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View From Afar S2, E2: IPW 2026 | Setting the Stage for IPW: Geoff Freeman on the State of U.S. Travel in 2026

On this episode of View From Afar, host Michelle Baran talks with U.S. Travel Association president and CEO, Geoff Freeman, about what it will take to welcome the world back to America.

May 20, 2026 06:47 PM

When the aristocratic Althanns family decided to go all out in the building of a new chateau near the Austrian border, they meant business—and wound up creating one of Central European Baroque’s most exceptional structures. Designed by noted Viennese architect Johan Bernard Fischer of Erlach, the dramatic cliff-top chateau is defined by its Hall of Ancestors. This homage to the family’s predecessors stands out as much for its ellipsoid shape as it does for the frescoed ceiling of its crowning dome.

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Live From ILTM: Virtuoso CEO Matthew Upchurch on Humanizing the Exceptional in an Age of AI

On this episode of View From Afar: Live From ILTM, Virtuoso CEO Matthew Upchurch reveals why “automate the predictable, humanize the exceptional” is the mantra shaping the future of luxury travel.

December 11, 2025 12:54 PM

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S3, E13: What You Need to Know About Summer 2024 Travel

On this week’s episode of Unpacked by AFAR, we explore how to prepare for summer travel.

April 9, 2024 11:05 PM

Kenya's annual wildebeest migration is one of earth's greatest spectacles and a flagship reason to visit the <a href="https://www.afar.com/places/masai-mara-narok">Masai Mara National Reserve</a> between July and September. During the largest migration of mammals in the world, over a million wildebeest make the journey from Tanzania's Serengeti to Kenya in search of greener grasslands. Along the way they come up against perilously steep river banks, hungry crocodiles, angry hippos, and salivating lions, and if lucky, gallop through to a feast of lush grass.

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S1, E24: Has East Africa’s Great Migration Become Too Popular?

On this episode of “View From AFAR,” safari industry veterans Nicky Fitzgerald and Joss Kent discuss how social media, overcrowding, and poor regulation are threatening East Africa’s iconic wildlife migration.

September 4, 2025 07:37 PM

M. Sanjayan, host of the PBS show "Changing Planet" and CEO of Conservation International, sits on a rock in the Australian outback.

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S2, E11: How the Host of a Must-Watch Nature Show Deals With Climate Change

In this week’s episode of Unpacked by AFAR, conservationist M.Sanjayan shares the secrets behind season two of his ground-breaking PBS show, Changing Planet.

April 19, 2023 04:38 PM

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S3, E9: Why You Have to See the April Solar Eclipse, According to an Airstream-Loving Astronomy Expert

In this week’s episode of Unpacked by AFAR, Scott Roberts—founder of Explore Scientific—shares his tips on viewing the April eclipse, how eclipse travel can change your life, and the enduring power of an Airstream.

March 12, 2024 02:57 PM

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