Inn Brief,
a new podcast for the hospitality industry, reports from World Travel Market
Inn Brief, the fledgling audio podcast for followers of the hospitality industry, (and an Allied Member of the AHLA), has published three episodes recorded at World Travel Market in London.
World Travel Market 2009 took place in London last week. The 
travel and tourism industry has had one of its most challenging years in 2009, but what about the future? Inn Brief travelled to London and recorded interviews from this international gathering, so if you weren't able to get there, click on your area of interest, and listen to what industry leaders had to say . . .
WTM 1 - The Global Village
Recordings from the first day of the 2009 World Travel Market, including the Economic Outlook Forum, conversations with Tourism Ministers and dignitaries from Zimbabwe, South Africa, Guatemala, Las Vegas, UK, Sri Lanka and finally a snippet of conversation from one of the 'after parties' to give a flavor of the passion delegates have for our fascinating industry.
Click here to listen to WTM 1 . . . [24m:24s]
WTM 2 - North America
Conversations with Exhibitors in the North American section of World Travel Market, including Philadelphia, Texas, New York City, Florida, Mexico, San Diego, Chicago / Illinois, Utah, Colorado and Toronto.
Click here to listen to WTM 2 . . . [39m:12s]
WTM 3 - Asia, Europe and Online Technology
We visit the Asia section, including conversations with representatives from Thailand, Malaysia, India, Maldives, Hong Kong and Singapore. Then Europe including, England, London, Ireland, Portugal (Oporto), Austria, and finally a visit to the Online Technology section where we meet up with Online Companies in the Wholesale Tour, Travel Agent, Retail and Channel Management areas.
Click here to listen to WTM 3 . . . [1h:02m:44s]
The InnBrief podcast is the hobby/brainchild of Hospitality industry veteran, British-born James Batt. James has been a keen listener to podcasts since they began a few years ago, and aims to fill a niche by producing a program dedicated to the hospitality industry. InnBrief is designed to be informative as well as entertaining, and features interviews with industry leaders and interesting personalities. It is a part hobby and part giving-back to an industry which has been enormously kind to him.
Visit http://www.InnBrief.com for easy and free access to all episodes of the podcast, which is also searchable on iTunes.
