Hosted by Dolores Semeraro · 🇺🇸 US · EN-US · 89 episodes
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Dolores Semeraro hosts Truth Behind Travel Podcast. Truth Behind Travel Podcast is a comprehensive series of bespoke interviews with tourism industry leaders to support the travel and tourism industry as they build a more innovative and resilient future of travel. The show has a distinct focus on the future of travel and highlights industry insiders’ knowledge, as well as hidden gems of travel wisdom from all around the world. Bringing 20 years of travel and hospitality experience to the show, host Dolores Semeraro fuels a much-needed conversation on tourism, sustainability and resilience and how we can encourage the travel industry players to become better operators.
Dolores Semeraro hosts Truth Behind Travel Podcast, a society show with 89 episodes published.
In this episode, Truth Behind Travel podcast host Dolores Semeraro reflects on the realities of Deep Travel and the mindset behind it with One Planet Journey Co-founder Richard Lindberg. Richard is a serial entrepreneur
Dolores Semeraro interviews Jake Haupert - CEO & Co-Founder of the Transformational Travel Council. In this episode, Dolores' interview takes a step further into more dynamics concerning the global operators, less relate
Podcast host Dolores Semeraro sits down with TripWorks CEO Aaron Fessler to deep dive in what happens at the intersection between Tourism & Travel Experiences and Technology: As discussed in the podcast: How does the ‘ex
Dolores Semeraro interviews Alessandra LoTufo Alonso, founder of Women in Travel CIC and an award-winning thought leader in tourism and travel, a trailblazer on inclusivity and diversity and an expert in gender empowerme
Dolores Semeraro moderates the virtual gathering of speakers from Season 4 of Truth Behind Travel Podcast in "Women Leading The Way: the Global Travel & Tourism Roundtable" in collaboration with the Institute of Tourism
In today’s episode, as we all brace for what will be a busy year in travel and tourism, I took a little ‘fun’ time to observe the travel trends we will be witnessing in 2026. Some were new, some others not so much, but i
Welcome back to Truth Behind Travel Podcast ! Dolores Semeraro interviews the person leading the conference programme across the the World Travel Market Portfolio, in London and Dubai Brooke Gilbertson. On today’s conver
Flash episode: Dolores Semeraro interviews eco tourism expert on the field Sonja Gottlebe following the political unrest in Madagascar this week - mid October 2025. Sonja joins Truth Behind Travel Podcast for the second
Dolores Semeraro interviews Carmen Roberts , BBC travel journalist, international speaker and travel expert on the evolution of travel media and the impact of user-generated content on tourism. Through the lenses of Carm
Dolores Semeraro interviews Iris Serbanescu - the founder of wmnsWORK - her journey from risk management to tourism, highlighting her 12-year career in marketing and partnerships. How she founded wmnsWORK , an award-winn
Dolores Semeraro interviews Sonja Gottlebe Sustainable Tourism Advocate | Eco-Lodge Pioneer of Madagascar. sonja is a champion of Sustainable Tourism in Madagascar, with over three decades of pioneering work in the touri
Dolores Semeraro interviews Tina O'Dwyer - Founder & Chief Facilitator at The Tourism Space® on Regenerative Tourism: where does a destination start the journey? About Tina O'Dwyer She is the Founder and CEO of the Touri
Dolores Semeraro interviews Anne De Jong - sustainable tourism consultant and co-founder of the Good Tourism Institute on how effectively change the tourism marketing narrative to enhance the message within sustainable p
Dolores Semeraro interviews Sarah Payne , Director of Impact at Untours Fundation - on her journey from an MBA in economic development to her current role, emphasizing the importance of impact with social, environmental
Dolores Semeraro interviews Vanessa Karel, founder of the award-winning women-led travel guides Greether . Vanessa Karel, a second-time founder, shared her journey from being stranded in Morocco during the pandemic to cr
Dolores Semeraro interviews founder of UniqueStays Catarina Varão on true experiential hospitality ultimately leads to social growth. Portugal-based Catarina is passionate traveler by profession, hotel curator by vocatio
Dolores Semeraro intervierws the founders of Women Travel Leaders Jennine Cohen and Catherine Gallagher how community over competition comes from abundance mindset, heart-centered leadership is the key to community and t
Dolores Semeraro interviews Global Tourism Expert and Thought Leader Aradhana Khowala on where do we really stand today in gender representation and opportunities, how to build the mindset of a change maker and where is
Dolores Semeraro interviews tourism expert and internationally acclaimed keynote speaker and thought leader Anna Pollock on her journey in travel and tourism, the evolution of tourism from a network to an industry, and t
Dolores Semeraro interviews Lola Akinmade Åkerström , international bestselling author, keynote speaker, and award-winning travel photographer for National Geographic, BBC, CNN, The Guardian, Travel + Leisure and more. L
Jake Haupert
Chief Executive Officer · Transformational Travel Council
1 appearance on this show
Sarah Payne
Associate Director of Customer Enablement · UnTours Fundation
1 appearance on this show
Vanessa Karel
Photography Project Manager at Cisco to Founder & CEO of Greether · Greether
1 appearance on this show
Lola Akinmade Åkerström
Speaker, Photographer, Travel Storyteller, Author
1 appearance on this show
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