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Chris Zeiher from Lonely Planet joined Ross and Russ to talk about the best destinations to travel to in 2025. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Nightlife crosses to Lonely Planet's Chris Zeiher, who is in the thick of the approximately one hundred thousand additional visitors in the city of Malmö, Sweden for Eurovison.
Over 180 million Americans hit the beach each year to spend time in the sand and surf, but what makes people love the beach so much? Also, what are the most popular beaches in the United States? And where can you find the best beaches in the world? Special guest Chris Zeiher from Lonely Planet joins the show to discuss the publisher's newest book, "Best Beaches: 100 of the World's Most Incredible Beaches" ____________________________________ S02 Ep47 ____________________________________ Connect with me on social media: Instagram: @fullmetaltraveler Twitter: @fullmetaltravlr Facebook: @fullmetaltraveler Email: Jeremy@fullmetaltraveler.com Website: www.fullmetaltraveler.com Spotify: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/unscaled
Bill Bensley is world renowned for his unique, inspiring and award-winning hotel designs and eye-catching architecture, bringing to life more than 200 resorts, hotels and palaces in over 30 countries. He is also a concerned conservationist and passionate philanthropist, and a pioneer in helping communities, and preserving conservation and wildlife. He tells Kirstie why he's so passionate about philanthropy and his next big project, bensley.com Also, Lonely Planet has released its new Best in Travel 2024, an annual guide to the top destinations to visit next year. Chris Zeiher from Lonely Planet tells Belle why Mongolia is the place to be in 2024. We also talk about new cycling and train routes, best sustainable destinations and great value travel; expect to hear about destinations as far afield as Spain and Palau, and Australia's own Kangaroo Island, lonelyplanet.com/best-in-travel GIVEAWAY! We also have two copies of the beautiful Best in Travel 2024 coffee-table book to give away – just drop us a line at hello@theworldawaits.au or leave a message via our contact page, https://theworldawaits.au/home-2/contact/ And if you'd also like to do a walking food tour of Footscray, which Belle did recently with Intrepid Travel and the Australian Society of Travel Writers – or a morning in Delhi or a tour of New York's brownstone buildings, amongst other experiences – check out Intrepid Travel's awesome Urban Adventures, urbanadventures.com We also chat about the best (and worst) places to travel as a solo female traveller, from Malaysia to South Africa, you can see the results here (though we disagree with some of them!) moneytransfers.com/news/2023/09/13/the-best-countries-for-solo-female-travellers And the world's top sunset locations according to research commissioned by left luggage specialist Bounce, is right here in our own back yard, in Uluru. Find out where the other top spots around the world are for a setting sun, usebounce.com/blog/sunset-skies --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/theworldawaits/message
A lot of people in Auckland probably wish they were in London, Paris or New York right now, but according to one international travel guide, it's those who live in these other places who really ought to be in Auckland. Lonely Planet has just named our biggest city as the world's best to visit in 2022. The accolade was announced on Thursday. The guidebook has also produced a fulsome tribute to the Queen City written by an anonymous Aucklander. Lonely Planet sales and marketing director Chris Zeiher spoke to Susie Ferguson from downtown Melbourne.
A lot of people in Auckland probably wish they were in London, Paris or New York right now, but according to one international travel guide, it's those who live in these other places who really ought to be in Auckland. Lonely Planet has just named our biggest city as the world's best to visit in 2022. The accolade was announced on Thursday. The guidebook has also produced a fulsome tribute to the Queen City written by an anonymous Aucklander. Lonely Planet sales and marketing director Chris Zeiher spoke to Susie Ferguson from downtown Melbourne.
The government has announced half price airfares to 13 regional centres across the country from 1 April, but will this be enough to save the domestic travel industry once JobKeeper is turned off? “Targeting regional centres such as Cairns, Kangaroo Island, Alice Springs and Launceston is a great incentive to get people travelling again, but this is a short-term fix for a long-term problem,” says Lonely Planet’s Travel Expert, Chris Zeiher. The post Will half price airfares work? appeared first on Mitchell's Front Page.
Trace & Chris talk about the founding of the legendary Lonely Planet & their new pivot into the digital world. Trace talks with Chris about the travel industry taking such a huge hit throughout covid, the classic book itself and its humble beginnings to almost 50 years on and going strong! The Lonely Planet is the classic, reliable trust worthy travel buddy that we have all grown up with.
The much-loved Lonely Planet brand once represented a trusty book to help us navigate our holiday destination. As the internet took over, the company has been challenged to defy a slow death, forcing it to pivot multiple times with new owners and is now taking on its biggest battle of all, with much of travel grinding to a halt.Chris Zeiher is the Lonely Planet's Asia-Pacific spokesperson who has worked with the company for 15 years. He has been with the organisation since its first pivot when Lonely Planet founder Tony Wheeler sold most of the business to the BBC.Quotes From Episode"The interesting thing for us is that the general public have put much more of an emphasis or belief back in printed products.""It's those kind of ventures that we want to surface and showcase to people and say, there are these crazy, creative, excellent individuals out there giving a really fresh take on the way that they delivered their product. And it makes a real reason to visit."-Chris ZeiherDon't miss:- Slow travel and mind-shifting experiences- How to impress the Lonely Planet to get a writing gig- Going digital with a publishing brand- Book sales are increasing during the pandemic- Chris's best assignment with Lonely PlanetConnect with Chris ZeiherInstagram: @the_cjzeiherTwitter: @chriszeiherBooks mentioned:Gourmet Trails Australia & New ZealandThe Perfect ShotBradley Cooper as a travel host Connect with Upon Arrival:Email: uponarrivalpodcast@gmail.com
Throughout September in the McDonalds Coffee Break - JB had a vast array of special guests speaking on a whole range of different topics. Some of these included: * Rodney Paine, an Australian who was in New York City on the morning of September 11 and witnessed the attack on the World Trade Centre buildings. * Nate Anema with some handy hints on why you should do a social media audit * Chris Zeiher about the travel industry in Australia for the remainder of 2020. * Georgia Bamber on how to kick bad habits. * Tony Eades on the world first Australian "Donation Dollar" and what to do if its lands in your wallet or purse soon. They were just of the McDonalds Coffee Break discussions during September. Catch up on them here and keep listening to the McDonalds Coffee Break, weekday mornings at 7:40am for more only on 92.9.
Miss JB For Breakfast This Morning? Toni and JB discussed how the enviroment you drink your coffee in, can affect the taste. JB also discussed domestic travel and how the job cuts at Virgin Australia will affect us all with Chris Zeiher from Lonely Planet. All that and more in this edition of the JB For Breakfast Catch Up.
In this episode we visit South Africa, home of the Cape Town, Table Mountain and Nelson Mandela. Julia shares her very memorable trip, including a bicycle ride through the famous township of Soweto and a wildflower safari! Ben hasn’t been but is primed to go and has lots of questions. They're joined by Mosilo Sofonia of South African Tourism to talk about travelling this amazing country from the Big 5 experience to exploring the cities. Abigail Mbalo-Mokoena foodie and founder of 4Roomed eKasi Culture talks about the cultural influences on South African cuisine and what a traveller must try when there. And after all that adventure and food, it’s time to tour the Cape winelands with Chris Zeiher from Lonely Planet who shares the varieties you can enjoy and where you can find them here. We love to hear from you, so please drop us an email with 'Tastebud Traveller' in the subject line.And for more travel and food inspiration, follow us on Instagram! See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
This week, on Bookmark, Uma speaks to Chris Zeiher from Lonely Planet about our global obsession with coffee.
This week, on Bookmark, Uma speaks to Chris Zeiher from Lonely Planet about our global obsession with coffee.
There’d hardly be a bookshelf in the country that doesn’t have at least one a Lonely Planet guidebook on it somewhere. Today, James, Sarah and Nic are joined by Lonely Planet’s director of sales and marketing, Chris Zeiher, who explains how a company with a printed product made the transition to a digital world. On My Desk Sarah’s recommendations: https://www.merriam-webster.com/words-by-first-known-date and https://twitter.com/MerriamWebster Chris recommended: http://iknowthepilot.com.au James suggested: https://www.airtasker.com Nic spruiked his net Meet the Media event: http://www.mediastable.com.au/about-us/meet-the-media/ Show Notes will be available at www.lushdigital.com/blog. Brand Newsroom is the podcast for anyone who has a say in how companies are communicating — covering marketing, content marketing, public relations, media, branding and advertising.
What is the role of the physical travel guide in the modern digital world. Are they still relevant? How do they come up with those hot places to visit lists? Do people still pay attention in this age of crowdsourcing? To find out more, Uma speaks to Lonely Planet brand spokesperson Chris Zeiher.
What is the role of the physical travel guide in the modern digital world. Are they still relevant? How do they come up with those hot places to visit lists? Do people still pay attention in this age of crowdsourcing? To find out more, Uma speaks to Lonely Planet brand spokesperson Chris Zeiher.