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Welcome to Aqua Talks, the podcast where marketing meets bold, game-changing ideas. From state and federal government campaigns to industries spanning the private sector, we delve into the art and science of cutting through the noise, capturing attention, and building…
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Ep 56 - The Niche Between Casual and Fine Dining (opens the original)
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Aqua Talks heads on-location to Blu Halo, where managing partner Andy Donato walks host Larry Aldrich through the restaurant's second location — nestled between St. Pete and Tampa, right off Ulmerton near the Howard Frankland Bridge. Ten years after the original opened in Tallahassee, this spot just passed its one-year anniversary, and Andy makes the case for a place that lives in the niche between casual and fine dining: an everyday lunch or dinner, a craft-cocktail conversation at the round ba
Ep 55 - Beach. Culture. (opens the original)
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Returning guest Oliver Kugler of Visit St. Pete Clearwater delivers an energetic rundown of a destination firing on all cylinders. Record bed tax collections are rolling in — January and February 2026 are in the books and March looks like the best ever — powered by short-term rentals and hotels coming back online after the fall 2024 storms (though he notes some south-county properties are still recovering). The event calendar is a headliner: Red Bull Cliff Diving arrives at the St. Pete Pier in
Ep 54 - From SEO to AEO (opens the original)
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Returning guest Sean Doherty, executive director of the Punta Gorda/Englewood Beach Visitor & Convention Bureau, marks 21 years with the organization and reports the destination has finally turned the corner on recovery from the late-2024 hurricanes. The conversation centers on two timely themes. First, how AI is reshaping DMO web strategy: as AI overviews increasingly answer travelers' questions before they ever click, Sean argues it's more critical than ever that a DMO's site be accurate and f
Ep 53 - It's All Connection (opens the original)
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Recorded live at VETS 26 in New Orleans, this episode features Tiphanie Forst, Founder & CEO of Frigata Health Strategies and a Principal at Deep Water Point. With 24 years across clinical, pharmaceutical, and healthcare IT — the past 20 focused on Military Health System modernization for the DoD and VA — Tiphanie has built a career on growth strategy, business development, and capture, helping drive multi-hundred-million- to multi-billion-dollar wins. At Frigata, she provides business developme
Ep 52 - The Case for Meaningful Travel (opens the original)
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Kylie Diaz, VP of Community Engagement at Visit St. Pete Clearwater, brings a refreshingly mission-driven perspective to this Destination Florida conversation. She oversees the DMO's capital funding program, its chambers, and a partner base of roughly 4,000 — and she makes a compelling case for how tourism quietly powers a community. Pinellas County collects north of $90 million in bed tax annually (paid by visitors, not residents), and Kylie is the person who helps reinvest it: about $26 millio
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