable recreational projects and events in their corner of the world.

This week’s Future of Tourism features Dave Herrell, president and CEO of Visit Quad Cities. Listen in as he and David Peacock discuss placemaking and the unique interconnection between making a place vibrant for its residents and visitors alike.

Listen up! The younger generation of tourism industry leaders brings forth an avalanche of new ideas. Ignore at your peril. Tune in for this week’s episode of the Future of Tourism in which David Peacock talks with Patrick Delaney, managing partner at the SoolNua strategy and marketing agency, about the need to listen to urgent new voices.

This week’s Future of Tourism features Ben Switzer of EXAR Studios, a technology company bringing tourism into the future with augmented reality. Immersive virtual reality (VR) is accessible, relatively inexpensive, and creates legacy value assets that are always on for the destination. In these challenging times, it’s an excellent way to forge new and enduring local partnerships and connections.

This week’s Future of Tourism features five guests David Peacock has welcomed over the last year. Each brings an important message and — long before the pandemic — pushed the envelope of what we do as destination organizations. Hear what Michael Nagy, Petra Stušek, Castro Ambiyo, Greg DeShields, and Elke Dens have to say.