Inside Travel Trade – Détails, épisodes et analyse

Who do the world's most discerning clientele turn to for all their concierge and travel planning needs?

They turn to Erica Jackowitz and her husband Roman who together founded the luxury lifestyle and travel firm Roman & Erica. Based in New York and Aspen, their exclusive membership-based- firm offers personalised services to meet the needs of HNW and UHNW clientele across the world.

Erica, a former practicing attorney is guided by the philosophy that one's leisure time is your only non-renewable asset, and has dedicated her career to creating covetable luxury experiences that will stay with their members forever?

Where do we sign!

An episode packed with a peek behind the curtain to the lives of the ultra wealthy to discovering Erica's everyday travel hacks and travel trends for 2023 and why a 'lifestylist' is the companion you didn't know you needed to lead a friction free life.

Find out more about Roman & Erica: www.romananderica.com

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The National Gallery is one of Emma and Katie's favourite destinations in London, and one of the many FREE arts and culture destinations in the Capital, welcoming around 2.7 million visitors in 2022 [previously 6 million in 2019].

We catchup with Katie Weller, Travel Trade and Sales Manager, asked to come on the podcast, it was an easy yes!

Tune in to find out:

- How the National Gallery iOS recovering post-panemic

- How the destination is retaining traditional while embracing innovation to enhance their offering

- Overview of their insane upcoming exhibitions and how they are working with the travel trade to promote

- What accessibility means for the gallery, and how it is reaching new audiences

- Katie's thoughts on London's recovery, and the importance of the capital's arts and culture economy

Connect with Katie Weller on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/katie-weller-8171688b?originalSubdomain=uk 

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Katie Blake - https://www.linkedin.com/in/katie-blake-3b0b3725/

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In our first episode of 2021, we catchup with Joss Croft, CEO of UKinbound to get the latest update on how the organisation is championing the interests of its members, the importance of getting group rates out asap for 2021 and 2022 and key trends for 2021. 

Both Kallaway and That's The Ticket are members of UKinbound, and like others, reap huge rewards as part of a commercially oriented yet 'family' feeling membership organisation.

Interested in joining UKinbound? Click here for details: https://www.ukinbound.org/membership/membership-apply/

Connect with Joss Croft: https://www.linkedin.com/in/joss-croft-杨博路-3a22187/?originalSubdomain=uk

Coming next... Tune in on 28 February for episode #4 where we launch our 'How I made it' series with a man who needs no introduction, Jonathan Mountford, founder of MADE and the London Tourism Collective. 

Find out more and get in touch, we'd love to hear your feedback:

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Email - hello@insidetraveltrade.co.uk

Connect with Emma and Katie!

Emma-Jane Nutbrown - https://www.linkedin.com/in/enutbrown/

Katie Blake - https://www.linkedin.com/in/katie-blake-3b0b3725/

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Emma and Katie

Introducing Olly Nicholls.....

In this episode we’re joined by Emma's good pal, and industry guru, Olly Nicholls. Olly started his career with 10 years at Thomson holidays - now TUI. He then became Global Distribution Director at City Sightseeing for 8 years, then most recently joined the UKs leading ticket specialist, Attraction World, as Chief Commercial Exec. 

Connect with Olly on LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/oliver-nicholls/?originalSubdomain=uk 

The audio clip we played at the start of the episode - https://twitter.com/jackremmington/status/1327944675668488193?s=21

[We apologise for a short sound disruption in this episode - the joys of Zoom and wifi bandwidth! Any broadband providers out there keen to sponsor us ;) ?]

Find out more and get in touch, we'd love to hear your feedback

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Email - hello@insidetravetrade.co.uk 

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Emma-Jane Nutbrown - https://www.linkedin.com/in/enutbrown/

Katie Blake - https://www.linkedin.com/in/katie-blake-3b0b3725/

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Emma and Katie

Welcome to the first episode of the new podcast - Inside Travel Trade - a brand new travel podcast brought to you by Emma-Jane Nutbrown, founder of That’s The Ticket, and so called Queen Katie Blake, Client Services Director at Kallaway. 

So why does the world need another podcast? Some of our listeners may remember in those difficult and dark early days of the pandemic, a shining light that happened every Thursday where a wonderful human, in the tourism sector, Alex Peppis, brought us all together once a week to share our experiences, brainstorm challenges together, share knowledge, keep everyone up to date, and most importantly keep spirits high. And we missed it when it stopped!

We had been mulling over for a few months, what could possibly fill that void, and we thought, let’s try a podcast. So the spirit behind it is very much around bringing together innovative people, doing interesting things or simply have an interesting experience or story to tell, and we can then share it with you, our travel trade audience, but it’s not just for that sector, it could be retail, the arts and culture, anyone that’s trying to drive people to go to places. So here we are, to have a natter with some interesting people.

First up..... Alex Peppis from Tiqets.

Since it’s founding in 2014, Tiqets has been on a mission to make culture more accessible by helping people discover, and enjoy, museums, attractions across the globe, from iconic experiences to hidden gems, millions of people have used Tiqets as their way to explore a city’s culture, and today we are joined by, Alex Peppis, who is the Regional Manager for UK & Ireland and been working in the tourism industry for over 16 years, joining from well known websites such as Lastminute.com, TravelZoo, Smart Destinations and now steering the ship for Tickets here in the UK.

We asked Alex to join us on our first episode to talk about the trends in the markets Tiqets operate in, how destinations can harness experience gifting this Christmas and trends for 2021.

[NB: This episode was recorded before lockdown 2.0]


Connect with us!
Emma-Jane Nutbrown - https://www.linkedin.com/in/enutbrown/ 
Katie Blake - https://www.linkedin.com/in/katie-blake-3b0b3725/

We love innovation in the travel industry and jumped at the chance to spend time with Vinay, founder of Keetoo, a B2C app to help visitors get the most out of a day out, using an in-app currency called Credits. 

The app was launched in 2019 just before the pandemic, and like most businesses, Keetoo had to innovate and adapt to survive and not, thrive!

Tune in and find out:

- Lessons learnt from growing a travel startup during COVID

- Why tech is so important to ensuring a sustainable future for the travel industry

- How is the travel-tech industry faring in attracting investment to fuel growth?

- Vinay's top tips for travel-tech startups

To find out more about the tax credits Vinay mentions, click on the link below:

www.govgrant.co.uk/rd-tax-credits

Want an introduction to Vinay? Drop Katie or Emma a line hello@insidetraveltrade.co.uk

Learn more about the Lets Do London campaign: https://www.londonandpartners.com/about-us/london-recovery

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Emma-Jane Nutbrown - https://www.linkedin.com/in/enutbrown/

Katie Blake - https://www.linkedin.com/in/katie-blake-3b0b3725/

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Emma and Katie

Our final Freedom Week special and another spotlight on London's tourism recovery. Tracy Halliwell MBE Director of Tourism, Conventions & Major Events for London joined us for a chat about how the Lets Do London campaign is progressing, what London needs next to kickstart its recovery and which markets will be bouncing back first.

Key outtakes:

- Now has never been a better time for Londoners and domestic visitors to re-discover and enjoy the Capital

- Footfall at weekends at some stations are back to pre-covid levels

- Business events tourism will come back strong in 2022

- America is poised to start bouncing back as soon as restrictions ease and we are already seeing positive movement in Europe from France and Germany

We look forward to catching up with Tracy again soon to learn more about their Autumn campaign, and how our listeners can get involved!

Connect with Tracy: https://www.linkedin.com/in/tracy-halliwell-mbe-42169510/

Learn more about the Lets Do London campaign: https://www.londonandpartners.com/about-us/london-recovery

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Visit - www.InsideTravelTrade.co.uk

Email - hello@insidetraveltrade.co.uk

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Emma-Jane Nutbrown - https://www.linkedin.com/in/enutbrown/

Katie Blake - https://www.linkedin.com/in/katie-blake-3b0b3725/

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Emma and Katie

Another Freedom Week special, Joss Croft, CEO of UKinbound provided the shocking get very real fact that the UK economy is losing £78m a week while the inbound tourism sector remains closed. 

Joss updates us on their latest campaign to secure sector specific support and gave examples of where France and Scotland are leading the way in this regard.

They key outtake from our conversation was the need for Government to provide a date for when inbound restrictions will ease, and the need to isolate on arrival is removed, citing hope that this major step forward could be just around the corner.

An informative update from UKinbound, full of practical advice and insights - worth every minute!

Connect with Joss: https://www.linkedin.com/in/joss-croft-杨博路-3a22187/

Become a member of UKinbound: https://www.ukinbound.org/membership/

UKinbound the only trade association that represents the interests of the UK’s inbound tourism sector and ensure it is recognised as a leading economic and employment driver in the UK. Their mission is to help their 300 members all across the country to manage successful, profitable businesses that are part of a vibrant and sustainable industry. UKinbound has been a vocal, influential and supportive voice of the inbound tourism sector during the pandemic.

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Emma-Jane Nutbrown - https://www.linkedin.com/in/enutbrown/

Katie Blake - https://www.linkedin.com/in/katie-blake-3b0b3725/

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Emma and Katie

In Freedom Week we caught up with Adam Reeves from the London Tourism Cooperative on how the industry led campaign is helping to get London's tourism economy back on its feet, trends on the horizon and why having hope is important now, more than ever.

The London Tourism Cooperative (LTC) was formed in 2020 by Jonathan Mountford and his colleagues at MADE marketing agency, in response to the global pandemic and the devastating impact it’s had on London’s tourism industry. LTC is a not-for-profit marketing consortium made up of over 120 members ranging from national museums to major hotel chains and West End theatres and restaurants. 

LTC is run by volunteers [including Katie and Emma] and is supported by all the major tourism industry bodies including VisitBritain, London and Partners, UKinbound, ETOA, VisitEngland, BETA, Coach Tourism Association and ALVA 

Enjoy!

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Connect with Adam: https://www.linkedin.com/in/adam-reeves-7b0b9455/?originalSubdomain=uk

Learn more about the London Tourism Cooperative: https://www.tourismcooperative.org

Find out more and get in touch, we'd love to hear your feedback:

Visit - www.InsideTravelTrade.co.uk

Email - hello@insidetraveltrade.co.uk

Connect with Emma and Katie!

Emma-Jane Nutbrown - https://www.linkedin.com/in/enutbrown/

Katie Blake - https://www.linkedin.com/in/katie-blake-3b0b3725/

Thanks!

Emma and Katie

In the post-pandemic world, will consumers return to products or seek new experiences? How will the traditional school trip look, and what can visitor attractions be doing to help drive these bookings?

Who better to ask that Ana Araque [Co-founder www.imaginexperiences.com] and Tom Sanderson [Founder, https://theschooltrip.co.uk] experts in the why we are seeking moments that matter over material goods, and the importance of school trips in the tourism economy and children's education.

Disclaimer: This episode was delayed being published [you will hear mention of Christmas 🤣] and was recorded when schools were closed, however the advice and insight is still very relevant to our listeners. 

Connect with Ana - https://www.linkedin.com/in/ana-karina-araque-147970b/?originalSubdomain=uk 

Connect with Tom - https://www.linkedin.com/in/tom-sanderson/

Find out more and get in touch, we'd love to hear your feedback:

Visit - www.InsideTravelTrade.co.uk

Email - hello@insidetraveltrade.co.uk

Connect with Emma and Katie!

Emma-Jane Nutbrown - https://www.linkedin.com/in/enutbrown/

Katie Blake - https://www.linkedin.com/in/katie-blake-3b0b3725/

Thanks!

Emma and Katie