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On this episode of “View From AFAR,” Stacy Ritter, President and CEO of Visit Lauderdale talks about Greater Fort Lauderdale’s impressive diversity and welcoming mindset.

Read articles from this print issue of Afar Magazine.

On this episode of View From Afar, host Billie Cohen talks with Louisiana Office of Tourism assistant secretary Doug Bourgeois about why the Pelican State—from Cajun country to the Mississippi Delta—is one of America’s great culinary and cultural destinations.

On this episode of View From Afar, host Billie Cohen talks with Visit Detroit president and CEO Claude Molinari about why Detroit—the birthplace of Motown, the American automobile, and deep-dish pizza—is done apologizing and ready for its close-up.

On this episode of “View From AFAR,” Elliott Ferguson, president and CEO of Destination DC, discusses separating politics from place and D.C.'s record breaking tourism year.

Read articles and excerpts from the Summer 2023 print issue of Afar Magazine.

On this episode of View From Afar, host Billie Cohen talks with Explore Minnesota executive director Lauren Bennett McGinty about what it really means to be Minnesota Nice—and why the world needs it right now.

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

Read articles from this print issue of Afar Magazine.

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 episode of “View From AFAR,” Carolann Ouellette, President of the Maine Office of Tourism, on how the outdoors is essential to the state’s economy and its communities.

Celebrating innovators in the travel industry

On this episode of View From Afar, host Billie Cohen talks with Brightline Holdings CEO Nicolas Petrovich about why private passenger rail is finally having its moment—and what it will take to get America moving.