Eddy Alexander

Tourism Heads and Their Tales

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Tourism Heads and their Tales is a podcast featuring interviews and conversation with today’s tourism leaders and influencers, and explores how they are shaping the future of travel and tourism. Hosted by Bob Gilbert who, for over three decades, has focused on the ever changing dynamics of travel and tourism. Bob Gilbert is the general manager for the tourism and destination marketing practice at the award-winning strategic marketing agency, Eddy Alexander. He has had the privilege of working with iconic brands including Disney, Choice Hotels, National Parks Service, Kennedy Space Center, and...

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Tourism Heads and their Tales - Esra Calvert 19.07.2022 26:29

Esra in a couple of words, humanizes data. Her background includes Zartico, Virginia Tourism Corporation and Virginia Tech. Hear Esra's insight on trends that the pandemic accelerated, dispelling the fear of data, transformational technology, what's important for DMO's to measure, community based marketing, the Big Quit and changes in workforce behaviors, accessible affordable data, and so much m...

Tourism Heads and Their Tales - Nan Marchand Beauvois 12.07.2022 28:40

Nan Marchand Beauvois is a very well-known leader in travel and tourism circles. As a senior vice president at the US Travel Association for over 11 years, she always has her finger on the tourism pulse. Listen as we explore Educational Seminar for Tourism Organizations, commonly known as ESTO, US Travel Association's National Councils, advocacy, Capitol Hill, and Roger Dow. Join us on Tourism Hea...

Tourism Heads and Their Tales - Wendy Kheel 11.07.2022 22:32

Wendy Kheel is universally regarded as a research analyst guru in travel and tourism. Her experiences include LA Tourism, Universal Studios Hollywood, and Disney. Today she works with Tourism Economics market intelligence platform Symphony. We discuss Wendy's personal points of view on what data DMOs should be looking for post-pandemic, and what's trending in the research space such as cookies, KP...

Tourism Heads and Their Tales - John Percy 11.07.2022 25:05

John Percy is a well known leadership figure in the DMO world. He has been with Niagara Falls USA for 23 years. We talk with John about crisis management, agility during and post Covid, industry resilience, motor coach market trends, Destinations International, communications with key stakeholders, leadership, community shared values and much more. Join us on Tourism Heads and their Tales….