Nov 21, 2021Traveling in Japan…Again — Japan’s Most Convenient Mountain EscapeIt’s not often you get invited to visit a place so close, that feels like a proper trip to rejuvenate your inner wanderlust. Yamanashi, just a 2-hour drive outside of Tokyo, provided such an experience. As we circled around the backside of Mt. Fuji after escaping the seemingly endless urban…Travel5 min read
Jul 25, 2021Traveling Through the Wormhole — Japan to US and back againThe journey was only 12 hours long, but by the time we arrived in Chicago from Tokyo in May 2021, I swear we had bent time and space and traveled to a different dimension. It’s not often you can arrive at an international check-in counter and be the only soul…Travel6 min read
Dec 23, 2020How I Survived 2020 Working in and out of Travel — Looking Back & Looking AheadThis time last year, I was at the top of my game. Perhaps, for the first time in my career, I was content and confident about my position heading into a new year. I was literally floating on air! (see below) Oh, how the world has changed in 12 months! As the (new) Director of a global travel marketing…Travel6 min read
Nov 30, 20202020 — Where Did Travel Go?It started as just a comical phrase I threw around with other folks working in the travel industry, then became a podcast, and now….I really don’t know where it went, just like Nate Robinson in the ring this weekend. Where did travel go??? With the harsh reality of December ushering…Travel3 min read
Sep 7, 2020Travel Again — Like a ChildWe need to get back to basics and embrace travel as children do. It was supposed to be a simple 2-stop ride on the monorail back home this weekend. I forgot what it meant to “travel” until I saw this picture of my sone when I got home. What’s going…Travel2 min read
Aug 19, 2020Technology Won’t Save the Travel Industry — People & Creativity WillHow people working in the tech and creative sector can help travel recover. Everyone knows that the hospitality sector is only as good as its people on the frontlines. The same can be said for technology and creativity, as it’s the unseen people behind the scenes that really make the…Technology4 min read
Aug 19, 2020Twinsity Makes Virtual DestinationsCreating digital twins of landmarks and destinations with photogrammetry Featured Person: Fabien Chalas, Co-founder/CEO, Twinsity Imagine your destination captured with photographs, but instead of displaying the images all over Instagram (still nice), those images become a three-dimensional “digital twin” of the location, which people can immerse themselves in right from their computer…Photogrammetry3 min read
Aug 18, 2020Urality Building Smarter CommunitiesThe need to engage locally has never been greater and now you can! Featured Person: Justin Copenhaver, Founder, Urality Where once, people like Justin were dreaming of connecting communities through the vast amount of technology available now, I found myself thinking of him as soon as the COVID lockdowns started. Dreamers become…Technology4 min read
Aug 18, 2020Immersive Tourist ExperiencesSafe, memorable, helpful, and practical sustainable tourism solutions — AR360 Featured Person: Michael McGlade — CEO, Yellow Design Adam Grimley first wrote about the incredible work being done at Yellow Design studio and it was no surprise to me the first time I spoke with the company’s CEO, Michael McGlade, they were…Travel3 min read
Aug 18, 2020The Gamification of a DestinationHow did New Zealand turn its country into a video game? (See bottom of page) Featured People: Andrew Torrisi — Senior Creative, TBWA Sydney Q: How was this concept conceived and what where the motivating factors to create this campaign? “We knew during lockdown that the online gaming audience was growing rapidly…Travel3 min read
