Travel Village Group to launch new podcast series aimed at bringing 'travel to life'
Travel Village Group was inspired to launch a podcast after hosting several lucrative Travel Shows in Blackpool where staff – including Nuttall and his wife Paula – share "real travel stories and personal experiences" with customers.
Speaking exclusively to TTG, Nuttall, the Travel Village Group chief executive, said: 'I told my team when they suggested we produce a podcast to find out what equipment was needed and how we record it. They now want me to front it.
'My team has given me more work to do but of course I'm up for it. As a business, we've got to keep being innovative. We've got to be ahead of the game.'
When asked what listeners can expect to hear on Now Boarding, Nuttall said: 'I will try and keep it politically correct. I never go into things trying to be a sensationalist but if it's not real it's not going to work.'
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