Eye on Travel with Peter Greenberg

James Schillinglaw, Editor-at-Large at The Travel Market Report shares stories with Peter Greenberg of repelling down Table Mountain, the importance of sun tan lotion, his Botswana river safari, the largest elephant reserve in Africa and discusses the magic of Cape Town.

This week, the Travel Today with Peter Greenberg comes from the One&Only in Cape Town, South Africa, the site for the Virtuoso Global Symposium. Joining Peter Greenberg will be Matthew Upchurch, Chairman and CEO of Virtuoso.  For a true South African travel experience, Andy Cluver, CEO of Civair Helicopters and Airplanes talks with Peter Greenberg about some of their wild adventures in the ski...

This week, Travel Today with Peter Greenberg comes from a surprising and interesting location: French Lick, Indiana. Never heard of it? Well, if you're an NBA fan, it might be on your radar as the home town of Larry Bird. For those of you who haven't heard of it, one reason to go is the legendary 161 year-old French Lick Resort and the West Baden Springs Hotel, which is where the Radio Show is bro...

This week, Travel Today with Peter Greenberg comes from the 25th annual World Travel & Tourism Council (WTTC) Global Summit in Dallas, Texas. This is the travel industry’s equivalent of the G-20. There are heads of state, foreign ministers, U.S. cabinet secretaries and CEOs from airlines, hotels, and cruise lines all in one room. On the show this week: James Hogan—CEO of Etihad Airways, Sean D...

This week, Travel Today with Peter Greenberg comes from The Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum in Springfield, Illinois. What an appropriate place to broadcast from in the midst of a presidential election year. There are so many lessons to learn just by going through the museum and library. Joining me in the state capital will be Mayor James Langfelder, as well as Dr. James Cornelius,...

Attention Parrot Heads! This week Travel Today with Peter Greenberg comes from Hollywood, Florida at the Margaritaville Hollywood Beach Resort. Joining us is Mike Boyd, who talks about the need for transparency from airlines regarding the value and use of frequent flyer miles. Roger Dow, President and CEO of the U.S. Travel Association, weighs in on the Zika virus as well as the continuing battle...

This week, the Travel Today with Peter Greenberg comes from Fort Lauderdale and the site of the huge Seatrade Cruise Global Conference, the annual gathering of the cruise line industry.  Arnold Donald, President of Carnival Cruise Line, joins me to discuss the challenges of running the world's largest cruise line in the wake of global travel fears. He'll also talk about planning for the future and...

This week on Travel Today with Peter Greenberg comes from the American Queen river boat on the Mississippi River, en route from Memphis to New Orleans. Joining Peter on this real paddle wheeling steamboat will be Scott McCartney, Travel Editor of The Wall Street Journal, with a report on airlines adding extra seats to their planes. Jerry Hay, the American Queen‘s Riverlorian, explains how historia...

This week, Travel Today with Peter Greenberg comes from the Hawks Cay Resort in Duck Key, Florida. If you know the Keys, it’s right off mile marker 61, but this is the only resort in the U.S. mainland to offer free public viewing of trained dolphins (with a great interactive children’s program). This week, Florida Keys historian Brad Bertelli drops by to give us the best snorkeling sites in the Ke...

This week, Travel Today with Peter Greenberg comes from California’s offshore gem, Catalina Island, at The Inn on Mt Ada, the former Wrigley Mansion. The Mansion—and the island—were formerly owned by the chewing gum magnate and are now protected by the Catalina Island Conservancy. The mansion has been lovingly restored and maintained as a six-bedroom B&B with some of the best views. I’ve been...

This week Travel Today with Peter Greenberg is coming from the iconic St. Regis Washington, D.C. Joining Peter Greenberg will be Roger Dow, CEO of the US Travel Association, with a report on presidential primary campaigns and how they provide a mini economic boom for the states where certain primaries are held. He also provides an update on the Zika virus and how that is impacting worldwide travel...

This week, Travel Today with Peter Greenberg comes from Montreal, Canada. Joining Peter Greenberg will be Charlie Leocha, Chairman & Co-Founder of Travelers United, talks about their fight against hotels that don’t disclose their resort fees and what the federal trade commission and state law enforcement officials are doing to stop the practice. Jennifer Campbell, social columnist for the Mont...

This week Travel Today with Peter Greenberg comes from the legendary Queen Mary, in Long Beach, California, Commodore Everette Hoard shares great stories of the ship and its celebrated passengers. Keeley Smith, Executive Editor of the Long Beach Post, discusses how Long Beach was often seen as a blue collar town, and how that reputation is changing. Sue Ann Robinson, The Long Beach Museum of Art D...

This week, Travel Today with Peter Greenberg is coming from the new JW Marriott Minneapolis Mall of America, located at the massive Mall of America in Bloomington, Minnesota. And we've got a stellar guest lineup, ranging from Andrew Zimmern from the Travel Channel, who's called Minneapolis his home for the last 25 years -- and he explains why. We'll hear about the cool places to go in Minneapolis...

This week, Travel Today with Peter Greenberg comes from the Fairmont Grand Del Mar in California. Joining Peter Greenberg will be Bruce Wallin, Editorial Director of Robb Report, with the magazine’s top destination picks for 2016, and some emerging destination surprises like Sri Lanka and Montenegro. William Bradley, Executive Chef of Addison at Fairmont Grand Del Mar, talks about true farm-to-tab...

This week's episode of Travel Today with Peter Greenberg  from the third largest city in California and a destination worth putting on your radar: San Jose, California. Joining Peter Greenberg will be Tim Ritchie, President of the Tech Museum, one of the great innovation centers in the city and a great environment for education and scientific exploration for both children and adults. Mayor Sam Lic...

This week's Travel Today returns to one of our favorite destinations for what has become an annual radio ritual: Wales. We’re broadcasting from the castle in Cardiff (one of more than 600 in Wales) and we’ll talk about the new U.S./Cuba agreement to establish scheduled air service between the two countries and provide an update on Paris after the November 13 attacks. Henry Harteveldt, Industry Ana...

This week’s Travel Today with Peter Greenberg comes from the Phocuswright Conference 2015 in Hollywood, Florida. The Phocuswright Conference has built a travel symposium consisting of over 1500 attendees from all over the globe. Attendees can be described as today’s travel, tourism, and hospitality industry’s most influential leaders, visionary thinkers, and innovators around the world. Not to be...

This week’s Travel Today comes from the Epicurean Hotel in Tampa Bay, Florida. Situated along Florida’s Gulf Coast, Tampa Bay is a city surrounded by bodies of water, and there are more than 100 tributaries that flow into Tampa Bay. Partially thanks to the port and international airport, Tampa Bay has a rich culture, history, and a diverse population. Joining us to speak about the ethnic diversity...

This week's Travel Today with Peter Greenberg comes from one of the cooler hotels on the planet—Quirk Hotel in Richmond, Virginia. Originally a dry goods store, the Quirk Hotel is not only a great restoration project but also an amazing art gallery. Joining Peter will be Chris Semtner, Curator at the Edgar Allan Poe Museum, will fill us in on the connection of Edgar Allan Poe and his ties to Richm...

The Edgewater is an historic hotel originally opened its doors in 1948. Once a destination for Hollywood celebrities and dignitaries, this Madison staple went through a major renovation that was completed in September 2014. As a highlight, they have created an outdoor space to make the hotel and its lakefront views more open to the public. Chef Joe Heppe, the new Executive Chef of the Statehouse a...

This week, the Peter Greenberg Worldwide Radio Show broadcasts from The Chatwal hotel in New York, a landmark building that was once the famous Lambs Club (and is now housing Geoffrey Zakarian’s Lambs Club restaurant). It’s got a wealth of history on 44th street on the west side of Manhattan and is right in the center of the Theater District. Joining Peter will be historian Elizabeth Bradley, who...

This week on the Peter Greenberg Worldwide Radio Show, we broadcast from the Moon Palace Golf & Spa Resort in Cancun, Mexico, perhaps the largest hotel in Latin America. We’ll be joined by Arnie Weissmann, Editor-in-Chief ofTravel Weekly, who discusses the changing definitions of volunteer vacations, and how over half of the traveling community gives back while on a leisure trip—as well as how...

This week's Travel Today with Peter Greenberg comes from the Dolphin Bay Resort & Spa in San Luis Obispo County, California—the heart of the state’s Central Coast. It’s also home to Savor the Central Coast—a great four-day gathering of chefs, farmers, restaurants, wineries—not surprising, considering the Central Coast is a huge wine producing region, right behind Napa and Sonoma. Some great ch...

This week on Travel Today with Peter Greenberg we travel to Venice, Italy to broadcast from the Silversea Cruises ship the Silver Spirit. Joining us will be ship historian Peter Knego who weighs in on some of the great ships of the past, including the Normandie, and talks about the benefits of small ship cruising. We’re also joined by Silver Spirit captain Alessandro Zanello and Executive Chef Ann...