Travel Chapters with Tripadvisor

This express episode brings you the sharpest moments from Scott Wegener's conversation with Michael Klim: Olympic swimming legend, Clean Swim founder, and someone who has built an entirely new relationship with movement, travel and purpose. In this condensed cut, Michael unpacks the rise of sweat jetting and how families are now building entire holidays around training, why Bali has become som...

“If someone invites you on the trip, you have to go.” From Olympic glory and global travel to chronic illness and a completely new relationship with his body, Michael Klim has lived through extraordinary highs and deeply challenging transitions. He joins host Scott Wegener to revisit the glory of Sydney 2000, growing up between countries, raising a family in Bali and rebuilding his sense of purpos...

This express episode brings you the sharpest moments from Scott Wegener's conversation with Michael Klim: Olympic swimming legend, global traveller, and someone who has navigated extraordinary change both in and out of the water. In this condensed cut, Michael reflects on growing up between countries, what travel has meant across the different chapters of his life, and the one piece of advice...

Technology, data and digital marketing have transformed hospitality. But at its core, the industry is still about people. In this episode of Travel Chapters , Gretchen Moore, Vice President of Marketing & Loyalty for Hilton Asia Pacific, shares how Hilton balances data-driven strategy with the human moments that make a trip memorable for life. She joins Scott Wegener to discuss the future of l...

This express episode brings you the sharpest moments from Scott Wegener's conversation with Gretchen Moore, VP of Marketing and Loyalty for Hilton Asia Pacific—recorded live during Formula 1 Grand Prix week in Melbourne. In this condensed cut, Gretchen shares how Hilton turns major events into unforgettable stay experiences, what it means to market across one of the world's most complex re...

This express episode brings you the sharpest moments from Scott Wegener's conversation with Graham "Skroo" Turner, founder of Flight Centre Travel Group and one of the most enduring figures in global travel. In this condensed cut, Skroo reflects on what it actually takes to lead through crisis, why human judgment still matters in an AI-shaped world, and what he'd do differently i...

In this episode of Travel Chapters, host Scott Wegener sits down with Flight Centre Travel Group founder Graham “Skroo” Turner to reflect on more than five decades in the travel industry. From launching backpacker bus tours across Europe in the 1970s to building one of the world’s largest travel companies, Turner shares the unlikely journey that shaped Flight Centre’s rise. The conversation explor...

The Northern Territory is vast, remote and unlike anywhere else. But how do Etravellers discover experiences beyond the headline attractions? In this episode, Scott Wegener speaks with Suzana Bishop of Tourism NT about guiding visitors toward meaningful, lesser-known experiences while protecting the places and communities that make the Territory special. Suzana shares how Indigenous leadership, lo...

In this episode of Travel Chapters with Tripadvisor, we chat to writer and storyteller Ash Jurberg, who has visited 110 countries and built a career on capturing the human side of travel. Ash shares how he finds “the story within the story” on his adventures, capturing sensory details and spontaneous encounters to remind us that the best travel writing is rooted in empathy and authenticity. He exp...

How do you reposition a nation from a stopover to a destination that travellers genuinely connect with? In this episode, our host Scott Wegener , Head of Asia Pacific at Tripadvisor, sits down with Kenneth Lim , CMO at Singapore Tourism Board . Kenneth leads the charge in shaping Singapore’s destination narrative, deepening customer insights and investing in marketing innovation to keep Singapore...

What drives our love for travel—and how are those motivations changing in real time? Hosted by Scott Wegener from Tripadvisor, Travel Chapters is a podcast that explores the decisions, data, and human stories shaping the future of travel. Each episode features conversations with leaders and innovators across tourism and hospitality, unpacking evolving traveler behavior, emerging trends, and the st...