What’s Up On Travel Writers Radio May 24, 2023
Where to go in Champagne, a new hotel and arena for the Yarra Valley, French cheeses… some of the stories you’ll hear on Travel Writers Radio for this week, May 24, 2023. The show...
Author: Graeme Kemlo
Japan tourism blossoming in post-COVID era: Veronica Matheson reports
Reporter Veronica Matheson, recently in Japan speaks to Japanese tour guide Yoshiko Morioka, who says life is returning to normal after the global pandemic, with huge numbers of international tourists arriving in time to...
How to sleep on the reef: Great Barrier Reef and coral restoration
Reporter Carolyne Jasinski speaks with passionate microbiologist and Reef Sleep manager Greg Hoare, who says the reef in this area is in pretty good shape. Carolyne enjoyed a memorable experience sleeping on a pontoon...
Big Apple or Bad Apple?
Recently, our Sydney-based correspondent Bridgett Leslie left Australia to live and work in New York City. We couldn’t resist the opportunity to call her this week and ask how she is acclimatising to the...
How Tap & Go impacts tipping: culinary editor Rita Erlich reports
We have a chat about tips and tipping in the era of contactless payment technology such as Tap and Go. Waiters are reportedly not happy that customers are not always presented with an opportunity...
No climate change effect says Californian ski resort Mammoth: Helen Hayes reports
As the autumn chill turns to frosty mornings, those of you who love skiing are getting excited, but none more than our snow reporter Helen Hayes. She spoke to Michael Vanderhurst of Visit Mammoth,...
Get a defibrillator, learn CPR, save a life – Luke Starr of CellAED tells Helen Hayes
Reporter Helen Hayes had a personal experience of someone in her street suffering cardiac arrest. Thankfully, the person didn’t die, but those in the street decided they would chip in for a defibrillator and...
Tweed Valley distiller Quentin Brival talks farm-to-bottle rums with Graeme Kemlo
Husk Distillery is a boutique business in the Tweed Valley of northern New South Wales. Graeme Kemlo talks to Quentin Brival, the head distiller, of about their unique farm-to-bottle approach of producing rum. It...
The French reception to the UK coronation – Anna Richards reports
British travel writer Anna Richards is based across the channel in Lyon, France, and explores the French reaction to the widely televised coronation of King Charles III. Graeme Kemlo caught up with Anna back...
Have hotels recovered from the pandemic? Accor Pacific CEO speaks with Graeme Kemlo
Travel Writers Radio was invited to speak with the CEO of Accor Pacific, Sarah Derry about the latest information on the recovery of the hospitality sector and new developments at Accor. The French-owned group...