Brand USA Talks Travel

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This podcast elevates the conversation concerning international travel to the United States by speaking with leaders in the travel industry. Subscribe to hear key answers to timely questions every week. Brand USA is the nation’s destination marketing organization. We work closely with more than 900 partner organizations to invite the world to explore the exceptional, diverse, and virtually limitless travel experiences and destinations available in the United States of America.

Episode Date
Tourism Cares and Meaningful Travel with Greg Takehara
Apr 16, 2024
Special Skift Podcast on IMEX Frankfurt 2024
Apr 11, 2024
IPW 2024 Preview with Aimee Misako Gabel and Michael Martin
Apr 09, 2024
2024 Destinations International Convention Preview with Don Welsh
Apr 02, 2024
Claire Irvin on Women’s Leadership in Travel Journalism
Mar 28, 2024
Collaboration and Self-Advocacy with Stephanie Young
Mar 26, 2024
Characteristics That Propel Personal Excellence with Sarah Lehman
Mar 19, 2024
Expectations & Standards for Women in Leadership Roles with Ellen Davis
Mar 12, 2024
Celebrating International Women’s History Month with Katie Briscoe
Mar 06, 2024
Learn About a LinkedIn Travel Group with 6,500+ Members
Feb 28, 2024
How To Excel At Public Relations with Julie Coker
Feb 21, 2024
How Discovering Music Can Drive Tourism
Feb 14, 2024
Brand USA 2024 Missions, MegaFams and Roadshows
Feb 07, 2024
A Snapshot of Tourism Economics 2024 with Adam Sacks
Jan 31, 2024
Immigration, Visas & Tourism with Allen Orr
Jan 24, 2024
Hotels in 2024 with Chip Rogers
Jan 17, 2024
Fostering Authentic DEI in the Travel Industry with Martinique Lewis
Jan 10, 2024
The Economic Impact of Outdoor Recreation in the USA
Dec 13, 2023
What Are DMOs Outside the USA Doing Now & Planning for the Future?
Dec 06, 2023
The Role of the USA in International Accessibility Travel with Alvaro Silberstein
Nov 29, 2023
Leveraging AI in Travel Marketing Today
Nov 21, 2023
How Destinations Can Maximize Relationships with Native American Tribes
Nov 15, 2023
A Cool Activation For Your Next Consumer Event with “Song Confessional”
Nov 09, 2023
Three Decades of SXSW with Hugh Forrest
Nov 07, 2023
Live From Travel Week: How Tourism Exchange USA Grows Sales
Nov 02, 2023
Live From Travel Week: Roger Bennett Reignites A Passion For All Things USA
Oct 30, 2023
Live From Travel Week: Travel’s Sustainable Future
Oct 27, 2023
Live From Travel Week: The Impact of International Sports Tourism to the USA
Oct 25, 2023
Live From Travel Week: Transformations in Luxury Travel
Oct 23, 2023
Growing Travel Accessibility with John Sage
Oct 17, 2023
Reflections on a Career in Travel with Julie Heizer
Oct 10, 2023
Behind the Scenes at The Points Guy with Scott Mayerowitz
Oct 03, 2023
The New AI for Travel: "GuideGeek" with Ross Borden
Sep 26, 2023
Google's Free Tools for Travel Businesses with Rachita Awasthi
Sep 19, 2023
IGLTA Celebrates 40th Anniversary Convention with John Tanzella
Sep 12, 2023
ESTO’s Keynote on Artificial Intelligence with Chris Collins
Sep 07, 2023
Update on The Path To Purchase with Expedia’s Krista Bentley
Sep 06, 2023
Deciphering Data, AI. & Websites with Gray Lawry
Sep 05, 2023
Innovation & Disruption Strategist Shawn Kanungo Wants To Improve Your Future
Aug 31, 2023
GoUSA TV Storytelling Winners from ESTO
Aug 30, 2023
Dave Lorenz, State Tourism Director Of The Year
Aug 29, 2023
Visit The USA on TikTok with Danielle Johnson & Staci Mellman
Aug 28, 2023
Aligning Tourism With Your Destination’s Values with Brad Dean
Aug 25, 2023
Market Research and Thin Mints with Amir Eylon
Aug 24, 2023
Evolution in Travel Media with AFAR's Bryan Kinkade
Aug 23, 2023
Keeping the U.S. Competitive with Ellen Davis
Aug 22, 2023
Launching A New DMO with Wendy Hasse
Aug 15, 2023
Update on Brand USA Social with Coralis Rivera-Aponte
Aug 08, 2023
Community Shared Values with D.I.’s Jack Johnson
Aug 01, 2023
The "Accessibility Gap" in Hospitality with Jake Steinman
Jul 31, 2023
International Tourism’s Impact On New York City with Fred Dixon
Jul 28, 2023
Practical Solutions for Sustainability in Tourism with Paul Nursey
Jul 27, 2023
Cowboy Hats and Convention Centers with Craig Davis
Jul 26, 2023
The Travel With Care Initiative in Idaho with Jeremy Chase
Jul 25, 2023
The Happiest DMO On Earth with YT
Jul 24, 2023
Meet Boston with Martha Sheridan
Jul 21, 2023
Meet Marsha Walden, President/CEO, Destination Canada
Jul 20, 2023
Introducing “Tourism Exchange USA” with Nate Huff
Jul 11, 2023
How Various Countries Celebrate American Holidays with Sheema Vohra, Josy Ando, and Nicola Aherns
Jul 03, 2023
How Destinations Can Work with “Leave No Trace” with Andrew Leary
Jun 27, 2023
The Travel Ecosystem & Hiring Great Employees with Delta’s Tim Mapes
Jun 20, 2023
Lift and Leadership in Savannah, Georgia with Joe Marinelli
Jun 13, 2023
Live From IPW: British Journalist Matt Charlton On U.S. Destination Stories
Jun 06, 2023
Live From IPW: Behind the Scenes at Recreation.gov with Rick DeLappe
Jun 05, 2023
News About Visa Wait Times and New Technology with Dan Mickelson
Jun 02, 2023
Update On International Travel Recovery from Staci Mellman and Jackie Ennis
Jun 01, 2023
Live From IPW: Growing International Visitation to the USA's National Forests with Toby Bloom
May 31, 2023
Live From IPW: Macharia Davis Details the Electronic System for Travel Authorization (ESTA)
May 30, 2023
Live From IPW: Brand USA Talks Travel Celebrates 100 Episodes with President/CEO Chris Thompson
May 26, 2023
Live From IPW: Building a Tourism Master Plan with Visit SLO CAL’s CEO, Chuck Davison
May 25, 2023
Live From IPW: America's Protected Lands and Natural Refuges with Cortney Solum and Peter DeWitt
May 24, 2023
Live From IPW: Growing International Travel Through Innovation, Planning, and Change with Geoff Freeman
May 22, 2023
Get Details On Destinations International's Annual Convention in Dallas with Don Welsh
May 16, 2023
The Importance of a Trip Planning Tool For Tourists
May 10, 2023
Cutting Edge Education, Networking & Fun Coming to ESTO 2023 in Savannah
May 02, 2023
Behind the Often Weird and Always Surprising Wonders Explored by Atlas Obscura’s Dylan Thuras and Doug Baldinger
Apr 25, 2023
Resources for Brand USA’s Destination Marketing Partners with Cat Reith
Apr 18, 2023
Determining the Monetary Value of Video Minutes Watched with Odyssey’s Ryan Thompson
Apr 11, 2023
USA Travel Insights with Geordie Greig, Editor-In-Chief of The Independent
Apr 04, 2023
Hostels in the USA with Russ Hedge
Mar 28, 2023
Industry and Government Working Together in Travel, with Aaron Wodin-Schwartz
Mar 21, 2023
State Legislators and Funding Travel Initiatives with Walter Leger III
Mar 14, 2023
Celebrating International Women's Day with Staci Mellman
Mar 07, 2023
IPW 2023 in San Antonio, Texas: What To Expect with Malcolm Smith
Mar 01, 2023
Behind the Scenes of Family Travel Programming with Steve Harris
Feb 22, 2023
Tripadvisor Talks 2023 with Steven Paganelli
Feb 15, 2023
Creating The U.S. Civil Rights Trail with Lee Sentell
Feb 08, 2023
Exploring the 2023 Car Rental Vertical with Don Moore
Feb 01, 2023
Everything You’ve Wanted to Know About Brand USA MegaFams
Dec 21, 2022
The Italian Perspective on Visiting the U.S. with Gaia Guarino
Dec 14, 2022
Communicating the Value of International Tourism to Political & Community Leaders with Al Hutchinson
Dec 07, 2022
British TV Host & Travel Writer Richard Arnold Offers the U.K. Perspective on Travel to the USA
Nov 30, 2022
Making Music City Resonate By Owing a Unique Selling Proposition with Butch Spyridon
Nov 23, 2022
Update on the Hotel Sector with Chip Rogers of AHLA
Nov 16, 2022
Inside the Mind of the Irish Traveler with Journalist Nicola Brady
Nov 09, 2022
Lessons from Capital Region USA’s First Global Travel Exchange
Nov 01, 2022
British Journalist Uwern Jong Talks About the Importance of Celebrating Diversity and Inclusion in International Travel
Oct 25, 2022
Bubba O'Keefe Explains How a Small DMO Attracts Large Numbers of International Tourists
Oct 18, 2022
Best Practices with Destinations International’s Don Welsh
Oct 11, 2022
Live From Travel Week: International Marketing Beyond the Gateway with John Percy
Oct 04, 2022
Live From Travel Week: Chief Marketing Officer Tom Garzilli with Travel Week Highlights
Oct 03, 2022
Live From Travel Week: Through the Eyes of Travel Journalist Jacqui Agate
Sep 30, 2022
Live From Travel Week: Jennifer Andre of Expedia
Sep 29, 2022
Tori Barnes On The Future Of Travel Mobility
Sep 16, 2022
How State DMOs Best Work With Cities & Counties
Sep 13, 2022
The National Effort to Improve DEI, More Inclusive Content Creation, and Helping Small Black Businesses Grow with Stephanie Jones
Sep 06, 2022
Culinary Tourism with Lauren Bailey
Aug 30, 2022
Live From ESTO: South Dakota's Digital Passports with Mike Gussiaas
Aug 22, 2022
Live From ESTO: Louisiana's River Parishes with Jay Robichaux
Aug 19, 2022
New Research on Multi-Cultural Marketing with Carroll Rheem
Aug 18, 2022
Live From ESTO: Traveling With a Spectrum Disorder, DMO Websites & Creating Owned Content with Stuart Butler
Aug 17, 2022
Live From ESTO: The Route 66 Centennial Celebration Is Being Planned Across Eight States! We Hit the Famous Route 66 with Cory Jobe
Aug 16, 2022
Live From ESTO: Marketing in a Fake News Environment with Dave Lorenz
Aug 15, 2022
Live From ESTO: Creating Great Content with Gwynne Spann
Aug 12, 2022
Live From ESTO: The Latest Traveler Insights from Amir Eylon
Aug 11, 2022
Live From ESTO: Understanding Wellbeing Tourism with Danielle Posa
Aug 10, 2022
Live from ESTO: Episode One with the U.S. Travel Association’s New President/CEO, Geoff Freeman
Aug 09, 2022
Building the Future of the Travel Industry Through Outreach and Education
Aug 02, 2022
Creating Compelling Travel Movies, TV Shows, and Video Content with Shaun MacGillivray
Jul 26, 2022
How DMOs Can Build Fruitful, Long-Lasting Relationships With Journalists
Jul 19, 2022
How DMOs can Use Consumer Podcasts to Uniquely Tell Your Destination's Story
Jul 12, 2022
Live From IPW, How to Grow the Relationship with Potential Australian Tourists to the U.S. with Jo Palmer
Jul 06, 2022
Live From IPW, How Travelers from Brazil Feel About Traveling to the U.S. with Denis Ribeiro
Jul 05, 2022
Live From IPW, Regional Travel Recovery in Western U.S. States with Mathias Jung
Jun 30, 2022
Live From IPW, We Explore What Recovery Looks Like from a UK Perspective with Ava Mehta from Hills Balfour
Jun 29, 2022
Live From IPW, Sports Tourism with Craig Trost of Travel Wisconsin
Jun 28, 2022
Live From IPW, Janelle Smith on How DMOs Can Work With Recreation.gov to Offer the Best Possible Experience in Our National Parks
Jun 27, 2022
Live From IPW, Greatly Improving Your Approach to Video Storytelling with Ashley Davidson of Citizen
Jun 24, 2022
Live From IPW, Scott Balyo, Executive Director of Capital Region USA, Addresses the Role of Regional DMOs
Jun 23, 2022
Live From IPW, Lourdes Berho on How U.S. DMOs Can Attract Greater Numbers of Travelers from Mexico
Jun 22, 2022
Live From IPW, How DMOs Can Work With Native American Tribes to Increase Visitation, with Sherry Rupert
Jun 21, 2022
Live From IPW, Powerful Experiences for International Visitors on the Civil Rights Trail with Alabama’s Grey Brennan
Jun 17, 2022
Live From IPW, Donny Leadbetter on How DMOs Can Best Work With and Increase Visitation To the USA’s National Parks
Jun 16, 2022
Live From IPW, Sheema Vohra Updates Us on Travel From India to the USA
Jun 15, 2022
Live From IPW, Kentucky’s Mike Mangeot Talks Bourbon, Horses, and the World’s Longest Cave System.
Jun 14, 2022
Live From IPW, Aron Davidson Describes How the U.S. Government Helps Destinations Internationally
Jun 13, 2022
Live From IPW, Danielle Hollander on the Magic of Hosting IPW in Orlando
Jun 10, 2022
Live From IPW, Andrés Munoz on the Future of Tourism for San Antonio, Host of Next Year's IPW
Jun 09, 2022
We’re Live from IPW in Orlando, Florida! First Up - We Get Personal with Roger Dow
Jun 08, 2022
The Huge Difference Between Travel Destination Commercials and Creating Storytelling for Television, Plus How DMOs Can Enter The Brand USA Storytelling Awards Coming Up at ESTO
May 31, 2022
Find Out the Latest About IGLTA – The International LGBTQ+ Travel Association
May 24, 2022
Mystery Solved: How Airlines Make Route Decisions From International Cities to the USA. Plus, Dealing With Disruptive Change, and the Outlook for Recovery
May 17, 2022
What Are Potential International Travelers Thinking At This Juncture in Recovery? We Explore the Answers to the Big Questions In This Episode
May 10, 2022
What’s the Sentiment in Germany Regarding Visiting America at This Point in Recovery?
May 03, 2022
Catch Details About Brand USA Travel Week U.K. & Europe 2022 - Frankfurt, Germany
Apr 26, 2022
Tips On How to Improve Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Efforts at a Destination Marketing Organization
Apr 19, 2022
What’s The Role That Tour Operators & Travel Agents Play As International Travel Restarts?
Apr 12, 2022
What’s The Special Sauce That Makes Travel South So Successful?
Apr 05, 2022
How Can U.S. DMOs Encourage European Travelers? Get Tips From Amanda HillsBalfour
Mar 29, 2022
How do the Oscars, Super Bowl, and Other Major Events Affect Tourism in Los Angeles?
Mar 22, 2022
What Does Emergency Funding for Brand USA Mean for the Travel Industry?
Mar 14, 2022
Career Advice for Women in the Travel Industry
Mar 08, 2022
The Fun Facts About Oregon Tourism with Todd Davison, CEO of Travel Oregon
Mar 02, 2022
“MICE” from an International Perspective with Elliott Ferguson, CEO of Destination DC
Feb 23, 2022
The Latest on IPW 2022 from U.S. Travel’s Malcolm Smith
Feb 16, 2022
Alice Norsworthy on Effective Marketing
Feb 09, 2022
Nick Hentschel on International Tourism Trends
Feb 02, 2022
A Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Approach to Content Strategy with Skylar Clark, Senior Manager Partner Engagement & Planning, Brand USA
Jan 26, 2022
Kristen Esposito, Principal at Esposito Global Partners, on Brand Marketing and Strategy for the Retail, Shopping and Tourism Industry
Jan 19, 2022
Part Two with Tom Garzilli, Chief Marketing Officer - The Importance of Connecting Buyers & Sellers Virtually On Brand USA’s Global Marketplace
Jan 12, 2022
Tom Garzilli, Chief Marketing Officer, Brand USA, on Storytelling About Destinations
Jan 05, 2022
Susan Zachar, Sr. Director Integrated Marketing, Brand USA talks about Travel Influencers
Dec 22, 2021
Dylan Thuras, Co-Founder & Creative Director at Atlas Obscura, Tells Their Origin Story
Dec 15, 2021
Dylan Thuras, Co-Founder & Creative Director at Atlas Obscura, on the new TV series “Small Town, Big Story."
Dec 08, 2021
Kyle Edmiston, CEO Lake Charles/S.W. Louisiana CVB about Brand USA’s proposition for DMOs
Dec 01, 2021
Update on International Travel with Jackie Ennis
Nov 24, 2021
Remembering Arne Sorenson
Nov 16, 2021
The USA Opens for Tourism
Nov 08, 2021