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On this episode of View From Afar, host Billie Cohen talks with Discover Puerto Rico CEO Jorge Perez about how a 31-night Bad Bunny residency became the catalyst for the island’s best tourism numbers in history—and what comes next.

On this episode of View From Afar, Michelle Baran talks with Visit Seattle president and CEO Tammy Canavan about how America’s most Northwest city rebuilt its tourism identity—one light rail stop, art festival, and pike place crab cake at a time.

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.

On this Unpacked: Five Questions episode, Ryan Knighton reflects on traveling Peru as a blind writer: the Amazon’s orchestral nights, high canopy rope bridges, tactile Incan counting systems, and how group travel rewired his sense of place.

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.

On this Unpacked, Five Questions, writer Harrison Hill tours all five NYC boroughs to visit the city’s oldest family businesses—and discovers what “New Yorkness” really means.

On this episode of “View From AFAR,” Walt Leger, President and CEO of New Orleans & Company talks about the city’s vibe and where to go beyond the French Quarter.

On this episode of “View From AFAR,” Bill Hornbuckle, Chair of the U.S. Travel Association’s Board of Directors and President and CEO at MGM Resorts International, emphasizes the importance of government support for the travel industry

On this episode of “View From AFAR,” hospitality CEO Maud Bailly redefines what it means to lead with empathy, style, and sustainability.

On this episode of “View From Afar,” Barbara Muckermann—the new CEO of Kempinski Hotels—shares how the historic hospitality brand is poised for a reinvention.

On this week’s episode of Unpacked, Afar founders share the spontaneous travel stories that sparked 15 years of impact.

On this episode of View From Afar, host Michelle Baran talks with Visit Phoenix president and CEO Ron Price about why America’s fifth-largest city—with its Sonoran Desert, 22 indigenous nations, and a speakeasy on a fake Pan Am flight—is still one of travel’s best-kept secrets.

On this episode of View From Afar, host Michelle Baran talks with Discover South Carolina executive director Duane Parrish about why the Palmetto State—from Hilton Head to the Blue Ridge foothills—is one of America’s most underrated travel destinations.

On this episode of View From Afar, host Billie Cohen talks with Visit Florida Keys and Key West CEO Kara Franker about why Key West—home of Fantasy Fest, the Conch Republic, and one of America’s most welcoming communities—refuses to be anything but itself.