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TravelAge West’s podcast, “Humans of Travel,” features conversations with exceptional people who have compelling stories to tell.
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Live From Future Leaders in Travel: Business Wisdom From Sales Experts Joe Leon, Marc-Antoine Kamel and Mickey McBride (opens the original)
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In this live episode of Humans of Travel, host Chelsee Lowe talks smart business growth with Joe Leon, vice president of sales, the Americas for Silversea; Marc-Antoine Kamel, national director, Canada, for Norwegian Cruise Line; and Mickey McBride, vice president of sales for Avoya Travel. The trio attended Future Leaders in Travel in Mexico’s Riviera Maya last month to share their career paths and impart business wisdom to both travel advisors and fellow suppliers in the audience. The panel di
Marcus Williams of Impressive Travels On Group Travel, Being Consistent and Overpacking in the Name of Fashion (opens the original)
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Marcus Williams is the owner of Houston-based travel agency Impressive Travels . After spending years in the medical world, Williams was inspired to pivot to the travel industry after his own destination wedding in Jamaica — seeing the joy his family and friends experienced abroad made him want to build similar vacations for others, and to educate people on the feasibility of travel. In this episode of Humans of Travel, Williams talks about group trips — including a recent Crop Over experience h
Humans in the Hot Seat: TravelAge West Trendsetter Hope Reynolds (Best Targeted Marketing Idea) (opens the original)
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Humans in the Hot Seat, a spinoff of Humans of Travel, is running a 10-part mini-series on the 2026 TravelAge West Trendsetter Awards, which recognize some of the most forward-thinking and impactful travel advisors in the U.S. The Trendsetter Awards celebrate outstanding advisors across five unique categories: Best Targeted Marketing Idea Best Group Booking Effort Upward Bound: Rockstar Advisor Under 40 Saving the Day Best Use of Social Media This episode features Hope Reynolds of Timeless Trave
Abbey Meyer on Pivoting From Education and Building Altitude Travel (opens the original)
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Abbey Meyer, travel advisor and CEO of Altitude Travel , spent seven years teaching high school world geography before pivoting to the travel industry. She now runs an agency with a storefront in St. Louis and a team of 22 advisors, and helping them reach their individual business goals has become one of her primary professional objectives. In this episode, Meyer shares how her travels as a younger person — including a stint as a 6th grade student in Jamaica — influenced her career choices. List
Captain Heidi Norling on Her Path to National Geographic-Lindblad Expeditions (opens the original)
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On this episode of Humans of Travel, Captain Heidi Norling shares how a childhood spent sailing with her father in the Stockholm archipelago sparked a lifelong fascination with navigation and the sea. A graduate of Sweden’s Kalmar Maritime Academy, Norling learned by doing, studying nautical English, celestial navigation, radar communications, safety procedures and more while on ships all around the world. She joined National Geographic-Lindblad Expeditions in 2019 as a captain — the first-ever
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