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Area/TopicWorldwide, Transformational Travel, SustainabilityMary StangeOwnerPonte TravelsMy passion for world travel was first sparked through a study abroad semester in Limerick, Ireland when I was 19. Since then, I have traveled to numerous countries — many of those with my two kids by my side. A career serving in the U.S. Navy inspired me to seek an advanced degree in International Relations from American University with a focus in Development. My work since then has further instilled my characteristic global mindset and dedication to encourage others to experience the world first-hand and support local economies. After separating from the Navy in 2015, my family began a new life chapter traveling the world, allowing them the opportunity to live overseas in countries such as Armenia, Colombia, and Cyprus.I believe in the transformative nature of travel; that experiencing the world with respect and humility develops our tolerance, empathy, and most of all understanding of the world and ourselves. I also believe in sustainable tourism; and that in order to be true global citizens, we must take care of the world around us including local communities, wildlife, and the environment. I am passionate about creating unforgettable trips for the constantly curious and allowing space for exploration and wonder.https://www.pontetravels.com/SummaryMary Stange, owner of Ponte Travels, shares her travel experiences and how she got into the travel industry. Her love for travel began at a young age when her father, a merchant marine, would send trinkets and postcards from his travels. She later had the opportunity to study abroad in Ireland, which opened her eyes to living in a new country and experiencing different cultures. Mary then joined the Navy as an officer and had the chance to see the world during her deployments. After leaving the Navy, she and her husband decided to pursue a life of travel and adventure, joining the Foreign Service of the State Department. They lived in Armenia and Colombia, immersing themselves in the local cultures and exploring the countries. Despite the challenges of language barriers and mundane tasks like grocery shopping, Mary found joy in the adventure and the connections she made with people. The COVID-19 pandemic brought unexpected challenges, but they persevered and continued to embrace the travel lifestyle. Mary discusses her experiences living in different countries, including Colombia and Cyprus. She highlights the unique aspects of each place and the opportunities for exploration and growth. Mary also shares her journey of starting a travel business during the COVID-19 pandemic and the challenges and successes she has encountered. She emphasizes the importance of travel and encourages listeners to embrace new experiences and cultures. Mary expresses her passion for the North Andes region, particularly Colombia, and her desire to showcase its beauty and diversity.TakeawaysTravel experiences can shape a person's perspective and inspire them to explore the world.Living in a new country provides a deeper understanding of different cultures and everyday life.Challenges like language barriers and mundane tasks can be part of the adventure and create unique experiences.The COVID-19 pandemic brought unexpected challenges to travel, but it also provided opportunities for connection and resilience. Embrace new experiences and cultures through travelStart a travel business during challenging times by adapting and planning aheadDiscover the beauty Learn more about the Big World Made Small Podcast and join our private community to get episode updates, special access to our guests, and exclusive adventure travel offers at bigworldmadesmall.com.

Pippa speaks to the Linda Scott-Hayward, a senior commercial manager for Travelstart, who gives tips and tricks on getting great prices for airline tickets See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Beyond Borders Mikha'il Ernest CCO at Travelstart on how to look at travel deals

In this episode, we chat with Jessica Pressler, Owner and CEO of Radiance Travel on how she began to pivot her growing business into the luxury travel space. Jessica shares how she's created her brand to reflect her own travel inspiration and elevate her client's itineraries and travel experiences into the luxury market.Recorded on March 8, 2023Radiance Travel Website: https://radiance.travelInstagram: @radiancejess | @radiance.travelStart a free trial of Travefy

Guest: Alderman James Vos | Mayoral Committee Member for Economic Opprtunities and Asset Management at City of Cape Town With international travel bans following the emergence of the new Covid-19 variant, Cape Town has moved quickly to an innovative domestic tourism campaign to help the tourism industry this festive season. Africa is joined by City of Cape Town's Mayoral Committee Member for Economic Opportunities to talk about the 'Pocket Friendly Campaign'. The Pocket-Friendly Campaign with Travelstart runs until 28 February 2022 and will offer domestic travellers great discounts and lower fares to Cape Town through subsidies and vouchers across hotels, flights and experiences.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Guest: John Friel | Country manager for Travelstart  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Guest: John Friel | Country manager for Travelstart  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Many people had to postpone their travel plans as a result of the lockdowns imposed all over the world in response to the spread of Covid-19, but as things start to "normalise" again, people are asking when they can start making travel arrangements again. Refilwe Moloto speaks to Travelstart's John Friel. See omnystudio.com/policies/listener for privacy information.

Show notes:[4:39] - What are the trends you see in the travel sector?[7:20] - Will anything change fundamentally in the travel industry because of the pandemic? What will be its impact, long term?[8:53] - Is there a difference in the way people consume online travel services in Africa vs Europe?[11:56] - How did you build such a strong brand in Africa?[16:10] - How do you recruit people that stay with you for a long time?[18:26] - What are the most important highlights of your career?

Hosted by Kevin O'Shaughnessy, co-founder of City Hook and Dublin Travel Massive leader.  In this episode we heard from: Phaka Hlazo, founder of Zulu Nomad Phaka Hlazo joined us from Johannesburg. She is the founder of Zulu Nomad – a tour operator providing curated experiences in East and Southern Africa for locals. Phaka talked about the diversity of South Africa's tourism and the ins and outs of the domestic travel scene. She touched on topics like digitalization of the tourism industry and what tour guides, hosts, and tour operators should be doing right now. Stephan Ekbergh, founder and CEO of Travelstart Stephan Ekbergh, founder of Africa's largest online travel agency, Travelstart, joined us from Cape Town. He talked about what the current situation means for the tourism business, the importance of quality in the future and what leadership looks like in times of crisis. Sharon Gilbert-Rivett, Head Honcho at The Safari Collective Sharon Gilbert-Rivett joined the LIVE Show from Hoedspruit. With her experience as a consultant for the safari industry, she shared her thoughts on what it's like for the industry to be “standing in the cast of a new world order”. Sharon talked about the opportunities that come out of a crisis like this one and touched on the increased importance of sustainability in the tourism industry. Special thanks to Neil Jansson, content creator and founder of African Travel Crew, for sharing some insights with us behind the scenes. About the Travel Massive LIVE Show The Travel Massive LIVE Show is a weekly online discussion on the ongoing impact of the Covid-19 outbreak on travel and tourism worldwide, featuring members from all over the globe. The LIVE Show is hosted by Dublin chapter co-leader Kevin O'Shaughnessy, and produced by Sofia chapter leader and Content Manager at Travel Massive Maria Stoyanova and Travel Massive founder Ian Cumming.

Podcast-intervju med Johan Elwin, grundare och Chief Commercial Officer på Etraveli. Etraveli en av världens största OTA:er, alltså en digital resebyrå med varumärken som Flygresor.se, Seat24, SuperSaver och Travelstart. Etraveli har också samarbete med bolag som Booking.com och Google Flight. Bolaget har verksamhet över hela världen, men är störst i Europa och USA. I första hand säljer man flygresor, men också ett litet antal paketresor.Intervjun görs på ett tomt kontor på Drottninggatan i Stockholm, med under intervjun är också Claes Tellman, Etraveli presschef.Biljettpriserna kommer att gå upp och flygtrafiken kommer att gå ner. Stater kommer att rädda sin nationella flygbolag och EU kommer att godkänna detta, trots det bryter om EU:s regler. Det är några av svaren i Travel News långa intervju med en av mäktigaste personerna i reseindustrin i Sverige. Etravelis Johan Elwin tror på ett begränsat resande i höst inom EU och en statligt ägd flygmarknad som påminner om den vi hade på åttiotalet. I valet mellan att rädda sitt nationella flygbolag och Ryanair kommer många regeringar att välja det första. Och ja, det kommer att bli jobbigare att resa. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Stephan Ekbergh is known for his risk-taking (moving a business to another continent) and open views on the sector's developments and issues.The Travelstart Group is where this Swedish entrepreneur's passion for the business still rests after two decades in the job.But he is involved in a number of initiatives in and outside of the industry and is a regular on the conference circuit, not least because he is not afraid to call out problems and speak his mind.Perhaps unusually for the leader of a business, Ekbergh is also not afraid to admit his own failings (of which, he'll concede, there have been many) but always knowing that an individual and a business can learn from them.Ekbergh joins us for the latest episode of How I Got Here.HIGH is a weekly show produced by PhocusWire and Mozio, aimed at getting the inside stories behind startups and innovation in travel and transportation.Other episodes: on PhocusWire and Mozio.

Adegoke Pamilerin Emmanuel holds a strong and reputable presence on social media and he is known for influencing conversation and engagement on Instagram & Twitter. A few examples of organization he has consulted for in running successful marketing campaigns include Google, Apple, DSTV, Union Bank, FirstBank, Domino's, Jumia, Intel, Universal Music, MTV Shuga, GoTV, Cars45, 9mobile, Afrima, CocaCola, Motorolla, Boomplay, Travelstart, Bolt, Pepsi, Coldstone, Redbull, Access Bank, Konga, Adekunle Gold, Tiwa Savage.He got in a conversation with Tomi Wale on How brands can drive engagement through digital marketing in the new decade--- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Listen to intelligent conversations between Michelle and the founder of DRYVA and the founder of EVERYMAN TECHNOLOGY. She gives updates on Jiji’s 21 million dollar funding, the expansion of cars45, Uber’s launch in its first francophone country and Jumia travel’s takeover by Travelstart.

Read all the articles referenced on today's episode here. https://techpoint.africa/topics/techpoint-africa-podcast-17/ Listen every Friday at 8 AM (WAT). You can find us on Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Spotify, Stitcher, SoundCloud, TuneIn or anywhere else you get your podcasts. Visit www.techpoint.africa for more stories.

Read all the articles referenced on today's episode here. https://techpoint.africa/topics/techpoint-africa-podcast-17/ Listen every Friday at 8 AM (WAT). You can find us on Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Spotify, Stitcher, SoundCloud, TuneIn or anywhere else you get your podcasts. Visit www.techpoint.africa for more stories.

WAYN (Where Are You Now?) was founded by three young entrepreneurs with a simple concept: create a platform for travelers to connect when on the road.The U.K.-based brand was a pioneering travel social network that captured a huge amount of attention in the mid-2000s for its rapid growth, bold ideas and ability to attract investment from some of the biggest names in the online travel industry at the time.Millions of users and a youthful, fairly brash style inspired a string of fellow social travel platforms in subsequent years (whether those later founders will admit it or not).But the company was inevitably going to find the road would be a bumpy one, with the emergence and omnipresence of Facebook in the world of social networks and a tactical error or two along the way.After the buzz turned to the reality of maintaining a business in a digital market that was continually evolving, WAYN was eventually sold to Lastminute.com Group in 2016.Co-CEO Jerome Touze (his fellow boss was Pete Ward) tells the story of WAYN in the latest episode of How I Got Here.HIGH is a weekly show produced by PhocusWire and Mozio, aimed at getting the inside stories behind startups and innovation in travel and transportation.Other episodes: on PhocusWire and Mozio.

Från ett beredskapsjobb på Nyman & Schultz till tio miljarder omsättning i AfrikaStephan Ekbergh är en välkänd entreprenör i reseindustrin sedan 40 år. Hans senaste stora bedrift är att han startat och driver Travelstart, Afrikas ledande resebyrå. Bolaget har 14 000 flygresenärer varje dag, 3,5 miljoner hotellbokningar per år och drygt tio miljarder i omsättning. Förra året gjorde Travelstart 70 miljoner kronor i vinst. Här får du hela historien från Österlen till Afrikas sydspets. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Most hiring decisions are typically based off of a ‘gut feeling’. This makes it hard to attribute what ‘worked’ and what ‘didn’t work’ in the hiring process, which in turn affects how confidently you hire someone. Travelstart, however, makes a predominantly data-based decision in their interviews, without removing the ‘human’ touch.Lee Watts, Human Resource Business Partner at Travelstart, says that their quantitative approach, in fact, not only makes interviews much shorter, but also gives them a far more qualitative idea of whether someone is a right fit or not.We talked to Lee about how Travelstart gets it right, what they’ve learned about the short-falls around traditional interviews, and what impacts it has on the hires they make.Listen to our conversation here, and find the resources he mentions as well as the full transcript to our chat in the show notes, and on our blog.

Stephan Ekbergh is the Founder and CEO of Travelstart. He is a Swedish entrepreneur who is probably best known for growing Travelstart from a provocative online travel startup in Scandinavia to one of the world’s largest online travel agencies servicing emerging markets in Africa and the Middle East. Prior to founding Travelstart, Stephan was a touring DJ and entertainment entrepreneur who performed at events all over Europe. After founding Travelstart in 1999 and steering the business to profitability, he moved to Cape Town, South Africa in 2004 to expand the firm into Africa. In 2010, he decided to sell Travelstart's European division to focus on growth into the Middle East, and in 2016, Travelstart took on $40 million dollars of investment in a round led by Amadeus. Listen in to learn how Stephan succeeded in bringing his African startup dream to fruition and to hear why he's bullish about the business potential of Africa's travel and tourism industry. Editorial Disclaimer: Airbnb (https://airbnb.com) is the presenting sponsor of this podcast, which is part of an African Tech Roundup (https://africantechroundup.com) miniseries focused on inclusive travel and tourism— recorded at the Africa Travel Summit 2018 (https://africatravelsummit.com). African Tech Roundup retains full editorial control over all published content. Opinions expressed by the host, Andile Masuku, and his guest/s do not necessarily reflect the opinions of the presenting sponsor, Airbnb.

Steve Davis (Kiwi.com), Travis Pittman (TourRadar) and Stephan Ekberg (TravelStart) join us on the podcast for the first of two special PundIT Shows recorded at Phocuswright Europe 2018.

Originally published at https://www.get5.io/podcast/2-lee-watts-travelstart-recruitment-story We chat to Lee Watts, Business Partner (People Team) at Travelstart, on how this “startup” became 300+ staff strong. Conceived in Sweden, Travelstart first opened its doors in 1999, as the brainchild of Travel visionary Stephan Ekbergh. In true start-up fashion, Sweden’s first online travel agency was run from an old coffee roastery in the town of Helsingborg. Nearly two decades, plenty of learning, growth and one African immigration later, Stephan still heads up Travelstart, which is now based in the Cape Town CBD. Lee is of the opinion that in terms of (human) resources and “drive-towards entrepreneurial spirit,” African tech companies seem to be about 18 months behind the international tech market, but are starting to catch up! “Speed is the ROI of execution.” In this podcast, Lee gives a breakdown of the methodology Travelstart has employed in recruiting over 180 people in only 2 years, as well as how culture is taken into consideration in their recruiting process as each individual inevitably augments the organisational culture of the company. This measurement he calls their "commitment blueprint."

Welcome to the Travel Massive podcast, an interview series with travel industry change-makers and pioneers, sharing their stories and insights. Your host is Holly Galbraith, tourism expert and also host of the Tourism Tweetup Podcast (http://gofuturemedia.com). In this interview, we meet Stephan Ekbergh, online travel industry pioneer and founder of TravelStart.co.za - Africa's largest online travel agent (OTA). Details of Episode 2 with Stephan Ekbergh: He shares: How he got into the travel industry and found a mentor The opportunities he saw in the travel industry when he started his company How he moved his company Travel Start from Scandinavia to Africa The changes and innovations that he sees in the travel industry The challenges of growth in travel and its impacts Advice for new entrepreneurs who want to get into the industry Highlights: On where he saw the opportunity to build his business: "I focused all my energy on building something that could capitalize on the internet." "I always hated something about our industry is that the consumer was at the mercy of the travel agent" "I knew that we could at least replace all the bad travel agents with technologies" On finding new opportunities: "It's the guys with the biggest hunger for success that will end up winning" "Sometimes I don't overthink it too much but I just go for it if I see the opportunity - if I have the time and money for it" On innovation in the industry: "There is always the old guard who are protecting old business models, and the industry [in aviation] is such is still very tied into old monolothich way of working" "I thought in " "If the industry itself doens't innovate and change, someone from the outside will come and change it" On the challenges we face: "The problem with all the innovation and prices going down is that I sometimes question whether it's sustainable long term" "[Restricting capacity] is going to happen within the next 10 years" On impacting the future of travel: "We see our role to make it easier for Africans to access travel information and to travel" On biggest learnings: "The biggest learning is trying to figure out what do you want to do with your life, how do you want to live your life?" "I know quite a few successful entreprenuer who have miserable lives, and they are slaves to their own creations" A BIG thank you to Stephan for giving up his time to talk with us. Comment below or send us feedback to podcast@travelmassive.com The Travel Massive Podcast is now also on iTunes, please leave a review or rating.

CliffCentral.com — The femmes interview Gavin Evans, the author of the new book launched this week - Black brain, white brain - is intelligence skin deep? Then we speak to Russell Jarvis, Comms for Travelstart about why airlines charge differently.