The VA TourismPodcast

Tour de la Gastronomie Africaine : Le chef Tunisien Rakia Racheg s'entretient avec Yasmine

La conversation d'aujourd'hui est une rencontre avec le chef Tunisien Rakia Racheg qui était l'un des chefs vedettes du livre de l'OMT sur la tournée de la gastronomie africaine. Il explique à Yasmine Fofana tout ce que la Tunisie a à offrir en matière de gastronomie.
Ayant appris à cuisiner très jeune pour sa famille, sa mère lui a transmis toutes les techniques et astuces traditionnelles et les secrets les plus gardées par les anciens. Longtemps reconnue pour ses repas sans égale, elle se lance dans le monde professionnel à l’hôtel Borj Dhiafa en 2006 ou elle occupe aujourd’hui la place de Chef de cuisine.
Relevant le challenge d’innover dans la gastronomie traditionnelle, elle lance le fameux Halelem aux fruits de mer successeur du Halelem aux kaddid et cartonne pendant des années grâce à cette soupe.
Elle se crée une réputation dans tout le pays, et deviens l’adresse incontournable à Sfax pour les hommes d’affaires, politiciens, chefs de gouvernements et chefs d’états.

Managing Director of Gondwana Collection Namibia Gys Joubert on Group's Silver Jubilee

The Managing Director of Namibian Hospitality powerhouse Gondwana Collection Gys Joubert narrates the Group’s 25 years journey and their plans to grow outside of Namibia. He also gives a sense of how they survived the ever-evolving coronavirus pandemic and lessons to build back better.
Gys Joubert currently holds the position as Managing Director of Gondwana Collection Namibia, one of the leading hospitality groups in the country. With over ten years of background in the banking and legal fields, he has extensive knowledge in commercial law. In 2017, Gys formally took over the reins as MD, prior having walked a path with the company as a non-executive director. He describes himself as an idealist with a strong moral code. In his own words, he hopes for the Gondwana brand to ‘bring true and holistic humanity to the corporate world’ and always representing a ‘force for good’. His overarching vision however does not only apply to the in-house brand, but extends far beyond Gondwana Collection Namibia, to the country and all her people.
 

Tour of African Gastronomy; A Conversation with Morocco's Chef El Hadi

In today’s episode, Morocco’s celebrity chef, Chef El Hadi who has enormous experience in cooking English, French, Italian, Spanish, Asian and Moroccan foods believes the continent of Africa needs to use diplomacy and marketing, and media to promote the region’s diverse culinary experiences to the world. Of British/Moroccan nationality, Chef El Hadi is an exceptional chef of many culinary talents.
Growing up in Morocco (with its great produce and vast cuisine), he started cooking as a young boy in his Mothers kitchen while she was out, and unbeknown to her, that is when his passion for cooking started. His love of creating new recipes as well as his ingenuity in the kitchen has led to his reputation for food of the highest tastes. With experience in cooking English, French, Italian, Spanish, Asian and Moroccan/Arabic food, Chef El Hadi has travelled the world to gain knowledge about food. He has cooked for celebrities in various restaurants in the UK and other parts of the world and is also a TV chef having completed several cooking programs (UK, Asia and Morocco). He is currently on Moroccan TV, daily presenting the cooking section on a very popular show and also presenting a cookery program on the Radio.
Chef El Hadi has gained great media coverage in newspapers and magazines over the years. Obtained certificates: First Aid certificate, Food and beverage management , Food Management certificate,Health, and Safety Food certificate level 1 & 2Various cooking courses

Uncovering Namibia's Unique Craft Gin

In today’s episode, Sandy Le Roux, the owner of Still house Craft gin Distillery based in Namibia’s coastal city of Swakopmund walks me through how her business survived the lock down and the uniqueness of the craft gin and its role in Namibia’s gastronomy. She tells me how they are the epitome of good spirits from fermentations to distilling - all happening on site with bottling and labeling done by hand.
Stillhouse Atlantic is a craft distillery established early in 2017 in the small coastal town of Swakopmund, Namibia. It’s a small family business run by Pierre and Sandy le Roux with some input by sons Jason and Danyon, whos curiosity first inspired the idea and passion for the art and science of craft distilling.

Franck Olivier Kra en conversation avec le ministre Béninois du Tourisme, des Arts et de la Culture Jean-Michel Abimbola

L'épisode d'aujourd'hui est une conversation avec le Ministre du Tourisme, des Arts et de la Culture de la République du Bénin, M. Jean-Michel Abimbola. Au cours des derniers mois, son ministère a fait des progrès significatifs dans sa quête de développement des secteurs du tourisme et des arts. Notre présentateur invité et membre de la Fraternité VoyagesAfriq, Franck Olivier Kra, s’entretient avec le Ministre dans ce podcast

CEO of South African Tourism Sisa Ntshona reveals plans to reviveTourism

In today’s episode, the CEO of South African Tourism Sisa Ntshona outlines measures instituted to restart tourism in a responsible way and SAT’s short to medium-term plans to protect the tourism industry as the sector battles the ever-changing coronavirus pandemic. 

The Future of Business Events with Claude Blanc

In today’s episode, the Portfolio Director, World Travel Market and IBTM Events Claude Blanc takes a deeper look at the impacts of the coronavirus pandemic on the meetings industry and what the sector has learned to help accelerate the recovery process. Claude has an impressive track record of more than 25 years in top management roles in the travel industry, with extensive experience in both the leisure and business events sectors.
Claude has an impressive track record of more than 25 years in top management roles in the travel industry, with extensive experience in both the leisure and business events sectors. Claude became Portfolio Director of IBTM Events in November 2020, a remit he manages alongside his role as Portfolio Director of World Travel Market (WTM). On his appointment to IBTM Events, Claude said: “I’m really looking forward to continuing to support the IBTM global community on the road to recovery and beyond.”
IBTM Events and World Travel Market are owned by the world’s leading exhibition organiser, Reed Exhibitions. The IBTM portfolio includes IBTM World, IBTM Africa, IBTM Americas, IBTM Asia Pacific, IBTM Virtual and IBTM Connect. Claude has been Portfolio Director of WTM since October 2018, a portfolio which includes WTM London, Travel Forward, the International Travel & Tourism Awards, WTM Africa, Arabian Travel Market and WTM Latin America.
Prior to joining Reed Exhibitions, Claude was Chief Executive Officer at Paris-based Travel & Co, a tour operating group he founded in 2007. Before that, he was Digital Travel Director at TUI Group, and he has held senior posts with a leading online travel agency in France; travel management company Rosenbluth International; and timeshare exchange company RCI.

Tourism Data Collection will be key to building back better- Sandra Carvao

Today’s episode looks at the crucial role of data collection as the tourism world aims to build back better. Sandra Carvao, Head of Market Intelligence and Competitiveness at the World Tourism Organization is my Guest.  She will help me unpack the topic and also dive deep into UNWTO's Tourism dashboard and recovery tracker.