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03/04/2023

2 years. £74,590. ❤️

Hitting these kind of numbers 2 years ago seemed unfathomable.

Now they’re par for the course and just motivation to push for bigger and better.

From 2022’s work we’ve doubled the amount we’re giving to Zarach and Moving Mountains Trust compared to 2021.

That means another 165 bed bundles from Zarach for children who are sleeping somewhere other than their own bed. 🛏️

And for Moving Mountains it means rebuilding a crumbling school in the remote village of Bupsa in Nepal that serves 135 children and is almost out of action because of earthquake damage. ✏️

Those are the reasons we started this thing, and to see them coming to life is hugely rewarding.

But we’re just getting started…

Thanks to everyone who has shared what we’re doing so far, and for anyone who has supported Zarach or Moving Mountains and the incredible work they do along the way. 🙏

04/11/2022

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18/07/2022

If you want to know about luxury travel then you’ll struggle to find a better source of information than our latest guest on The Travel Growth Podcast.

John O’Ceallaigh is the founder of Lute.co and former editor of the luxury travel desk at the Telegraph.

He knows his onions and he doesn’t pull any punches.

You’ll hear:

✍️ Tips to make you a better writer

🏝 Some of the jaw-dropping luxury experiences John’s had over the years

💡 How to think about your brand and practical actions you can take to improve it

📣 What makes a good press release and how to pitch it

📰 The best ways to forge relationships with journalists

You can catch these topics, and much more in the full episode at the link below. Or watch or listen on Youtube, Spotify, Apple Podcasts, and all other major podcast platforms.

https://seotravel.co.uk/john-o-ceallaigh/

Enjoy!

John O’Ceallaigh is the founder of Lute, an agency that provides consultancy, branding and content-creation services to luxury-travel businesses.

23/06/2022

How do you create one of the best luxury hotels in the UK from scratch?

That’s what we delve into in the latest episode of the Travel Growth Podcast with Peter Banks, the Managing Director of

We cover:

❤️ How to love your staff and why it’s so important

🙈 Motivation and being a change monkey

🏨 What Peter learnt from working at some of the UK’s top hotels

📡 Using the ‘social radar’

😃 What it means to offer truly excellent customer service

You can catch these topics, and much more in the full episode at the link below. Or watch or listen on Youtube, Spotify, Apple Podcasts, and all other major podcast platforms.

https://seotravel.co.uk/peter-banks/

Enjoy!

08/06/2022

Conversations around slimy sales, difficulty moving on and crazy recruitment approaches!

All that and more in Season 2, Episode 4 of the Travel Growth Podcast with Becky Harris from

🗂 Systems p**n - why you need to get the unsexy stuff right

👩‍👧 Life as an entrepreneurial single mum

💥 Mega DMC insight

🤝 The power of networking

🤥 Using lie detectors where you wouldn’t expect!

You can catch these topics, and much more in the full episode at the link below. Or watch or listen on Youtube, Spotify, Apple Podcasts, and all other major podcast platforms.

https://seotravel.co.uk/becky-harris/

Enjoy!

Since leaving she has set up a range of businesses, from SaaS products like Squirellfish to Travel Kinship, her consultancy for DMCs.

27/05/2022

Want to learn about a radically different way of running your business?

Then episode 3 of The Travel Growth Podcast will be right up your street!

This is with Nick Pulley from Selective Asia and is packed with fascinating insights. Including:

🤯 How Nick changed his business to run as an adaptive organisation

🌄 Why fantastic imagery is crucial

💥 No hierarchy in your business. What?!

🇷🇺 An eye opening experience in Russia

🤐 The importance of open communication and how to achieve that

You can catch these topics, and much more in the full episode at the link below. Or watch or listen on Youtube, Spotify, Apple Podcasts, and all other major podcast platforms.

https://seotravel.co.uk/nick-pulley/

Enjoy!

Nick Pulley founded Selective Asia in 2005, a tour operator that creates unique trips to Asia in a sustainable and meaningful way.

12/05/2022

Episode 2, Season 2 of the pod is out now!

Tom Bodkin is the founder of Secret Compass, former officer in the Parachute Regiment and all-round adventure legend with some amazing stories to tell.

A few bits that we cover:

🪂 Life in the parachute regiment and what he learned from that experience

💪 How to build a great team and be an effective teammate

👬 The co founder experience with Levison Wood and subsequent separation

🦸🏻‍♂️ What it takes to be a good leader

🧗‍♂️🛶⛰ Many adventure tales and extraordinary expeditions Tom has done

You can catch these topics, and much more in the full episode at the link below. Or watch or listen on Youtube, Spotify, Apple Podcasts, and all other major podcast platforms.

https://seotravel.co.uk/tom-bodkin/

Let us know what your favourite bits are!

Tom Bodkin is the founder of Secret Compass, an organisation that pushes the boundaries of what is possible, taking people, brands and organisations to corners of the earth which many say isn’t feasible.

03/05/2022

The Travel Growth Podcast is back!

We were so bowled over with the feedback from the first season that we thought we should carry on and do another!

And what better episode to start with? 🔥

Zakia Moulaoui Guery is the founder of Invisible Cities - a social enterprise that trains people who have experienced homelessness to become tour guides in cities across the UK.

She’s a TedX speaker, a wonderful storyteller and a true inspiration.

Some of the topics we covered…

💰 Why not all donations are equal

🦓 What we can learn from Ugandans and pedestrian crossings

✨ The benefits of being part of an incubator

🦍 Mega ideas for guerrilla marketing

🤯 Why you should seriously consider the social enterprise model

You can catch these topics, and much more in the full episode at the link below. Or watch or listen on Youtube, Spotify, Apple Podcasts, and all other major podcast platforms.

https://seotravel.co.uk/zakia-moulaoui/

Keep your eye out for episode 2 in 2 weeks!

Zakia is the founder of Invisible Cities, a social enterprise that trains people who have experienced homelessness to become tour guides in cities across the UK.

04/04/2022

Last year, we announced that we were going to give 100% of the profit from SEO Travel to educational causes around the world, with the goal of giving £1,000,000 by 2031.

April marks 1 year into that endeavour, and I’m delighted to announce that we’ve now donated £24,846 from our work over the last year. 🤯

This will go to amazing places and do amazing things.

For Zarach this means 82 beds for children in the Yorkshire area who suffer from bed poverty. 🛏 🛏 🛏

For Moving Mountains Trust this means enough money to run a children’s rescue centre in Kenya for a full 12 months. 📚 📚 📚

I’m hugely proud of the team and what they’ve been able to achieve in what remains an incredibly challenging time for the travel industry.

This is just a small dent in our larger goal, but it’s a hugely significant moment that makes us believe that hitting that big target is not only achievable but surpassable.

As we continue on the journey, I’ve no doubt the trajectory we’re on will enable us to reach our goal and go beyond it.

Thanks to everyone for their support over the past year. If you can share the word by liking/commenting/sharing that would be hugely appreciated, and will enable us to continue supporting these two wonderful charities who do unbelievable work. 🙏

Tom
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21/12/2021

Digital PR has become one of the most effective ways to boost brand recognition and attract new customers and partners so we've compiled a list of our favourite campaigns from 2021.

We've selected five that the SEO Travel team created for our travel customers this year, but we've also included five campaigns that we wished we'd have thought of!

If you need some travel PR inspiration this Christmas, then take a look below:

https://seotravel.co.uk/travel-pr-campaigns-2021/

🎄🎅

But the Covid-19 pandemic has made it harder for every business to succeed, particularly in our industry with travel restrictions being introduced all over the world.