Now Boarding By Melting Pot

What happens when a community comes together and grows living together while maintaining sustainability at the same time? This is what we explore in this episode.  Our host Payal Nayar is in conversation with Anushaw Askari, from One Earth Retreat.  What started as a private farm house for family and friends, is now a growing community, with One Earth Retreat.  An eco homestay locat...

The pandemic resulted in a paradigm shift wherein we started focusing more on wellness.  The next episode of NowBoarding features Sonal Uberoi, the founder of Spa Balance Consulting - a boutique consultancy for the wellness industry that focuses not only on the customer front, but for employees as well.  Spa Balance Consulting works with various hotels and helps them explore and create t...

Our next Now Boarding guest is Sagar Singh from Anavrin, a community, co-living space based out of India.  We journey with Sagar and learn more about what it means to be in an experiential space.  Anavrin is an artist-in-residence community initiative that aims to showcase Indian artists by providing a sustainable, open and healthy environment for such artists to reside together and form...

Our guest today is Mary Anne Denison Pender, the founder of MAhout UK.  In this episode, Mary Anne talks about her passion and love for India, and how she brought it all together, while focusing on sustainability at the same time.   MAhout UK offers unique hotel experiences in India to have a facing in the UK, where these hotels partner with MAhout, all set to have their team help them o...

Our guest today is Ally Dragozet, a Marine biologist. Ally grew up watching the negative impact of travel on the Marine life. That is when Ally decided to change the status quo and make Sea Going Green her passion project. Episodes available onApple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/now-boarding-by-melting-pot/id1612784427Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/259LqSXiImXBe7cTsMbbmEG...

What does it mean to run an Australian based online portal when it comes to finding the perfect holiday accommodation? Hear from Amanda Walker, the founder of Aussie Holiday Stays, an australian based booking platform where she sheds light on the initiative, and the challenges it brings on the table. Amanda is passionate about promoting sustainable tourism, indigenous cultural experiences and valu...

A family coming together to build their home grown cafe in the hills, and bringing with them their own culture and story. This is what today's episode is all about where we are in conversation with Suraj Dikonda, the person who brewed up the idea of Avva's Cafe. Hear what it is like to build something with your family, where everyone wears different hats, and yet do it all together, as a family. A...

Our guest on this episode is Kiran Samra founder Lokafy in 2013 after working for over 10 years in professional services.  Kiran's perspective is shaped by her experiences of living in India, France and Canada.  Lokafy connects travellers with locals who love their city and are eager to share their knowledge and perspective with travellers. Since 2017, that startup has organized tours in...

What if travel also allowed you to learn more through fun and educational day trips? Share The Wonder makes that possible, and makes travel more about learning and connecting. In today's episode we are in conversation with Ameer Virani, the founder of Share The Wonder. 'I am a strong advocate for equity throughout the tourism supply chain and industry which is why I helped to launch Share The Wond...

Our guest today is a serial traveler and an eternal optimist, being a social entrepreneur has been Rita Marques wildest adventure.  Rita has lived in 3 different countries and traveled through 40+ countries across 4 different continents. Interestingly through her own love for travel, ImpacTrip was born. ImpacTrip is a social business that promotes responsible travel in Portugal, Spain, Croati...

Now Boarding by Melting Pot is a travel podcast hosted by Payal Nayar. This show aims at creating awareness about ecotourism, sustainable tourism and responsible travel. We will cover stories and journeys of people who are ecotourism specialists and leaders in their field also people  who have had unique travel experiences, remarkable conceptual places to stay, unexplored cultures and ancient...