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The Travel Leader
by The Travel Leader
The Travel Leader Podcast, released every two weeks, is dedicated to interviewing leaders in hospitality and tourism. Listeners will be able connect with their every day experiences, both successes and failures, and understand the leadership competencies that are shaping the future of our industry.
Episodes
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Breaking Barriers with Eunice Perez
Summary In this episode of the Travel Leader Podcast, Eunice Perez shares her inspiring journey in the hospitality industry, emphasizing the importance of helping others, resilience in the face of challenges, and the balance between leadership and empathy. She discusses her experiences as a…
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First Chair Mentality with Davonne Reaves
Summary In this episode of the Travel Leader Podcast, host Rachel Vandenberg interviews Davonne Reaves, founder and CEO of The Vonne Group. They discuss Davonne's journey in hospitality and hotel investment, the importance of branding, her leadership style, and the significance of building trust...
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Impactful Empathy with Morgan van Liew
Highlights Empathy is a crucial element in leadership. Leaders should model the behavior they wish to see. Understanding employee feelings can lead to better solutions. Diversity in perspectives enhances decision-making. Self-awareness is key to effective leadership. Navigating hard times can…
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Developing Leaders with Horace T. Brooks
Highlights Caring and listening are essential leadership qualities. Empowering others to grow is a leader's responsibility. Setting high standards is crucial for success. Inspiration comes from seeing others achieve their potential. Trusting your team fosters autonomy and growth. Listening goes...
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Virtuous Care with Susan Barry
Highlights A desire to challenge oneself can lead to new opportunities and career growth. A strong sense of justice and fairness can shape one's values and actions. Leading by example, good communication, and a genuine interest in people are effective leadership skills. Humor and empathy can…
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Spirited Evolution with Dina Niekamp
Highlights Gumption, which means spirited initiative and resourcefulness, has been the red thread throughout Dina's career and personal life. Listening to feedback, reflecting, and adapting are essential for personal and professional growth. Self-acceptance and the willingness to evolve are key…
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Creating Opportunities with Rachel Humphrey
Highlights Taking risks can lead to unexpected and great rewards in both personal and professional life. Self-care is essential for being the best version of oneself and making a positive impact. Having high expectations of oneself and others can drive personal and professional growth. Sharing...
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Modeling Integrity with Lisa Garner
Highlights: Modeling the behavior as a leader to build customer connections and create exceptional experiences Transparency, trust, and accountability are essential in effective leadership. Self-awareness and reflection are crucial for personal and professional growth. Empowering others involves...
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Attracting Fountains with Lan Elliot
Highlights Leaving things better off than when you arrived Lan's commitment to bringing more women and underrepresented groups to conference stages. The impact of seeing diverse faces in leadership roles. Practical advice for overcoming obstacles and fostering ambition. The importance of mentors...
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Startup Mentality with Arun Upneja
Highlights: The attraction of the hospitality industry Modeling change and innovation The importance of psychological safety Creating a culture of feedback Trust, empathy and treating team members as human beings Open communication Summary In this conversation, Rachel Vandenberg interviews Arun...
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Building Bridges with Jason Brooks
Highlights: -Finding your voice -Intentional communication/ speaking up -Balance in leadership -Feedback culture -Creating connections, clarity and authenticity -Role models and standards of behavior -Imposter syndrome, growth, learning Jason shares his journey of finding his voice and how it has...
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Patient Stories with Karen Kühl
A first-generation immigrant to the United States from Nicaragua, Karen Kühl has 35 years of rich and varying experience in the tourism industry. Though she now serves as the Executive Director of the Cayuga County Office of Tourism, she got her start in the industry as a young adult—working in...
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Curious Innovation with Jacob Messina
Jacob Messina, the CEO of Stayntouch, is a seasoned leader with a profound understanding of technology's critical role in the hospitality sector. Before taking the reins at Stayntouch, he served as the Senior Vice President of Technology & Innovation at MCR Hotels, where he oversaw technology for…
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Depositing Trust with Dorothy Dowling
Dorothy Dowling, ISHC is a seasoned management consultant and growth advisor, with Horwath HTL with over 40 years of experience in the global hospitality industry. As the former Global Chief Marketing Officer and SVP of Sales at Best Western, she excelled at shaping marketing and commercial...
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Growing Self-Awareness with Stephanie Smith
Stephanie Sparks Smith, CHDM is CEO and Digital Matriarch at Cogwheel Marketing TM️ and partner and consultant at Cayuga Hospitality Consultants. Her agency focuses on helping hotel owners and management companies drive incremental exposure and revenue to their websites and online channels…
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Genuine Connection with Krystal Qi
As a graduate student deeply interested in hospitality, Krystal Qi is honored to contribute to the advancement of the hospitality industry. In her role as the program coordinator for corporate engagement at the University of South Carolina, Krystal facilitates connections and supports industry...
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Embracing Discomfort with Allie Gill
Allie joined the Uncommon Hospitality team in 2020 after relocating to Maine from Australia. She looks after the brand, voice, and identity of each hotel in the portfolio and creates strategic marketing plans to drive new guest acquisition, retention, engagement, and lifetime value. Allie…
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Empathetic Grit with Vanessa Miller
Vanessa Miller is a chef and operations strategist with more than 18 years of experience in the food and beverage industry. Miller’s unique perspective on restaurants and hospitality combines front-of-house and back-of-house management experience with an analytical approach to operations, fueled…
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Innovating Hospitality with Mimi Oliver
Mimi Oliver (www.waterwalk.com) is chief executive officer of WaterWalk, the nation’s most innovative flexible lodging brand. Mimi is a true ground up WaterWalk expert having learned from the best—her grandfather and founder of WaterWalk, the late Jack DeBoer. Over the years, she has worked in…
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Encouraging Collaboration with Nicole Mahoney
Nicole Mahoney is an entrepreneur, speaker, and podcast host with a passion for business. She’s the founder of Break the Ice Media, a PR and digital marketing agency specializing in the travel, tourism, and hospitality industry, and also serves as the CEO of Travel Alliance Partners. In her…
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Building Legacy with Lou Zameryka
Most recently Lou Zameryka has completed 17 years building global commercial strategies and teams at Booking.com. Lou also has served for over 15 years in various volunteer leadership positions at organizations such as the Hospitality Sales and Marketing Association, as both the President of the...
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Inspiring Change with Saxton Sharad
Saxton Sharad is the CEO of Revival Hotels, a firm specializing in aiding independent properties and unique hospitality brands. Before this, he expanded Graduate Hotels from 12 to 35 properties as its COO, initiating its international growth and establishing the Brand Operations Department for...
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Overcoming Fear with Tracy Prigmore, Viviana Wilkins and Portia Hood
On this episode of The Travel Leader we hosted SHaD Talk, a series of discussions highlighting participants of She has a Deal's pitch competition. We were joined by guest co-host Tracy Prigmore, founder of She has a Deal, Viviana Wilkens and Portia Hood. Learn more about She has a deal at...
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Passionate Drive with Stacia Harvey-Randall
Stacia Harvey-Randall is the co-founder of the Black Women of Hospitality Organization. She has worked in the hotel industry for 22 years working for various brands. Stacia is originally from Berwick, Louisiana but resided in New Orleans, Louisiana for over 20 years. Stacia graduated from…
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Boldly Dreaming with Michelle Hurtt
Michelle Hurtt believes empowering her teams is the way to bring out her teams full potential. She has been overseeing Pure Hotels LLc. hotels as their Regional Service Manager. She has 1,000's of hours of training that allow her to bring the knowledge to her teams. She currently has helped...
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Joyful Service with Gary Jamison
Gary Jamison is a highly skilled and guest-oriented Concierge with a remarkable career spanning over 20 years in the hospitality and tourism industry. Gary is known for his exceptional service to clients and tourists, always striving to exceed expectations. His track record includes mentoring…
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Meaningful Relationships with Sara Masterson
Sara joined Olympia in 2006 and spent several years at the property level, including the award winning Inn by the Sea in Cape Elizabeth, Maine, before joining the Home Office in 2013 as Vice President of Olympia Hotel Management, leading the company’s growing portfolio of independent hotels and...
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In Loving Memory with Dylan Beaumont
In May 2023 Dylan Beaumont was a guest on the Travel Leader Podcast. Dylan sadly passed away suddenly on June 24, 2023. In place of a new episode we are re-leasing his recent episode in his memory. For full details about Dylan's memorial service see information from his cousin Kristine Smith...
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Humble Influence with Jeff David
A former Hotelier of the Year, Jeff David has a pedigree that spans over twenty-five years and is a leader in the hospitality industry in opening luxury properties. Jeff’s expertise in the hotel start-up space credits him in opening $1.7 billion dollars worth of high-profile luxury assets in…
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Tenacious Betterment with Emily Penfold Dailey
Emily is a 15-yearveteran of the hospitality industry with extensive experience in operations and marketing with particular skill in branding, marketing, and communications. She has worked with major brands and independent hotels. Much of her focus has been on full-service, lifestyle properties.…
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Leadership Lessons with Rachel Vandenberg
Welcome to the travel leader podcast. I'm your host, Rachel Vandenberg. On our show, I interview and connect with leaders in our industry, what has shaped them, successes, failures, and everything in between. On today's show, I'm celebrating our first 10 episodes and reflecting on the leadership...
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Intentional Compassion with Sheree O'Reilly
Sheree is an accomplished and well-respected business owner who has devoted her entire career to hospitality and food management. She received a degree in Business from Merrimack College and her Culinary Arts degree from Newbury College. Sheree worked for the Marriott Corporation from 1978 to…
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Encouraging Presence with Dylan Beaumont
Dylan Beaumont has been a 23 year tenured worker in Hospitality. He has worked in the midscale, select service and luxury hotel tiers in California and Oregon. He prides himself in being a dedicated manager, and giving his best to better his employer and his colleagues. He is currently the…
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Persistent Caring with Dr. Bryan Williams
Dr. Bryan K. Williams is a keynote speaker, consultant, and author, who is a noted authority on service excellence and leadership effectiveness. His passion is to serve others so they may better serve the world. Over the past several years, Bryan has provided training and consulting expertise to...
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Heart-Centered Mentorship with Elaine Macy
For 15 years, up until 2019, Elaine was Executive VP of Preferred Hotels and Resorts. She built the sales team in 5 years from $32 million to $100 million in group sales. She worked in development and hotel retention as well as major events. During her time at Preferred she managed the events…
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Scaling Purpose with Elle Rustique
Elle Rustique is the founder of Tip Brightly, a cashless tipping platform. Learn more about Elle at https://www.linkedin.com/in/erustique/ and her company https://tipbrightly.com/. The Travel Leader Podcast is brought to you by The Travel Leader, a travel content, leadership and coaching…
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Creating Connection with Michael Maxwell
Michael Maxwell joined Blue Orbit as a Partner in 2014 and has worked with Ray Camillo on various projects and in other businesses since 1994. Michael has over 36 years of hospitality operations and senior management level experience at some of America’s most celebrated and successful restaurant...
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Embracing Service with Evan Kaplan
Evan is an award-winning Hospitality Headhunter with Gecko Hospitality and specializes in full-service, permanent placement recruiting for hotels, resorts, private clubs, event management companies, and private estates in the New England, New York, and New Jersey Metro markets. Evan’s…
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Adversity Fuels Leadership with Ana Connolly
Ana Connolly is a Senior Director of Revenue and Costing for Vantage Deluxe World Travel. She has over 18 years of hospitality experience, including Panama and multiple U.S. markets. Obtaining her B.A. in Tourism from Universidad de Panama, and a Master’s of Science in Management from Emmanuel...
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Creating Impact with Leah Murphy
Leah recently founded the Jane Hotel Group, a dedicated hospitality investment company based out of the Midwest focusing on limited-service and extended-stay hotel acquisitions. Prior to forming Jane Hotel Group, Leah held executive and senior leadership roles with Cushman & Wakefield's…
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Meet our Host with Debby Jewesson
In this first full length episode of the Travel Leader Podcast, I asked fellow coach and consultant Debby Jewesson to interview me to introduce the podcast and talk about why I started it. Debby was the perfect choice as she has a history in the hospitality space as the founder of Branching Out...
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Introducing the Travel Leader Podcast
In this short trailer episode we introduce the Travel Leader Podcast. I’ve caught the podcast bug! After being a guest on several wonderful travel industry podcasts, I’m starting my own podcast dedicated to leadership in the travel industry. Starting this podcast comes from a genuine place of...
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The Travel Leader Podcast, released every two weeks, is dedicated to interviewing leaders in hospitality and tourism. Listeners will be able connect with their every day experiences, both successes and failures, and understand the leadership competencies that are shaping the future of our industry.
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The Travel Leader Podcast, released every two weeks, is dedicated to interviewing leaders in hospitality and tourism. Listeners will be able connect with their every day experiences, both successes and failures, and understand the leadership competencies that are shaping the future of our industry.
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