About this podcast
Tourism Wales is a podcast series dedicated to exploring the challenges, progress, and opportunities within Wales' tourism and hospitality sectors. Featuring insights from industry leaders and businesses across Wales, our goal is to highlight the key issues and developments for everyone working in the industry.
Episodes
- How Should We Measure the Impact of Hospitality? · 35 min · Episode 6Is there a better way to measure the growth of some key sectors than simply GDP? UKHospitality says that relying on such measures alone means that we miss the wider economic and…
- Economic Outlook, Business Confidence and Events Tourism · 37 min · Episode 5Host Gemma Casey is joined by David Chapman, UKHospitality Cymru; Neil Kedward, Seren Collection and Routescape and Damien Martin, The Parkgate Hotel, to consider how changes to…
- Sector Outlook 2025 – The Future of Tourism and Hospitality in Wales · 34 min · Episode 4With the tourism and hospitality sectors in Wales facing significant challenges, we consider the outlook for 2025. Host Carwyn Jones is joined by Rowland Rees-Evans, Chair of the…
- Can Hospitality Expect Any Festive Cheer? · 38 min · Episode 3The Christmas and New Year periods are a traditionally busy and profitable time for hospitality businesses. As 2024 comes to an end, the sector faces numerous challenges that may…
- The Eco-Tourism Opportunity in Wales · 36 min · Episode 2Host Carwyn Jones explores the impact of sustainable and eco-friendly practices in the tourism, hospitality, and leisure sectors with Fiona Stewart, Owner and Managing Director…
- Industry Outlook for the Tourism and Hospitality Sector in Wales · 43 min · Episode 1In our inaugural episode of Tourism Wales, Business News Wales editor Gemma Casey delves into various pressing issues affecting the tourism and hospitality sectors in Wales…
- Tourism Wales: Show Teaser · 1 minEach month we deep dive into a different theme, looking at the issues which matter in this key industry in the Welsh economy. With insights from industry leaders and businesses…







