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Walkabout Elevations is a bilingual podcast hosted by Paul Allen Benavides and Ami Ho, featuring leaders, entrepreneurs, investors, academics, creators, and professionals from Vietnam, Asia, and beyond. The show explores ideas, stories, and experiences that elevate how we think about business, leadership, culture, communication, and personal growth. Conversations move beyond polished success stories to examine failure, difficult decisions, changing perspectives, relationships, opportunity, and the lessons people carry forward from the experiences that shape their lives and work.
Hosts:
Update frequency:
every 6 days
Average audio length:
43 minutes
Guest interviews
English
United States
27 episodes
since March 26, 2026
episodic
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What happens when you achieve financial success at a young age, lose everything, rebuild your life through military service, and eventually discover that success means something entirely different?In this episode of **Walkabout Elevations**, I sit down with Daniel James, a former British Army offic…
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Few people have watched the evolution of hospitality in Vietnam from the vantage point John Gardner has.
With more than four decades in the industry, John's career has taken him from New Zealand and Australia across the Asia-Pacific, including senior hotel leadership roles with Accor and IHG. In 20…
Vietnam's tourism industry is growing rapidly. But is visitor growth really the best measure of success?At HORECFEX Vietnam 2026 in Da Nang, I sat down with Miquel Angel, founder of MQL Sustainable Tourism Services, for a candid conversation about what Vietnam is getting right (and what still needs…
What does luxury hospitality really mean in 2026?In this episode of Walkabout Elevations, recorded at HORECFEX Vietnam 2026 in Da Nang, I sit down with Neha Pandey, Vice President of Branding at PN Consulting in Singapore, to explore how branding, artificial intelligence, personalization, and guest…
At the Vietnam Financial Forum 2026, I sat down with Shimna Chandan, Managing Director and Head of Private Assets at Vantage Point Asset Management in Singapore, to discuss why international investors are increasingly looking at Vietnam, and why Da Nang may have a particularly interesting role in w…
Vietnam is creating wealth at remarkable speed. But creating wealth and preserving it across generations are two very different challenges.At the Vietnam Financial Forum 2026, I sat down with Lu Zhou, CEO of Vanquour Wealth Management in New York, for a conversation that moved from Vietnam's financ…
Can Vietnam build an international financial center capable of competing in one of the most competitive regions in the global economy?
At the Vietnam Financial Forum, I sat down with Jochen Biedermann, Managing Director of the World Alliance of International Financial Centers and a member of the ad…
Why do so many successful people still feel like they're not enough?In this episode of Walkabout Elevations, I sit down with entrepreneur and leadership coach Joel Rickard to explore imposter syndrome, entrepreneurship, men's mental health, childhood programming, comparison, self-worth, and the psy…
Can Vietnam produce world-class whisky?
According to the World Whisky Awards, the answer is yes.
At Vietnam Financial Forum 2026, I sat down with Mikey Brenker, co-founder of Ve De Di Spirits, Vietnam's first single malt whisky producer and Southeast Asia's first craft whisky distillery.
In this co…
Vietnam continues to attract investors, entrepreneurs, manufacturers, and innovators from around the world. But what is driving that growth, and what challenges still remain?
At Vietnam Financial Forum 2026, I sat down with market analyst and senior customer consultant Ho Le Khanh Uyen (Ami Benavid…
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