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Business Class features conversations shaping the future of destinations, workforce development, regenerative tourism, leadership, and visitor economies. Presented by Learn Tourism | learntourism.org
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English
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239 episodes
since June 1, 2021
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Some visitors arrive in Greenland asking where the train station is. (There are no roads between towns.) Linda Kleist, the new CEO of Visit Greenland, treats moments like that as feedback. In this conversation, she explains why Greenland measures success by community support and not just visitor nu…
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Two years ago, wildfire evacuation orders emptied Big Bear Lake of 6,000 residents with nowhere to go. What Travis Scott and his team did next — coordinating free emergency housing through Airbnb.org — became the model the City of Los Angeles used during last year's wildfires.In this episode, …
Tourism Deserves a Seat at the Table
What does it take for a destination organization to become one of the most trusted voices in its community?
In this episode of Business Class, Stephen Ekstrom sits down with Jill Delaney, President & CEO of Discover Albany, for a conversation about leadershi…
Tourism, Sustainability & Colombia’s Diversity with Maria Lacouture (AmCham Colombia)
Maria Lacouture, director of AmCham Colombia, explains how the nonprofit strengthens business ties between Colombia and the U.S., including tourism, through work with more than 970 American and Colombian compa…
What does it really mean to create impact at scale—without losing the human connection?
In this episode, Catherine Linskey, Director of Community Impact at Hilton, shares how one of the world’s largest hospitality brands is working toward an ambitious goal: impacting 20 million people while creatin…
Shauna Stewart has returned to lead Experience Olympia & Beyond for the third time — and she'll tell you it's the people who keep pulling her back. In this wide-ranging conversation, Shauna opens up about blending her work as a destination CEO with her practice as an intimacy and rela…
When Mitch Whitten stepped into the role of President & CEO of Visit Fort Worth, he inherited more than a title—he took on the responsibility of guiding one of America's fastest-growing tourism destinations through a transformational moment.
In this episode of Learn Tourism's Business…
What does it take to transform a destination from a beautiful place to visit into a place people truly connect with?
In this episode of Business Class, Learn Tourism's Stephen Ekstrom sits down with Rodrigo Esponda, Managing Director of the Los Cabos Tourism Board, to explore how one of North …
What kind of legacy are we creating through our work in tourism?
In this reflective and thought-provoking conversation, Tourism Cares CEO Greg Takehara shares lessons from more than two decades of advancing responsible tourism and building meaningful connections across the industry. From destinatio…
In this episode of Business Class, Stephen Ekstrom from Learn Tourism sits down with Wendy Haase-Roberts, President & CEO of Travel Santa Ana, to discuss the unique challenge of creating a destination organization from virtually nothing more than a name and a vision.
Wendy shares how Travel San…
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