Dan Pearce is the CEO of TTG Media, and a fierce defender of smarter, better, fairer travel. Dan joins Jeannette to talk about the ever-increasing role of TTG Media and its crucial purpose, how he has transformed the company and what that process involved, and how discovering your own "why" can laser your focus and ensure that you remain relevant as a business in the future.
KEY TAKEAWAYS
TTG has been through several different iterations since its inception, but from 2019, the business went through an exhilarating change, by talking to many people about what it means to be a modern business for the future.
Finding your "why" is crucial. If your why is to simply make money, you may find that it isn't quite enough of a purpose.
Fairer travel is all about promoting an industry that is both fairer to the environment through issues around sustainability, and fairer to the people who work within.
By taking a more diverse approach, we not only make ourselves more attractive to clients, but simply put, we do better business.
BEST MOMENTS
'This is a great time to talk about our purpose as a business'
'You have to find your why'
'We talk a lot about diversity and inclusion, and help businesses to improve in that area'
'Ultimately, this is good for business'
This is the perfect time to get focused on what YOU want to really achieve in your business, career, and life. It’s never too late to be BRAVE and BOLD and unlock your inner BRILLIANCE. If you’d like to jump on a free mentoring session just DM Jeannette at info@jeannettelinfootassociates.com or sign up via Jeannette’s linktree https://linktr.ee/JLinfoot
VALUABLE RESOURCES
Brave, Bold, Brilliant podcast series - https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/brave-bold-brilliant-podcast/id1524278970
Dan Pearce LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/danielpearce/?originalSubdomain=uk
ABOUT THE GUEST
Daniel Pearce is CEO and owner of TTG Media. After joining the Travel Trade Gazette as editor in 2010, he moved to brand director in 2012 before mounting a management buy-out in 2013 and setting up TTG Media as a wholly independent business. Since then TTG Media has gone from strength to strength, launching a string of new initiatives including the TTG Top 50 Travel Agencies, TTG LGBT events, the ttgluxury Travel Awards, the ttgluxury Travel Summit, the TTG Diversity & Inclusion in Travel conference and most recently TTG+.
In April 2019 the business saw a rebrand under a new vision for a ‘Smarter, Better, Fairer’ travel industry – and new investment in print publishing, with TTG magazine, now monthly, still at the heart of the industry 67 years after its first edition. In November 2019 TTG Media was named Independent Publishing Company of the Year at the PPA Independent Publisher Awards, while in May 2020 TTG was named Business Media Brand of the Year at the Campaign Publishing Awards.
Daniel celebrates 25 years in media in 2021, following a career working in local newspapers and for media businesses large and small including Reed Business Information and UBM, in B2B sectors including retail and hospitality. Prior to that Daniel enjoyed a number of past lives including a brief period as an actor, a toy salesman and two years teaching English in the south of Italy.
ABOUT THE HOST
Jeannette Linfoot is a highly regarded senior executive, property investor, board advisor, and business mentor with over 25 years of global professional business experience across the travel, leisure, hospitality, and property sectors. Having bought, ran, and sold businesses all over the world, Jeannette now has a portfolio of her own businesses and also advises and mentors other business leaders to drive forward their strategies as well as their own personal development.
Jeannette is a down-to-earth leader, a passionate champion for diversity & inclusion, and a huge advocate of nurturing talent so every person can unleash their full potential and live their dreams.
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Podcast Description
Jeannette Linfoot talks to incredible people about their experiences of being Brave, Bold & Brilliant, which have allowed them to unleash their full potential in business, their careers, and life in general. From the boardroom tables of ‘big’ international businesses to the dining room tables of entrepreneurial start-ups, how to overcome challenges, embrace opportunities and take risks, whilst staying ‘true’ to yourself is the order of the day.
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