Its 2025, and Richard and AC are back with a special episode to get you through those long Summer days.

AC was asked to host a highly esteemed and very international discussion panel at the recent Goldman Travel Group Conference, and we have exclusive access to the audio right here for you!

Following the panel, AC and Richard about the proliferation of travel industry events. All 5,627 of them.

The panel features:
- François Delahaye, COO of Dorchester Collection and GM of Plaza Athenee in Paris
- Lisa Pile, Vice President Sales & General Manager, Asia Pacific of Regent Seven Seas Cruises
- Kate Atkinson, Vice President, Global Sales ASPAC of Hyatt Hotels and Resorts
- Caroline Goux, Senior Vice President Sales for Peninsula Hotels, based in Hong Kong

The quartet shared their insights into the new luxury traveller and guest, how agents are the cornerstone of their business, the social impact of travel and what they are excited about for their brands in the future. We're grateful to Anthony Goldman for supplying the audio.

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In this episode we present part two of a live session from ATIA's 'Beyond Borders' summit held at the ICC in Sydney.

This session covers the second part of the discussion around ATIA's 'A30' announcements, where ATIA CEO Dean Long speaks to several more of the association's directors. This time he's joined by David Hosking, Peter Muller, Rohan Moss, Katrina Barry and David Smith.

The session is introduced by Roslyn Ranse, Founder of Travel Agent Achievers and who has a podcast of the very same name.

The group discussed why they choose to particpate on the board, and detailed how some of the future-focused announcement will affect their particular segments of the industry. In particular there's some fascinating stuff about business insurance, and how mergers and acquisitions are affected by regulation.

Audience questions followed.

We hope you enjoy, and if you'd like to support us you can sign up for our newsletter at www.offloaded.com.au where you'll receive first notification on new episodes and more.

Oh, and if you haven't already, subscribe to the podcast on any podcast platform!

In this special episode we present a live session from ATIA's 'Beyond Borders' summit held at the ICC in Sydney.

In the first release from Beyond Borders (BB), this session covers the first hour of and specifically the key areas of focus that will lead the industry towards 2030.

The project is called A30, and you'll hear from ATIA CEO Dean Long, Chair Christian Hunter, Vice Chairs Skroo Turner and Danielle Russom, and Director Brett Mitchell.

The group outlined future-focused announcements around industry protection, business compliance with 'modern slavery' regulations, attracting young people into our industry, and why the ATAS brand has been renamed to become 'ATIA Accredited' for the benefit of both the industry and consumers.

Following the annoucements, they sat down for a discussion on these subjects and took questions from the audience.

This is the first of several sessions you'll hear on Offloaded.

But while it's a different kind of episode, our regular features remain. Towards the end of the episode, Richard puts webinar queen Charlie Trevena 'On Notice', and AC offloads about overtourism.

We hope you enjoy, and if you'd like to support us you can sign up for our newsletter at www.offloaded.com.au where you'll receive first notification on new episodes and more.

Oh, and subscribe to the podcast on any podcast platform!

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Offloaded Season 3 is supported by Interline Travel. For more information, visit www.interlinetravel.com.au