Tourism Episodes

In this episode, Josiah Mackenzie reconnects with Lynn Bruni-Perkins , Chief Marketing Officer of the San Francisco Travel Association , to talk about where San Francisco is right now and where it’s headed. Lynn shares how storytelling and hospitality play a central role in shaping a city’s future, from rebuilding civic pride to driving visitors to powering the economy. The conversation explores SF Travel’s “Believe in San Francisco” messaging platform, the importance of residents as ambassadors...

Take our Artificial Intelligence in Hospitality survey In this episode, Janette Roush , the SVP of Innovation and Chief AI Officer at Brand USA, shares her insights on embracing AI in the workplace and how it can drive innovation in the tourism industry. Watch this conversation on YouTube Mentions: Brand USA & AI (including framework for use) Listen to Janette Live From Travel Week: Leadership Alignment with Generative AI Conor Grennan , Chief AI Architect at the Stern School of Business Ethan M...

In this episode, Anna Marie Presutti , the new President & CEO of San Francisco Travel , shares why she stepped into this pivotal role, what she believes it will take to bring San Francisco back into the spotlight, and the opportunities she sees for the city and its hospitality community. Listeners will learn: What excites Anna Marie most about her new role as CEO of San Francisco Travel (02:22) The progress being made in San Francisco's recovery and what it took to drive action and results (05:...

In this episode, Linsey Gallagher , President & CEO of Visit Napa Valley , shares insights on how collaboration between destination marketing organizations and hospitality businesses can drive tourism and boost the industry. Listeners will learn: The economic impact of tourism in Napa Valley (01:09) Opportunities for collaboration (05:33) The various marketing channels and efforts Visit Napa Valley uses to promote the region (09:56) How hotels and hospitality businesses in the area can work with...

Dan Rosenbaum is Vice President of Global Marketing at San Francisco Travel , and in this episode of San Francisco Sundays , you'll hear about how he got started in this, what drew him to this work, and how AI is helping him today. Regardless of where you work, there are lessons here for becoming a better communicator and champion of the places we're in - because, after all, that's the foundation of everything we do in hospitality. This episode is brought to you with support from Sojern . I team...

Sima Patel is co-founder and CEO of Ridgemont Hospitality , a hospitality development and management company in the San Francisco Bay Area, and she was also the first Board-elected Chair of Visit California, representing more than 20,000 tourism businesses here. She's a tireless champion of travel and tourism, and in this episode shares why every hospitality provider should care about promoting travel. Do you want your teams to make better decisions and free them up to provide the best hospitali...

What could it look like to work together to help an entire community become more hospitable and thrive together? Today, we're hearing a case study in doing this well from Chuck Davison, President & CEO of Visit SLO CAL - who built a groundbreaking, comprehensive program that successfully empowered local businesses in hospitality and beyond to welcome guests and encourage more travel to their destination. Follow Chuck on LinkedIn Learn more about SLO CAL Welcome Visit the SLO CAL website Follow S...

Cassandra Costello is Executive Vice President and Chief Policy and External Affairs Officer at the San Francisco Travel Association. In this episode, we cover what's going on in San Francisco, if traveling here is safe, what's going on in the neighborhoods of this city, why tourism matters, and how hospitality providers can work together and get involved with local government to affect change. Follow Cassandra on LinkedIn Learn more about the San Francisco Travel Association Join the conversati...