Tourism Hub Podcast with Despina Karatzias

Author: Institute of Excellence

Do you live and love tourism? Want to build and grow your tourism business and career? Tourism Hub will provide inspiration and education that will empower and ignite your excellence. Each week, I, your host, Despina Karatzias, will share insights and journeys of entrepreneurs and leaders in tourism. Our main aim is to learn proven strategies in tourism, digital marketing and social media and everything in between together to inspire YOUR excellence. Subscribe now and ignite your tourism excellence today. If you want to help ignite the tourism industry with a message of excellence Subscribe on iTunes (http://apple.co/2cbmgVx) and stay connected with special experience maker interviews, insights and inspiration to grow your tourism business and career.
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082⎢Planning 2026: Here's What 2025 Actually Revealed
Episode 82
Tuesday, 30 December, 2025

2025 fundamentally shifted how tourism operators connect with customers. AI moved from background technology to active intermediary 70% of tourism searches now end without visiting a business website. This finale episode for 2025 cuts through the noise: what actually drove results versus what just looked busy? Despina shares the brutal clarity needed for 2026, addressing both the gradual digital transformation and the profound reminder from the Bondi Beach tragedy about what truly matters in leadership and community. Never miss a Tourism Hub Podcast Spotify: https://bit.ly/4nN1FaaApple: https://bit.ly/47zOkM4Institute of Excellence: https://www.instituteofexcellence.com/podcast/ Connect with Despina Karatzias https://www.despinakaratzias.com/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/despinakaratzias/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/despinakaratzias/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@DespinaKaratzias TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@desikaratzias Connect with the Institute of Excellence Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ExcellenceHQ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tourismhubpodcast/ YouTube: https://www.instagram.com/instituteofexcellencehq/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/instituteofexcellence/ Show hosted by Despina Karatzias and brought to you by Tourism Hub in association with the Institute of Excellence: https://www.instituteofexcellence.com Stay inspired, stay connected, and ignited to share your tourism journey with the world! Subscribe for more inspired conversations that ignite excellence in tourism and small business.